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Arragonis · 11-03-2013, 03:56 PM

The original Yugo

Is really one of these, a FIAT 127

Which was pretty much at the forefront of Euro car tech in the early 1970s = FWD, Monocoque (aka Unibody) construction, OHC engine and end-on gearbox. Compare that with the US compact car market which was the Chevette and Pinto with their RWD live axles - the FIAT/Yugo win.

Of course FIAT replaced the 127 with the UNO (good)

but Yugo continued with the older model.

They replaced it later with the SANA (AKA Florida)

But at about the same time the Yugoslavian civil war got in the way.

11-03-2013, 03:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	The original Yugo Is really one of these, a FIAT 127 Which was pretty much at the forefront of Euro car tech in the early 1970s = FWD, Monocoque (aka Unibody) construction, OHC engine and end-on gearbox. Compare that with the US compact car market which was the Chevette and Pinto with their RWD live axles - the FIAT/Yugo win. Of course FIAT replaced the 127 with the UNO (good) but Yugo continued with the older model. They replaced it later with the SANA (AKA Florida) But at about the same time the Yugoslavian civil war got in the way. __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]