The cheapest car sold in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s — the Yugo — has recently become kind of ironically hip. Once the butt of countless jokes, it's certifiably cool in the U.S. these days. But in ...

Back in '87, Yugo's ad jingle said to "buy yourself some freedom, buy a Yugo." The Yugoslavian-built car practically flew out of showrooms in its first three years, and nearly 40 years after it made ...