Date:         Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:34:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Yugo, I go,
              we all go for Yugo ... (was Yugo Videos - and other things) (NVC)
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I recall reading a Car & Driver road test of the new
Yugo shortly after it was introduced. I think the
title of the article was something like "Blue Light
Special: the economy car for the K-mart shopper". They
whipped that poor little thing around a banked race
track, tossed it through the slalom course, and spun
it around on the skidpad. Not surprisingly, it lost
points for its lackluster performance and cardboard
dash panels.

At the time, when you ordered your Lamborghini
Countach at the dealer (and who hasn't?), the optional
fiberglass wing on the rear end cost $3990, equal to
the all-up price for the Yugo.

Car & Driver's final buying advice was something to
this effect: "If we were to spend $3990, we'd rather
have a Countach wing on the coffee table than a Yugo
in the driveway".


Jeffrey Earl
1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"



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