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The Yugo was a lemon, but this lemonade is more Country Time powder than fresh-squeezed

The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History by Jason Vuic

May 12, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 6 Comments

I wanted to love this one, I really did! Much like my affinity for the dopey little Yugo, I thought I could at least love this book ironically. Unfortunately, I found myself feeling like no Yugo customers found themselves feeling: bland pleasantness. I love a good micro-history, and I love a good world-wide failure, and while this book is well-researched, it just could not hold my attention. Perhaps it was because I listened as opposed to reading, but I frequently felt like I had somehow […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, audio, automotive history, Business, cars, Communism, economy, grifters, grifting, Jason Vuic, lemons, scammers, scamming, yugo, yugoslavia

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, audio, automotive history, Business, cars, Communism, economy, grifters, grifting, Jason Vuic, lemons, scammers, scamming, yugo, yugoslavia ·
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How do you double a Yugo’s value? Put gas in the tank.

May 13, 2017 by octothorp 2 Comments

I picked this book up after fellow cannonballer Emmalita mentioned it as an example of my favorite genre: the failure narrative. I absolutely adore reading about fiascos and how they came to be, and my fellow pajiban steered me right in recommending it. The book is an interesting exploration of how the eponymous car came to be a national punchline. I know nothing about cars aside from what Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond tell me, and as I was in single digits during […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: emmalita, Jason Vuic

octothorp's CBR9 Review No:17 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: emmalita, Jason Vuic ·
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