Zastava replaced its 750 rear-engined model, based on the Fiat 600, with a new front drive model in 1980. In fact the Yugo was also a Fiat model, but was a design that Torino had rejected and passed to Serbia for production. From 3,000 names submitted the name 'Yugo' was chosen as the badge for the new car. Marketed as the Yugo 45 or Zastava 45, it was powered by the Fiat 127 903cc ohv engine which was produced in Serbia. The Yugo 45 was soon revised as the Yugo Koral 45 with bigger tail lamps in 1988, and also offered as the Koral 55 with the 1,118cc engine from the Zastava 101. In 1987 140,000 Yugos were sold in America, but it is claimed that many of these were returned to Serbia. Later a Koral 65 was sold with a Fiat 1,301cc engine. A convertible version was also produced. The Yugo Tempo in 1995 was given the 1,118cc engine and the Tempo L had a 1,301cc Peugeot 106 engine. From 1998 the Yugo Ciao was launched, production stalled by the Yugoslavian War, and then the car was redesigned by Heuliez, but Yugo production ended in 2008.
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Yugo Koral 45A 1989 - badge on hatch
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Yugo Koral 45A 1989 - badge on bonnet
Yugo Koral 45A 1989 front
Yugo Koral 45A 1989. The Zastava Koral used a version of the Fiat 903cc 4-cylinder engine and was sold in Britain as the cheapest car available.
Yugo Koral 45A 1989 rear
Yugo Koral 45A 1989. The 45A was a 'no frills' version of the 903cc Koral sold on the UK market as the cheapest available car
Zastava 45 rear
Zastava 45. The Zastava 45 adapted an Ital Design body intended for a stillborn Fiat 144 which would be smaller than a Fiat 127. The launch model had small rear lamps
Zastava Koral 45 rear
Zastava Koral 45. The Yugo 45 was quickly revised and gained the name 'Koral' (in some markets). Most noticeable was the larger rear lamps
Zastava Koral 55 rear
Zastava Koral 55. The Koral 55 was given the larger 1,116cc engine also used in the Zastava 101 (128)
Zastava Yugo 60 1992 Cabrio rear
Zastava Yugo 60 1992 Cabrio. The Yugo 60 had a twin carb version of the 1,116cc engine, and there was also a fuel-injected version, as well as 1.3-litre 65 model. The Cabrio was mainly sold in export markets.
