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In a Yugo…

by 1389AD ( 91 Comments › )
Filed under Cars & Trucks, Open thread, Serbia at November 1st, 2011 - 5:00 pm

Basement Cat made me post this!

Top Gear dubs the Yugo 45 “the second worst car ever built.” More about Zastava Automobiles here.

Top Gear Yugo 45

Uploaded by MasterZeeeee on Aug 17, 2009

Kako su englezi opisali cuveni Yugo45. Auto je testirao Jeremy Clarkson, voditelj emisije TopGear. Ovo je njegov utisak o jedinom srpskom automobilu koji su ikada testirali.

The Yugo Sana a/k/a “Yugo Florida” got a much better review. The US/NATO wars against Serbia made it impossible to continue making and selling the car. The original Zastava factory was totally destroyed in the 1999 bombing of Serbia.

Old Top Gear 1990 – Yugo Sana

Uploaded by celticmadliam on Aug 11, 2010

Tiff Needell tests the new Yugo Sana. Taken from season 13 episode 2.

The Peugeot Concept BB1 is a mix between the Peugeot scooter and car. More at Topspeed.

Peugeot BB1 Promo Clip

Uploaded by worldcarfans on Sep 15, 2009

Peugeot has unveiled the BB1 Concept car which is not really a car. Dubbed “a totally new solution to the current and future needs of urban mobility”, the BB1 combines the utility of a car and the flexibility of a quad bike.

Jeremy Clarkson – “stupidest cars ever”

Uploaded by x4mmm on Aug 22, 2009

In a Yugo – A liberal guy n gal buy a Yugo (In the Ghetto)

Uploaded by tacoma5050 on Sep 22, 2006

A liberal guy and a liberal gal buy a Yugo. “In a Yugo” Lyrics:
As the snow flies

At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo

And they drive with pride

Cause if there’s one thing that this world needs
It’s environmental friends who’ll take the lead
In a Yugo

They say, “people don’t you understand
Those suburbans are ruining the land”
But they’ll wish they had a full size van one day
They point fingers at you and me
They say we’re too blind to see
But do we simply use our heads
And choose another way?

As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They’re gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo

Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
They’re squashed beneath a produce truck

But they drove with pride…

And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didnt get far
In a Yugo

And as they’re trapped inside
At a used car lot on the other side of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo….

And they drive with pride…

Many viewers have posted comments stating that the car used in the video is not a Yugo. Unfortunately after several weeks of searching for a Yugo, one could not be located for filming. It was decided that instead of re-writing the song, to just go ahead and use another small car as the main idea behind the parody is not really about a Yugo. Apologies to all Yugo enthusiasts.


Cars

by Urban Infidel ( 65 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at July 31st, 2010 - 10:00 am

I love old American cars, always have and always will.   These babies were on display on my trip to Maine.  So I was really glad I had my camera.

I used to have a white 1970 Chevy Nova that I bought for $100.00.  That thing ran like a tank.  Loved the bench seats.  The paint job wasn’t so hot though.  It had a couple different color quarter panels, some in primer, that made it look like something out of the movie, Natural Born Killers.   I also had a white 1967 Chevy Corvair.  What a beauty.  Black interior in good condition.   Original chrome and those red, glowing round tail lights.  A real head-turner.  It was like driving around in a movie star.  Trouble was, it broke down a lot.  Over heated, stalled so that was the end of that.  Sure was pretty though.

Slide show of the rest of the pics here!

This is an open thread to talk about anything at all.  Good news, bad news, politics, sports, even what you’re all doing over the weekend.  Whatever’s on your mind.

GM auditors raise doubts about viability

by Phantom Ace ( 24 Comments › )
Filed under Economy at March 5th, 2009 - 2:13 pm

We gave GM Billions for nothing. Their Auditors are still saying they will have to into bankruptcy.

GM auditors raise the specter of bankruptcy

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp.’s auditors have raised “substantial doubt” about the troubled automaker’s ability to continue operations, and the company said it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it can’t execute a huge restructuring plan.

The automaker revealed the concerns Thursday in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The corporation’s recurring losses from operations, stockholders’ deficit, and inability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations and sustain its operations raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern,” auditors for the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP wrote in the report.

GM has a bad business model. They have too many brands, dealers and cars people don’t want. They need to go into Chapter 11 and restructure. I want GM to survive for the sake of American production and workers. But real change is needed, not throwing money at a bad model.

~Soap Box~

by WrathofG-d ( 82 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at February 25th, 2009 - 5:13 pm

Now here is a part of the Green Economy that I can really get behind:

Tesla Motors


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Oh, by the way…..its electric!