Yugo, the car of Yugoslav origin, named “The most dangerous car in the world” by Forbes magazine, In Metallica’s music video And He’s been in the Bruce Wills movies, even Cars!

So is a car with such a reputation “Worst car in the world” It also sounds weird. Let’s look at Yugo’s interesting story together.

In fact, Yugo has appeared in the cinema many times.

The character played by Bruce Willis in the TV series “Blue Moon” was given a Yugo car in one episode of the series. Wills gets out of the car throughout the series. getting away it worked!

In the years that followed, Wills starred in the movie ‘Die Hard’. on the streets of New York chased criminals with Yugo. In the movie “Drowning Mona”, all characters used Yugo cars.

There was also a Yugo in the comedy “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”. Finally in Metallica “The Day That Never Comes” He used a Yugo in his music video.

There was Yugo in Cars 2 too!

Yugo branded cars were used in the movie Cars 2. The car, which falls into the “old-fashioned” class in the film, has been modified with a minor name change. as “Hugo” had been mentioned. In the video, the yellow car and the black bodyguard cars that come in the truck are actually Yugos.

Let’s get to our main topic: how did Yugo come about?

The production history of the car goes back to 1954. Zastava, which concluded an agreement with Fiat in these years, became its partner in 1954. Unbeknownst to Fiat built this car.

During the 36 years of production of the car, displacements of 993 cc, 1100 cc and 1300 cc were produced. three different engines he had. This engine was accompanied by a manual transmission, 4 forward and 1 reverse. The car had two different body styles, a 3-door hatchback and a 5-door hatchback.

Outside of Yugoslavia, Yugo was not taken very seriously.

The car was first produced in 1954 in Yugoslavia, where it got its name. The people of Yugoslavia showed great interest in this project and Yugo started getting into cars, but the car was not used in the rest of the world. mockery has happened.

America was the beginning of the end for Yugo. The car was offered for sale here for a price of $3990. Cheapest competitor It was $1,000 more expensive than him. In 1989 Yugo had to withdraw from the US market.

Then why is this the most dangerous and evil car in the world?

The main reason that Yugo had to withdraw from the US market was that of the car most dangerous car in the world had been chosen. The car was cheap, poorly designed and poorly fuel efficient for its size.

The real problem was that the car was constantly breaking down because the car’s engine was designed incorrectly. The result is the car because it causes serious malfunctions while driving There were many fatal accidents.

What ended Yugo was not an accident, but a production failure.

In 1990, when internal unrest broke out in Yugoslavia, Yugo production began to be disrupted. Then, in 1999, NATO, strategic weapons production bombed the factory. This marked the official end of the Yugo era.