Yugo

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Yugo

Introduced: 1980
Design: Zastava Koral

The Yugo gets rapped for being ugly, when it was really more of a mechanical nightmare. Consumer Reports told shoppers they'd be better off with any used car than a brand-new Yugo. The body's design, though, isn't too far from the language of Volkswagen and Volvo: simple, proportional, and efficient.