1987 Yugo GV Base Hatchback 3-Door 1.1L

1987 Other Makes YUGO GV Description

BOUGHT AT GANLEY MOTORS, IN LAKEWOOD OHIO, THIS VEHICLE HAS 84,864 CHASSIS MILES AND 40,983 ENGINE MILES, ENGINE WAS REBUILT ON WARRANTY. (a FULLY documented MILEAGE AND SERVICE HISTORY), . . . VEHICLE IS COMPLETE, INTACT WINDSHIEL, DESMOGGED, DELCO ALTERNATOR UPGRADE, WAS CARPORTED AND OFF ROAD FOR 18 YEARS (1996-2010 and from 2013 to current).WAS NEARING A CLUTCH REPLACEMENT WHEN IT BLEW THE TIMING BELT (DURING A COLD MORNING WINTER WARM-UP IN DRIVEWAY), BETWEEN THE CLUTCH AND THE BELT IT WAS A OPPORTUNE TIME TO POWER INCREASE TO THE 1500, 5 SPEED. THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF NEW AND TAKE-OFF PARTS FOR THIS CAR, EXTRA GLASS, (IT IS FULLY TRAILERABLE).
THESE FIAT SOHC LAMPREDI ENGINES WERE USED 1969-1995 IN MANY OF THE FIAT CARS, TOFAS, LANCIA, AND THE THE YUGO ZASTAVA (A REFORMATED FIAT 127), AND JOINED THE FLEET OF VEHICLES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR COUNTRIES LACKING IMPROVED ROAD SYSTEMS, AFRICA, WESTERN ASIA, EASTERN EUROPE, INDIA, EGYPT AND SOUTH AMERICA.
THE FIAT PLANTS IN INDIA, BRAZIL, POLAND, CHINA, SERBIA, ITALY, ARGENTINA,JAPAN, MEXICO, TURKEY AND FRANCE ALL BUILD THE SAME FIAT DESIGNS, THE CHRYSLER-FIAT 500 FOUR DOOR IS ASSEMBLED IN THE YUGO PLANT, THE CHRYSLER-FIAT 500 TWO DOOR IN MEXICO.
COUNTER TO ALL THE BAD PRESS, YUGO WAS A ROBUST CAR BUILT FOR THE EUROPEAN/UK DRIVER WHO IS MECHANICALLY INVOLVED, AND EXPECTS SIMPLICITY. LIKE MANY OTHER FAILED CAR ATTEMPTS FROM EUROPE/UK, IT IS/WAS VERY ILL SUITED FOR AMERICAN HIGHWAYS, DRIVING STYLES, AND TEMPERMENTS.