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> to other Eastern European cars In 1976, VW started to make Golfs here Yugoslavia, in Sarajevo. Compared to other Eastern European cars like Yugo or Lada, VW
by Const-me 8y ago
> to other Eastern European cars
In 1976, VW started to make Golfs here Yugoslavia, in Sarajevo. Compared to other Eastern European cars like Yugo or Lada, VW golfs were solid. I still see many old Golfs on the roads here in Montenegro, and very few Yugo’s.
- flohofwoe 8y agoInteresting, did they also sell the Golfs in Yugoslavia? I know that at one point, Eastern Germany imported a few VW Golf, Mazdas and Citroens, but AFAIK those were one-time deals, and nearly unobtainable for normal citizens (both because they were rare, and also very expensive, even the Lada was almost considered to be a luxury car in the GDR).
- Const-me 8y agoYes they did. It was also possible to buy e.g. an imported Mercedes, if you could afford one. Yugoslavia is Eastern Europe but was neither NATO nor Eastern Block. The country stayed neutral, and they traded with both sides of the iron curtain. E.g. Americans have built a nuclear plant, Russians sold some military tech for e.g. submarines…