Saturday, July 28, 2018
Remembering the Yugo
Last night I saw a movie that featured lots of Michael Cera driving around New York in a yellow Yugo. They were a pretty fascinating/awful invention-- a Yugoslavian version of the Fiat 127, which wasn't a great car to begin with.
It was an interesting experiment though, and promised something good-- to bring a reasonably-priced car to Americans who otherwise would end up with pretty bad used cars.
In the current market, one has to wonder why there are no Chinese-made cars sold in the US (other than a few sneaky Volvos). Not that I think that would be a good thing, necessarily... it just seems odd. Various outlets have blamed quality problems and the competitive market, but those seem to be challenges that Chinese manufacturers have overcome in other product areas.
