How bad was the Yugo, really? In 19

How bad was the Yugo, really? In 1987, Popular Mechanics magazine released a survey of Yugo owners, in which 78% percent rated the quality of their cars at good to excellent, and 25% excellent, and 42% said they’d buy one again. (This article is either a stern refutation of conventional wisdom, or the first large-scale study of Stockholm Syndrome conducted by a major magazine.) But critics everywhere panned the car as underpowered and undependable. Safety and pollution were becoming major concerns, leading to regulatory hurdles that the Yugo would never be able to pass.