The original Yugo was always the punchline of the joke—the bargain-basement car from a strange, far-off land that always looked just a bit off. Now, though, that name is set to land on a brand ...

The Zastava Yugo, the diminutive Yugoslavian-built and later Serbian-built car that brought the joys of Communist motoring to the U.S., has finally ended its 30-year production run. Based on the ...

After a 30 year lifespan and nearly 800,000 units later, Serbian automaker Zastava has ended production of its legendary Yugo model. Roughly 142,000 of the inexpensive economy cars made it to U.S ...

Despite seemingly disappearing overnight, the Yugo actually enjoyed a long and profitable production run, beginning in 1980 as the Zastava Koral and lasting until November 11, 2008, with a ...

After 30 years of production, the last Yugo will roll off the assembly line in Kragujevac, Serbia this month. Built by Zastava, the lowly Yugo was the pride of the former Yugoslavian republic, ...

Properly, the original car's full name was the Zastava Yugo GV, Zastava being an automaker with a long history in the former Yugoslavia. GV was meant to stand for Good Value, and at $3990 to start ...

A LONG-forgotten car brand has returned after decades away with an 80s-inspired supermini. Zastava Yugo, most commonly marketed as Yugo, was originally designed as a shortened version of the F… ...

The Yugo, the car everyone -- or almost everyone -- loved to hate, is no more. The last one has rolled of the production line at the Zastava factory in the Serbian town of Kragujevac.

Zastava's Serbian assembly plant has built its final Koral - also affectionately known as the Yugo - and has begun the sad task of powering down machines, smashing dies and switching off the lights.