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Chaz @ Mar 24th 2008 1:18PM
Zastavas are very easy to criticize in the US, given the mistreatment of most of them (and the resultant failures) and the less than stellar availability of Fiat parts. The standards are different in countries like the former Yugoslavia, and people have not only a realistic understanding of the ramifications of such a vehicle, but regulatory systems which allow for their existence. they're not luxurious, or especially hardy for that matter, but they're straightforward, easy to fix transportation appliances. Same reason the Kafer-Beetle had such success in South America so many years after it left the US market. I expect a condemnation of the Tata Nano's NVH next.
stealth @ Mar 24th 2008 1:22PM
kinda like cuba?
spw @ Mar 24th 2008 3:00PM
only reason people bought Zastava in Ex-Yu was due to 120% customs on import cars.
Even then, people had to wait up for 10 years for them.
And they were pure crap. That crap brakes more than anything you can imagine in your life.
Very rarely you can see some on the streets here, despite them selling 1.5mil of them.
Compare that to Golf 2, which is everywhere in ex-yu.
My friends father has "Stojadin" that is from 89, and dear god, what a POS.