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that even one over hollywood it made its mark far and wide when i see and i over how i feel like they do have sold like the they were not the just regular cars. say you go the socialist volkswagen from yugoslavia. not the best. but these are the maybe they, you go a car that socialism concord, america with the 12 months i mean is, are sold. and ronald reagan's america americans have voted this car, the worst part of the millennium, the worst car in the world that became a scar. and hollywood movies and that's where it came in. i caught up in a pop icon for failed the. it's boring when everything works.

that you go. the tragic hero of history invented a new best lobby before the multi ethnic countries, but intonation states and just send it into war. united. so all 6 republic, the workings all the same it's maybe a simple often country. doesn't exist anymore. the, this is the story, but we need the new story. the story, if you will go on and i haven't yet, it's from the serbian capital build. great is a die hard fan of the solid, affordable people's car from the bulk. for decades, he's only driven, you goes what i see and i over how i feel like cold, we always get the meaning of our family when the war was even in our farm or country was fabia. my mother with us in our you go. that was 3 years old in and the

me and my brother and my mother we came to the survey and then it was a more time and we were shot sound. busy busy the wrong side of the board with a song that describes leading the yugoslav wars of the 1990s in a you go, the band does that run, you know, of course and yet still fails, huge concert halls. today you go 451 of the most successful hits in the history of bulk. and pub, is an anthem to a simply timeless car. right? before you like you're driving. so i think that that was the 1st major you mean in the early eighty's. so and there they were, they were always the same. you know, there was like 2 small changes that they were produced for 3 years. but hugo is a disaster of, of plants incorrectly gave us had been producing fee since 1953 because like

possessed of a $7050.00, a version of it, the $600.00 were intended to make the people immobile. the goal of yugoslavia led by yes it but it was tito from 1945 because the communist country wanted to build a successful independent economy. research and development center was founded f as asked of a factory at the start of the 1970s. we understood that the effect today must be for independent fleet, having its own r a d. that's why oh, 1st got xyz to the one. 0 one was g, a t, then c. mueller jewel. and finally, the 40, the model that you go became vast of as most of successful products in 1980. the 1st you go to roll off the production line was presented as a gift to you. this lot president t 2 in

a festive state ceremony. the to this day, the hugo is a spots and car within the $45.00 horsepower and a very special driving experience. and you feel buy it because it needs to be of noisy and but that that's, that's all the, all the parts of the experience with that these are the points of the car. i like the feeling that you have always engaged when you desire these type of cars because you always have to take something serious over you yourself to do everything manually. but the, you go, did get a few small look serious details. very simple. inside here we kept the bet carrie or the rear defroster where you can just to warm up your hands if you need to pause to call your chemical or in a wheel. it works. and of course you have a lights are too light up

a cigarette and the context of these car interior 8 seats, a small carter, but each has 3 x rays. so everybody needs to smoke. but the heart of the you go is under the hood, a reset of a hugo engine 9 o 903 cubic centimeters. also the, the transmission is also here so you can fix it on every parking lot. it's a very cheap got to keep, to maintain the image. chad it's regularly takes part in the outings organized by the exhaustive effect club in bel. great. anyone who owns a car produced at this asked of a plant is welcome. thank left members, loved the balkan style of car construction makes it good that i would have since you don't have the database and look at anything. so it's basically you and the costs and you need to feel it's to understand it. from the beginning i was in love

with these guys. these cars bring together all generations means a lot to me because the, to the same model that because of the, as uh, as big the when i was a child, i want to capture, you know, the old feelings of themselves. but i want to make new a new memories visit if you the car that really made my life the way it is now because the me and my brother, which we did somebody's vacations and we had a great time. how so i met my husbands this way. so i always say that the, this is the reason why my doctor did it goes without saying that using tools is part of every hugo owners, daily life. you needed to love them to take good care of them in order for them to take care of you and to serve you properly. smart coming out to this from

this asked of a bank that works as a tour guide for the hugo verse agency in belgrade in his festival, one o one which was sold under the name hugo scholar. he takes 2 or assigned a tour of the former yugoslavia in these cars. this is simply something unique that you have to experience, especially while we're driving and you're looking at those buildings that were built in communist period in utilities. um, you can uh simply, it's like a time machine. i highlight it every one of marco's tours is the genex tower. the 36 story skyscraper, which opened in 1980 was one of president tito's pet projects. he had to establish the communist system in yugoslavia that was very open to the capitalist west and also had successful trade relations with it. i would say this is people try to wanted to show how big and strong we are. so keep me old buildings in new velvet

big. so this is the biggest building that you can see in you a slide here is the, this building symbolizes the legal, flavio and it's also happening with hugo. as i saw, 101 you ago has been exported to 74 countries including the united states, introducing the new hugo paramount engineering achievement from yugoslavia. busy in 1985, malcolm rickland, philadelphia born entrepreneur, founded the hugo america company to bring the compact hugo to market in the united states, dependability in his book, the rise and fall of the worst car in history. american historian jason view, it will tell us this exciting story in a communist car sold and ronald reagan's america that alone. you know, the, the answer seems obvious. but americans, again has no idea where you,

this lobby was. so it was it the communist issue. but what drew everyone's attention to the car was the price. it was $3990.00. brand new. the 1st you go advertisements, its the model t, the volkswagen in the you go when it says introducing the same old idea, the hugo was one of those people's car that we've had in our history. every body needs are used though. sometimes you go because now i can afford a brand new car and the car is sold like hot cakes, non lines of people formed in front of every hugo dealership under $4000.00 and unbeatable deal. you know, like any new fad, people rush to to look at it and to buy it may be kind of it'd be the 1st person on their street to show their neighbors. you know, i'm, i'm the crazy guy with this cheap car. i don't care about, you know, a, you know,

consumer culture in america and then you go change the entire us automobile markets such a small and cheap vehicle had never been for sale there before. and it's 1st year in the us and the compact car from yugoslavia sold around $40000.00 units. in the 1st year the hugo was the fastest selling european import in us history. so once the hugo entered the low end of the market in showed you know, the car producers around the world that there still is a market there and it and it may be viable that hyundai jumped in di hops who jumped back in suzuki came back in um, you know, all of a sudden there was, you know, an american journalist who covered automobiles called that race to the bottom. but then more and more american car experts began to take a closer look at the cheap car. from yugoslavia. it became clear,

it couldn't always keep up with us standards and america's most important consumer organization also turns a spotlight on the you go to the consumer reports can help you get better value and they review the you go and consumer report said don't buy that. you got the review alone was enough to be in the national news. you know the next morning to be here with the new said you, you're at work and then pretty soon it's on david, letterman, and jay leno and, and from there it, it, it went from, you know, you romania and consumer fad to national icon. a national joke, j. how do you get a you've or to go 0 to 60 in 10 seconds. i don't know to drive the class. she's wanting freight but well, the hugo became a media star with sales fleming. that was partly due to developments back home and

yugoslavia with his strong personality president. tito had always managed to unite the different peoples and religions in the country. but after his death in 1980 more and more tensions and conflicts flared in yugoslavia leading to war in 1991 this lobby was starting to france and we use lobby with serbia goes under un sanctions as a business you will, america is sanctioned. and now was really b. s. and finally, and in, in 1999, a nato bombed the hugo plant, the soft of a plan. it was a arms manufacturer. and so, you know, this is like, the final question though, of my, you go offer a, can you have it, you go without, you just lobby a. and the answer was no. the country split into 6 separate nations. the employees

of this asked of a factory, fought to continue producing a small series in newly independent serbia. but on november, 11th, 2008, the last hugo rolled off the production line, the end of an illustrious chapter in european automobile history. with $800000.00, you goes bill to over almost 30 years. how did these 2? well does they? exactly? 16 years ago. the us the will be very sought and very emotional. but even if you go so no longer being built, they are more alive than ever in arts and culture. the story of fuel go on it's. it's what is the story that kept you go live? it's not the car, just kept you will likely to, sorry. you go to successful product of a communist country has won over the globe, played a role in creating a sense of identity and radiated charm through it's very flaws. the worst car in the world just keeps on going headed story,

which already reads like the script for a hollywood movie is far from over. what do you sick, leave us a comment and don't forget to subscribe. it spelling briefing time just as a 5 weeks before demons go to the polls and those snap elections. so high time to talk about those election programs of the various parties. and that's why i have the full quote of political correspondence with me here in the studio to talk about those election programs, which i read by very few voters and very few politicians in the end actually stick to them. that's why we'll talk about the dynamics in this election campaign. and i want to just introduce julia is so deli who's here with me, maxine will i have and nina has a with me and we're all wearing headphones because this, after all is also a part costs.