So, Zastava commissioned a new car that would end up being the Yugo. It was meant to show the world that Zastava was moving ...

The car was ultimately named Yugo (or Jugo) 45 and launched in October 1980 at the Belgrade Motor Show, and Zastava began exporting the car's derivatives internationally within several years.

The last Skala 55 (#1,273,532) will be built on November 20th, marking the last Zastava after 4.2 million cars, of which 700,000 were exported (145,511 to the United States).

The car was ultimately named Yugo (or Jugo) 45 and launched in October 1980 at the Belgrade Motor Show, and Zastava began exporting the car's derivatives internationally within several years.

Zastava’s got a storied history of scrappiness, and its Skala 55 is certainly endowed with a spirit of perseverance. Based on Fiat 127/128 designs, the basic platform has long been vetted.

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 ...

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 ...

Like Yugoslavia, Zastava was riding high back in the 1980s. From its 19th century beginnings as an arms manufacturer, it branched out into car and truck manufacturing by the 1950s, growing into ...

• This 1980 Zastava 750 SE is today's Bring a Trailer auction pick. • The diminutive, no-frills car is based on the Fiat 600 and was produced in Yugoslavia from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s.

A resourceful Bosnian mechanic is determined to keep old Zastava cars rolling. The company gained fame in the 1980s for its only Western-marketed vehicle, the Yugo. Although shuttered in 2008 ...

NATO air raids early Friday inflicted severe damage on Serbia's Zastava car plant, wounding more than 120 workers who had stayed as "human shields" to protect the state-owned complex which, ...

A new Fiat model is set to manufacture in the Kragujevac-based Zastava will be sold abroad, writes Belgrade daily Danas. According to the article published on Friday, the production will create ...