This is perhaps my favorite of the Yugo road tests, mostly because R&T compare the Yugo with
used cars!
So here are some quotes from the July 1986 issue:
"A little car from Yugoslavia showed up here one week, we tested it and it was gone."
"... Ted West, had a run in one (R&T, December 1985) and found it basically appealing, with an emphasis on basic."
"So how does it go? The experience of our staff reinforced Ted's impressions: It's clearly dated and the finish is a trifle on the rough side, but it does all the necessary things."
"With 1900 lb of car to move, it is just a tad quicker than the Sprint all the way up to 90 mph, a speed that the Japanese/American car doesn't quite reach." (a comparison to the Chevy Sprint)
"This would be fine at $3990 (which doesn't buy you the freshest used Toyota these days, say a 1980 Corolla SR5 Liftback or a 1982 Tercel Deluxe 2-door sedan) but the car we drove cost $5029 ($620 for air conditioning, $419 for AM/FM stereo/cassette), which aproaches new Sprint or 1984 Tercel territory."
"If the Yugo does dig in on U.S. soil, there are some interesting projects coming up, including new styling, an automatic transmission, a supercharger, fuel injection, a convertible and even an all-new sports car."
Fuel injection, a convertible and an automatic transmission all came into being, but who know's what ever happened to the rest of those ideas?
Road & Track test the Yugo GV.
