YUGO is coming back!

[edyvw]

The Yugo name carries no weight except in nostalgia feels, and not good ones. It would be a novelty purchase, done ironically. No one is going to come up with the financing to build a car using that business model.

EU is craving for small, cheap models built there. Chinese are killing them.
It would have to have a current platform and engines.

 

[wavinwayne]

Will it be available as a 4-door, the WEGO?

 

[Owen Lucas]

WHY?

There is no meme power to the name, it's like naming your kid Adolf, it's not a good start.

 

[demarpaint]

I remember test driving a new one when they first came out, pure garbage and total crap would be a compliment. I wonder if the new one will continue the legacy.

 

[StarCaller]

it's like naming your kid Adolf, it's not a good start.

Good for character building /
I went to school with a guy named Adolf; was only odd in the beginning /
The strange thing was that his family had a real big construction company & he was supposed to take over /
Adolf W. Construction....

 

[edyvw]

I remember test driving a new one when they first came out, pure garbage and total crap would be a compliment. I wonder if the new one will continue the legacy.

That factory now builds Lancia Y, and it ain’t cheap.

 

[Snagglefoot]

I recall a Yugo at a car show. There was a leaf from a tree stuck under the paint on the hood. Not kidding.

 

[demarpaint]

That factory now builds Lancia Y, and it ain’t cheap.

Yes, but a poor name choice, although that seems to be recent trend. Mustang and Blazer come to my mind. JMO

 

[SC Maintenance]

I wish them success. Starting a car company in the current environment will be tough. Lots of big names are doing the counter clockwise swirl.

Obligatory yugo meme.

 

[billt460]

It's too bad they can't master making cars or trucks at a level of quality as good as their AK-47's.

 

[zzyzzx]

WHY?

There is no meme power to the name,

If it really is a rebadged something else as someone else has already suggested, then yeah, just calling it by whatever it's real name might be better. Or just use Plymouth, or something else that's already in use.

 

[SC Maintenance]

If it really is a rebadged something else as someone else has already suggested, then yeah, just calling it by whatever it's real name might be better. Or just use Plymouth, or something else that's already in use.

Plymouth. What an awesome brand, that was beat like a rented Mule by Iacocca then later Daimler.

 

[Zaedock]

Quick College story..... Me and some friends pranked our buddy by picking up his Yugo and rotating it 90* in the parking space, so it was perpendicular to the other cars. He was pretty PO'd, but impressed. LOL

 

[sparky123]

It's a shame small cars are not very popular in this country. We had some really nice ones when I was a younger man. I wish I would have bought a Honda Hatchback or CRX back then, but the price was somewhat high.

 

[road_rascal]

It's a shame small cars are not very popular in this country. We had some really nice ones when I was a younger man. I wish I would have bought a Honda Hatchback or CRX back then, but the price was somewhat high.

I've been to NZ and AUS a lot and they have some really nice little cars/SUV's Saw this awesome Suzuki Jimny last October in Brisbane.

 

[edyvw]

If it really is a rebadged something else as someone else has already suggested, then yeah, just calling it by whatever it's real name might be better. Or just use Plymouth, or something else that's already in use.

It must have modern platform and engine. They won’t be able to sell it. Half of previous domestic market for Yugo is in EU, all follow EU emission standards. Then crash test standards.

 

[K-Man]

A Yugo pulls up to a toll booth. The attendant says, "Twenty-five cents." The driver gets out and says, "Sold!"

 

[burbguy82]

yeah they will be 50k and suck just like most everything else

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Loved '86 GV One of the more fun and reliable cars I have owned. Handled well. Things that were problematic or failed on it were sourced from Holley or Ford. The engine was a Ferrari engineer designed screamer OHC.

Not mine

 

[Snagglefoot]

The Yugo is a Volkswagen Rabbit with more market cap behind it.