Yugo is NOT coming back to the US

[Ivo Skoric]

In 2002 James Bricklin (the man who brought both Yugo and Hyundai 
cars to the US) decided to bring re-made Yugo back to the US. Zastava 
weapons factory in Kragujevac, Serbia, which subdivision makes Yugo 
cars, was recovered from the damage it suffered during the 1999 NATO 
bombing, and Yugos were back in production. Bricklin wanted a joint 
venture company and a flashy new name for Yugo in America: ZMW 
(Zastava Motor Works). However, apparently in 2003, BMW (Bayrische 
Motor Werke) threatened to sue, if Yugos were to be marketed under 
that name. On top of that, there were some communication problems 
between Zastava and Bricklin, so he shelved the idea of returning 
Yugo's to America. This might have been a sound business decision, 
given that the last month poll by Forbes magazine, AGAIN declared 
Yugo the worst car ever driven in the US by popular vote. So, for the 
time being, the only Yugo in America is going to be Raccoon's Cyber-
Yugo....
http://balkansnet.org/cyberyugo.html

Articles in Croatian:
http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=185458
http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=131324

Forbes poll:
http://www.forbes.com/vehicles/2004/01/26/cx_dl_0126feat.html


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