Im pretty sure that she kept her clothes on. At first glance, the car looked up to date- Front wheel drive, rack and pinion steering, decent mileage. The local news interveiwed some and they were going for $4000 Id end up with used junk, but now I got a new import!. The mechanical bits all seemed OK, and no obvious leaks or other damage. From the start, Zastava resented the profit dealers made, and thought their expenses exorbitant. Another movie moment: Nick drives a Yugo in the film _Nick & Norahs Infinite Playlist_. What a story! Those brave revolutionaries almost single handedly redefine their market segment and leave an indelible mark on the industry itself. "She's dead," he confirms to Chief Rash (Danny DeVito), who nods grimly and begins a murder investigation. The best part was they all had the same license plates on them to just have a semblance of legality! About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Ive been around big rigs all of my life, but they never looked bigger than when I was next to them on the freeway. Though set in Verplanck, "Drowning Mona" was shot entirely within an hour's commute of Los Angeles. The seats were quite comfy too- firm enough but still soft- and with a cotton upholstery that was miles away from the nylon stuff put in other cars of the era. Also, this post made me curious: how did Subaru make the transition from dangerous sardine can to granola FWD/AWD family compact in the US? How quickly they developed larger cars was a product of how well capitalized each company was and how much their senior management (some of which was deeply conservative, even by Detroit standards) was willing to make the investment in export-specific products. I was discussing cars with a woman in my office building one day, when she remarked that she had owned a Yugo, and got an incredible number of miles out of it. Chief Wyatt Rash: My mother always used to say, "When life hands you potatoes, make potato salad!". Mine was still only about a year old, so I was in denial about its performance. It has interesting characters and situations and I found myself really enjoying the film--only to have it all fizzle at the end. Drowning Mona 2000 (PG-13)Strident comedy about the low-IQ denizens of small town Verplanck, New York, where everybody still drives a Yugo (the town was a test market). Bricklin used franchise fees to run the company (a major accounting no-no) while the car was being modified for safety and emissions certification in the U.S. and dealerships were sold, territories assigned. This was before the deal with Chery. And the opening of China and competition from S Korea in a way ate Yugos lunch in the global market. At first glance, the car looked up to date- Front wheel drive, rack and pinion steering, decent mileage. The possibility upsets Ellen, who explains in some of the movie's best dialogue: "I can't marry a murderer. As for the FloridaBricklin was itching to bring it in. Rather, I see him as an irrepressible optimist who went into his various ventures believing everything would turn out well and he was blind to the shortcomings of the cars he imported. When I got there, my promised job had fallen through and my wife and child still needed a car, and I needed one for working. Here is the text that opens Drowning Mona before we see the first shot: Ive heard that by 1989, Malcolm Bricklin was kicked out and Zastava took over importing the cars to the US and made a substantial series of changes/improvements and the cars then came with fuel injection, the GV, GVL, GVC, and GVS and the sportier GVX were combined into one car, the GV Plus fitted with better seats (the fold and slide seats from the GVX), the larger 1.3L 4, the 5spd in a more basic interior and exterior trim package, adding the AC etc and Bosh fuel injection and I hear from Chris Vitale who runs Fiat 500 USA blog who owned a 1991 Yugo with FI until a couple of years or so ago that by then, their warranty claims were very good, but the war took its toll as did the emissions debacle in 1992 brought the cars run in the US to an end. They pronounce it yugo and Bricklins people realized a car called Jugo would have problems in marketing. We learn that Verplanck was selected as a test market when the Yugo was being introduced to the United States. Thank you for the history, it complements the story of the car well. Although I tested it in the summer, the car sputtered and hesitated like it was cold. Well, as they say, two out of three aint bad. I know of a 1979 Datsun pickup that completly rusted out in 6 years. I remember the shifter being very vague and rubbery but it did the job and the car wasnt too bad on other respects and I rather liked its styling. (Italy) 1989 Chrysler TC 1983 Dodge Omni 1991 Dodge Ram 1980 Ford F - 350 Ford Ranger 1993 Ford Ranger GMC C / K - Series 1992 Honda Civic But these Yugos aren't just a frivolous component of the storythey're essential to establishing the wacky tone of the film. NO. IIRC, when hers finally died, she said that she tried to find another but couldnt. DROWNING MONA 1/2 Tasteless but sporadically uproarious black comedy. Ford Econoline This Is Not A Taxi. In the small, white-trash town of Verplanck, N.Y., a loathsome woman named Mona Dearly (a dour and ugly Bette Midler) drives her car over a cliff and into the river. That salty New England slush had its way with everything. The collapse of Communism removed any perceived legitimacy left in the public who thought their future under capitalism would reflect a standard of living like W Germanys. One reason is that lots of people own and drive them and parts are a breeze. This car didnt want to go into reverse at a standstill. Damn that X1/9 still looks beautiful just like mine the 81 behind the new Abarth. Serendipity! In the 70s when I lived in Boston, I worked with a guy whose 5-year-old Pinto had big holes in the doors. The first Mazda was also a kei-car, the R-360. @ahight: I think there is no need to put the location square in every screenshot, only the ones with more than a single car visible. Also in Drowning Mona's favor, at the heart of the movie, is a genuinely positive character, Verplanck Police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito).He's possibly the only principled citizen in town. The displacement limit for kei cars was increased to 550cc some years ago. Two YUGO watches, new. I would like to add that once money was in short supply, it was easy to lay a blame on the other side, to stir old misunderstandings and conflicts, send kids to London or USA and start profiting from the war. Motor Trend reported that their hand picked press ringer broke down during testing. Whats good- quad headlights They initially started out as an arms manufacturer. Childrens toys are more dependable. I probably still have it somewhere. The carpet was very loose fitting and curled up in spots along the edges. Once the carb was replaced with a Weber instead of the Zastava kinda sorta copy with 3 miles of vacuum hose it ran and started a lot better. \"Drowning Mona\" is bad . Sales quickly slowed when word of the myriad problems began to circulate in the media. She was rather negligent about maintenance, so would have been tough on any vehicle, but her Yugo, like many of its kind, fell apart rather quickly, stressing a budget that was already tight. Actions lie louder than words. by Carolyn Wells. They obviously do not run. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi wo yuku, Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajir, http://www.highwayone.com/Classifieds/Yugo/GreenYugoCab.html, I'd like to own a yugo some day. I presume the folding roof is there just in case the doors jam shut because of a sagging body! They were true babes in the woods, and they lacked the capital to deal with the investment and the costs of distributing cars. The early Japanese cars were not that different from the 360: Junk. All in all, Monas jaunt into the river could have been described as a pretty fortuitous accident for everyones lives she touched, or in Monas case, bludgeoned. (not the 1st time Ive done this,haha). The cars were not labor or maintenance intensive at all, and in fact some things worked better on that car than did my dear old Lancer, like the A/C system. Of course a $800 car isnt worth shyte to the insurance company, so they gave me a token $1000 for my time and trouble (another story). Money was a problem; but not the root problem. Later I also replaced steering rack under warranty because of some slack inside. Actually, the GM B body starting in 1977 was very, very resistant to corrosion. I remember that time very well, it was impossible to find coffee or bananas or laundry detergent etc in the stores, and the industry was struggling to get raw materials. Many wars (holocausts, massacres) are blamed on religion, I can understand why some people no longer believe. Then again, Ive always had a liking for the odd car or two over the years. Tracey Walter appeared in the original Tim Burton Batman, Danny DeVito appeared as The Penguin in Batman Returns and William Fichtner appeared in The Dark Knight. I wonder if he actually carried that threat out, and if his daughter ever forgave him if he did. 500 Yugo cabrio were imported to the States. You mentioned this before; itd make a great article. The cars in the movie were provided by Apple Motors in Denver, Colorado. I assume some were worse than others, but Ive heard this complaint levied against such a broad range of cars (American, Japanese, Italian, British, even German) of that era that I have to wonder if there was some sort of fire sale on water-soluble steel. I remember seeing new Yugos at the (I think 1990) Chicago Auto Show. Or maybe not. American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others, Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment, Automotive History The Jokes On U.S.- The Short, Wild Ride Of The Yugo In America, TOAL:1974(?) The brakes appear to have been tampered with, making it murder. I remember checking them out back in I think 1986 at a local dealer and loved that bright blue they were offering at the time, called Adriatic Blue. Amidst mutual finger pointing, the deal collapsed in July 2008 as the erstwhile partners took turns suing one another in federal court. For my family and me back in the eighties, fuel economy was king, so I drove K-Cars and assorted used vehicles that were cheap we never really struggled, but cash and monetary resources were scarce, hence my missing out on the larger, more deluxe offerings of GM, Ford and Chrysler. Trivia: If Germany had built it, would it have been called the Germ? I started to work in 1985 as a young engineer in the factory producing electrical equipment for the industry, and was very aware about problems we faced at the time. Blue in color. There are, to be fair, other theories about how Jeff (Marcus Thomas) lost his hand, although in every scenario he was reaching for a beer. . A girl I hung out with in college had a Yugo. . But Bricklin assured his erstwhile investors that the car could be made ready for the U.S. market with some minor tweaks. A quiet little in-joke indeed, but I mention it so the filmmakers will know their work was not in vain. The Proton is only a Malaysian Mitsubishi exactly the same awful car Hyundai built as trhe EXCEL. This was enough to keep them afloat (even with such strange offerings as the BRAT and XT) until 1989, when they really hit their stride with the introduction of the Outback and the successful Paul Crocodile Dundee Hogan marketing campaign. The Yugo became the default entry level car for people that knew the price of everything but the value of nothing. But the little Yugo turned out to be a lot less than the sum of its parts. The Little SuBARu Wow!, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPp-NFInXw. (A former test site for the Yugo car company, we're told. As the movie opens, a local woman named Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) speeds down a country road and directly into the Hudson River when her brakes fail. There was something wrong with every single facet of this car. Why did Yugos have standard rear defrost? It couldnt be trusted just sitting in the parking lot. Seem like this article is just a mishmash of old articles written by people who never owned a Yugo, dont know anything about yugos, or who designed its engine. To keep your hands warm while you pushed. Also, familiarity is important in servicing a car.Lots of American mechanics wouldnt bother to learn the finer points of working on Yugos because there were so few of them and parts were slow to arrive when needed. Yugo-mania also swept through Hollywood for a time and was the star car in movies such as The Birdcage, Drowning Mona, Die Hard 3, The Crow, Inspector Gadget and 101 Dalmatians. What am I supposed to make outta that? Holy mackerel, Goe, what a story and experience! You are right.I found it here: Drowning Mona Trailer - Yugo Cars 7,448 views May 7, 2014 The NZ Yugo 1.66K subscribers 26 Dislike Share In Drowning Mona everyone drives Yugo Cars and one day Mona borrows her sons. I think it's worth keeping them separate because it's a in-joke of the film that almost everyone has a Yugo. The process, alone, of a car manufacturer as a unit of government, is suspect. Drowning Mona 2000 PG-13 1 h 36 m IMDb RATING 5.7 /10 15K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:23 1 Video 67 Photos Comedy Crime Mystery When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. After Mona Dearly (Bette Milder) dies in the movie's opening moments when her Yugo plows through a guardrail and into the Hudson River far below, Wyatt begins investigating her death. She had a habit of parking illegally, and, faced with a ticket and impound bill that exceeded her estimate of the value of the car, donated it to the towing company. @Zackman: No the real experience was driving that thing in Atlanta rush hour traffic at 80+ MPH. Drowning Mona is basically a comic murder-mystery. Parts are no problem, because it is basically a FIAT. It failed, of all places, on the Bonneville salt flats area in Utah. There was a movie in 2000 entitled Drowning Mona where most of the people in a . Let me disillusion youI busted a piston crown and bent a valve badly enough to freeze up the camshaft. Complete with opera lamps and padded roof. Your email address will not be published. Actually, from my experience with Yugo monocoque, four doors would have crushing effect on rigidity:). I recall seeing the garage full of yugos being worked on when Id take mine in and I recall seeing them dead on the side of the road everywhere. if (window['UnicI'].geo === 'EU') { Which together would have theoretically allowed the Yugo to be more successful. Im guessing the sport badging is why the decimal point is so far to the right? European manufactures give guarantee for lets say 50k-250k km (~30k-150k mi) and 5-10 years, whatever come first (in practice mileage is more important), but previous owner could use some product with shorter life thats why this saving of couple* Euros isnt worth a risk. In addition, many cars have changed hands by that timeand who knows what the previous owner may have had done? I saw this movie. I knew about their reputation, but I really needed a set of wheels that wasnt going to set me back a couple of thousand dollars. The Renault Alliance and 18i were still being sold in 1984-85 when the Yugo debuted. Nevermind that their cars are horribly unreliable, people still buy them. 1. At inopportune times. The Mopar fuselage cars were not too bad, but the 71 on up B bodies were not so good. Actually, Yugos timing belt is ~10$, and pretty easy to change. They found slipshod handling of stamped body panels, and the assembly lines using dirty, even dented panels; he found painting in dusty areas, not the clean, dust-free booths required for good paint covering and adhesion. Do not sell my data I was scarred for her to be driving it. When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. I actually checked out a Yugo about the same time I was looking at Sundances, Colts and similar vehicles and decided: No, I didnt have the time for the do-it-yourself maintenance it mightve required my current cars took care of that at the time! Malcom Bricklin The twice bankrupt Bricklin has resurfaced periodically over the years, always pushing the latest crack brained scheme to sell a car that would occupy the place that his Yugo once did- the bottom rung of the American market. And often wins. The U.S. stuff was bad enough in that era, but the European cars were (by and large) even worse and the Japaneese were worse by orders of magnatude. Early oil changes, followed maintenance schedule. During lunch the high schoolers came out and lifted it up so the front tires were up on the sidewalk. 1) Wise observation that Yugoslavia needed hard currency (without which it could not import needed consumer or industrial goods) during those years. W. Edwards Deming was key in Japans metamorphosis from a backwards exporter of trinkets and junk to a source for amazingly-high-quality automobiles and electronics. It was like, when you get in, what is next to give out or give you trouble. Even so, Kei cars remain too small to be accepted by American consumers. At least until the inevitable head gasket problems caused by an Iron head and alloy block. Reading in Consumer Reports that the tester injured his toe when the front seat came crashing down on it. An older Yugo, since the car hasn't been manufactured since its country went out of business. Id actually like to have another one, but beef it up with Fiat parts. there used to be a sign on the front that said visionary vehicles but that came down at least two years ago. And it tanked with the critics. View Cars. They were incredibly simple mechanically. Youre welcome here anytime ! When the coroner first jumps into the water to check Mona's dead body, he is neck-deep in water. The prototypical belt-driven OHC engine Stateside, was the Pontiac Sixand Joe Sherlock, who has a car blog, The View Through the Windshield (http://www.joesherlock.com/blog.html) was involved in the development of the initial fiberglass-impregnated belt. State ownership is generally coupled to some sort of coersion, such as a penalty tax on other makes. My BIL and I popped out the axles, but that was more of a preventative move, rather than a necessity. I cant imagine that anybody that test drove one like mine actually laid down real money for one. The New Brunswick government pulled the plug in September of 1975 and the Bricklin was finished. It is my understanding the latter Yugos were much better than their earlier counterparts, but still not up to snuff with the worst(?) By the 90s Japan had it totally nailed. Ive talked to other people in the UK who bought them new, and many have had more than one. It cut costs, and as was the concern then (as now) it was Green using the parlance of today. I frankly dont know how anything this poor could ever be made. Initially, I had my eyes set on a mid 80s Toyota Celica as the cheapest car I could find. In the beginning they had some brief text ( "Years ago, the Yugo Car Company chose Verplanck, New York, to test market its new breed of vehicle. Amazingly, someone got in it, started it, and it ran and drove (more or less) away. The base GV had a 1.1L, SOHC motor that originated in the Fiat 128 and the GVX had the 1.3L\, SOHC, motor, also from the Fiat 128 and I think it had the 5spd manual in it but the base GV got the 4spd manual. I really believe that the cars were treated as disposable, and in that way expectations were met. One of my dads friends had one of these. Danny DeVito and Neve Campbell appeared together again six years after the release of this film in another comedy "Relative Strangers "(2006). About a year or so into owning the blue one, the clutch cable snapped (in traffic, of course). These cars came with an optional AM/FM cassette deck that was very basic, only 5W total if I recall right, or was that 5W per channel? His routine went something likeThe Yugo, what self respecting country would name a car that sorry after itself? The Yugo was based on a mash up of models 127 and 128 built under license by a wildly unproductive workforce in an obsolete factory with assembly quality that made real mid 70s Fiats look hand built. } In the early 80s many of the domestics suddenly found they could use galvanized steel for body panels, and inner fender liners and other rust proofing methods, (better drains, etc.) You could disassemble the whole car with like 5 Allen keys, three sockets and two Phillips-head screwdrivers, if you were inclined. (At the same dealership on the window sticker above,actually). The poor gal, if I remember, was named Lelo. Rated PG-13 He later served briefly as acting Secretary of State during the last months of the first Bush presidency). LIkewise, Yugo UK supported its dealers well. I dont know if I was lucky (twice) or if my mechanical aptitude allowed me to save the cars I owned. Yugoslavia The Land Of The Southern Slavs went to war with itself in late 1991 and essentially spent the next 17 years shooting, ethnically cleansing and generally behaving like it had before World War I. It wasnt four door Yugo, that was Chevy Citation, if I remember correctly. To be sure, the car was primitive, even by 1980s standards. This is all fictional of course. Ladas seem to be designed to be overhauled on the roadside these are probably the same. Im trying to remember, she actually, may have owned two of them. Generally what kills them is the cost of major systems repairs, to where its not economically justifiable. Further, it was the only small car of the era that could be genuinely fun to drive. Other folks I know routinely neglect maintenance on some very well regarded cars and wonder why they have such bad luck! Drowning Mona is a 2000 American crime comedy film starring Danny DeVito as Wyatt Rash, a local police chief from Verplanck, New York, who investigates the mysterious death of Mona Dearly ( Bette Midler ), a spiteful, hard-drinking, loud-mouthed, abusive woman, hated by all who knew her, who drove her son's car off a cliff and drowned in a river. Thanks for your first hand account ! I blame the cost-cutters, whove put us in this positionspin the dice wrong, youre buying a new engine. finally blown up. Before we wrap, lets sort them out. 2) My wife (an engineer like yourself) has been to Dubrovnik and says that the beaches are incredible. And the gas cap would not come off. as long as you didnt try to get away with normal American car owner maintenance. Very well-maintained. Bricklin often says that the first model year or so of production the cars were well assembled and then once Zastava saw the money they let things slip. Another example of the high cost of low priced objects. Modern kei cars are dimensionally similar to the old sidevalve english Fords tall and narrow hopefully they dont fall over as easily I see lots of elderly people driving used import keis here. I also bought a new Yugo in 1989, and had to replace brake master cylinder immediately because brakes would fail after about 10 km on the road. It has been a while since I have seen a Yugo on the road, but a local car wash has one with signs mounted on it. Sorry, Jeff, but I dare to notice that you dont know so much about Zastava (factory and cars, their projects and people, its country and history) and dare to write about. -Because they have already been through hell. I saw one not long ago on the streets in Eugene, but couldnt catch it., Theres got to be a comeback there! However, these engines have been known to go 200K with little bearing wear if maintained appropriately. But even in those circumstances, the car was not that bad as public opinion in USA about it. It's got an absolute star studded cast including Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Casey Affleck, William Fitchner, Neve Campbell, Jaime Lee Curtis, with a cameo, and even . 2) At the 2014 Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois there was a Yugo with a Chrysler 426 Hemi (with blower) in the rear of the car (Hemi under glass). Knobs came off in your hand, the sliding radio marker on a string would get stuck and not move off of from where it landed. They didnt always start, and they DID always rust away. He was absolutely correct. . Whats terrifying is that a convertible version of this thing the flimsiest vehicle imaginable was sold in the U.S. No flimsier than the Toyota Paseo or Geo Metro convertible. (https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jan/14/cover/#) Its unfortunate that the vast majority of Yugo owners didnt even get that. Zastava built some world class arms. Introduced at an offer price of just under $1300 , the little Subaru made much of its over 60 MPG fuel economy and low cost of ownership. Americans are a funny lot.I am not sure what $4000 in 2016 money equates to but you can these days get plenty on the used car lot if you look carefully for roughly the same money as anything in the light car class or it can be can be a car you dreamed about when it was new but couldnt afford at the time.We Australians never saw the Yugo but $12,000 before you factor in things like automatics and on roads plus good condition gets you better than most of these cars from foreign lands and brands which dont exist anymore.I suppose the modern day equivalent of this would be something like a Suzuki Celerio or a Mitsubishi Mirage in my part of the world new,used equivalent buying gets you a three year old Corolla or Pulsar or one size smaller a well kept Yaris or Mazda 2. But recycled steel, for whatever reason, is overly prone to corrosion. The interior was fading right from day one. Its essentially a Fiat, and the same thing applied to them. its a beautiful nineteenth century townhouse that was redesigned combining the 19th century iron front with a modern glass setback. As I understand it, Zastiva had the Yugo designed that way as its plan was, from the beginning, to export the car. I must admit that I own a Yugo. I had been driving a Datsun 200 SX and the 5 speed was like silk. Hell, he only paid something like $500 for a beater commuter car and this was in the late 1990s. I did appreciate the way Yugo could make one part do what a western car needed three for. Last Update: . Same thing was sold in the US as the Precis. Subaru was just a little behind the curve in terms of design and safetyas befits a smaller company. In this black comedy, everyone in a small town becomes a suspect when a much-despised woman not-so-accidentally drives her Yugo off a cliff. I was enrolled in a community class marketing course and the teacher brought up the Yugo, and was joking about it. if (window['UnicI'].geo === 'CA') { Director Nick Gomez Writer Peter Steinfeld Stars Danny DeVito Bette Midler Neve Campbell All four brake drums were tampered with, the brake fluid was drained, and the perp also drained some other fluids just to be on the safe side. Doug DeMuro joyfully reviewed one a couple of years ago. No one in the movie is particularly vicious (well, Jeff's no prize) and the urgency of the case is undermined by the general agreement that Verplanck is calmer and happier now that Mona's gone. But what about quality disasters in a different scenario? One time the shifter came off in my hand. At least in the old days I could see why the industry that does not want a cheap car to succeed, but whats the point now? At least a Suzuki Samurai has a separate frame. Even here in the Land That Rust Forgot, I rarely see anything from the 70s. Yup, Im gonna go for a ride in my Ford Fester., I mentioned Drowning Mona below, before I read this. Two Yugo episodes: The first while working on a construction crew in the 1987-88 period, at a project west of Rochester, NY one morning a Yugo rolls onto the lot, out pops a nervous, typical pocket-protector young engineering type, tells us he is out of gas, could anyone give him a ride to his job.at Kodak! Could you imagine if another country decided to do that? Someone around my area with a perverse sense of humor drove a Yugo stretch limo for a few years, those being about 20 years ago. After the 1973 oil shock and protracted period of economic stagnation globally, Western markets had less incentive to buy anything from Yugoslavia. Second occurred during 1994-95, having changed employment by then, while driving the 50+ miles each morning, Id notice Yugos of different colors pass me on the four lane driven by the same fellow. 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