Belgrade, Serbia

This Yugo advertisement went viral in the Serbian internetosphere about a week ago. Apparently it is supposed to be funny, but I don’t get it.

I have for sale this pile of crap Yugo. Designed by a retarded engineer and assembled by a group of drunk workers.
Has the performance and handling of a 99cent store shopping cart.
You can count on it to start every morning like you can count on Bernie Madoff.
Keeps it’s value like the houses in Alabama’s suberbs.
A Coca Cola can is made tougher than this car.
38,000 original miles
1 owner, all original papers, original 1988 Title
Clear CA Title, no accidents
The worst car you could own. Don’t expect a sales pitch here.
Bring $2,200 (OBO) and have a piece of…........... history
Craigslist ad – link

I mean, It’s not funny – because it’s true. Yugo is a really easy target. It is, after all, the worst car in the world. How cruel do you have to be to make a Yugo joke? I don’t think it’s even politically correct anymore.

There were some other people who didn’t like the way the ad was written, so the owner is now receiving death threats from angry offended Serbs who believe this car represents everything that is Serbian. Which is kind of true, because not a lot of people have heard of “Serbia” or “Yugoslavia”, but everybody’s heard of Yugo.

Anyway, the guy must’ve sold the car by now, with the attention he caused. And for a 22-year old Yugo, that’s a great looking car right there.

Also, here’s a little advice. Don’t drive a Yugo while drunk, it’s even harder than when you’re sober:

And a collection of lame Yugo jokes:

Q. What is found on the last two pages of every Yugo owner’s manual?
A. The bus schedule.

A man walks into an auto parts store and says, “I’ll take a gas cap for a Yugo” “Sounds like a fair trade”, says the couter worker.

Why do Yugo’s have a heater for the back window?
To keep your hands warm when pushing.

Why don’t Yugo’s sustain much damage in a front-end collision?
The tow truck takes the impact.

How do you double the value of a Yugo?
Fill the tank!

What is found on the last two pages of every Yugo owner’s manual?
The bus schedule.

What do you call a Yugo with a flat tire?
Totalled.

How do you make a Yugo go faster?
A towtruck.

What do you call the shock absorbers inside a Yugo?
Passengers.

Two guys in a Yugo were arrested last night in Oakland following a push-by shooting incident.

The new Yugo has an air bag. When you sense an impending accident, start pumping real fast.

A friend went to a dealer the other day and said, “I’d like a gas cap for my Yugo.” The dealer replied, “Okay. Sounds like a fair trade.”

I have also said for years that the car is named because “Yugo, but it doesn’t”.

Two guys in a Yugo were arrested last night in Oakland following a push-by shooting incident.

How can you get a Yugo to do 60 miles an hour?
Push it over a cliff.

See more great photos at: Björn Söderqvist

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