Zastava cars - History

However, the real production of cars in the Institutes began in 1953. The license purchase agreement with Fiat was signed on August 12, 1954, and three months later the assembly of the first vehicles of the "Fiat AP-55" ("Campanola"), "Fiat 1400 BJ" and "Fiat 1100 B" models began. Production of the "Zastava 750" or "fiche" car began in 1955 and stopped 30 years later. "Fića" was repackaged with "Fiat 600", with an engine capacity of 600, and later 750 cubic meters. During the development of the "flag 750" model, the engine power ranged from 23 to 27 horsepower, as it had in the last year of production. A total of 923.487 copies of this model were produced.

It is thought that in 1957 and 1958, a firm foundation was set up for the supporting industry to supply semi-finished products such as castings and forgings. At that time, the mechanical processing of chassis parts in the Departments and the mechanical processing of all engine parts began on May 21 in Rakovica.

Along with the production of 53.493 cars, in 1968, with the participation of Fiat's capital and domestic credit, production capacity was expanded to 85.000 vehicles a year. This completes the first phase of the car factory development program. The Red Flag offices already had seven factories - five in Kragujevac and one each in Macedonia and Kosovo.

Initially, it was labeled 600, and later, with the increase in engine volume, it became the flag 750

The first Zastava cars were exported in 1965. First, six thousand vehicles were exported to Poland, followed by sales to the markets of Finland, Colombia and Greece, and later exports to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France.

The flag began in the 1400s by replacing the "1100" with the "1100". This vehicle, designed by Bertone, will be produced not only by Zastava and Fiat, but also by the German NSU Fiat and the Austrian Styrian Fiat. The Fiat 1955 had 36 hp in 40; it was boosted to 1957 hp by 43 and finally, it gained 1966 hp at the very end of its 1200 life span. A 55hp Fiat 1969 was also available, but its time did not last long because in 128 the XNUMX flag overshadowed the decade-old line.

With rear-wheel drive, all-wheel disc brakes and a powerful engine that had up to 72 horsepower, the sleek three-wheeler became the favorite Yugoslav car of the higher class. It was manufactured from 1961 until exactly December 20, 1979. The new owners have found 202.160 copies in versions with 1,3 and 1,5 liter engines. Even today, many in the former Yugoslavia think the "1300" is the best Zastava vehicle of all time - they call it the "Yugoslavian Mercedes".

The truck factory separated from the car factory in 1969, and a long-term business cooperation agreement was signed with the truck manufacturer Om from Brescia.

A Delivery Vehicle Factory was established in Sombor in 1970, up to almost Zastava special vehicles.

Production of the first self-propelled vehicle, then the middle class, the "Flag 101", began on October 15, 1971. The model was developed on the basis of the "Fiat 128", which was named the car of the year 1967. The millionth was manufactured in 1991, and the record annual production was in 1979, when 88.918 "stands" came off the assembly lines. A total of 1.273.532 copies were produced.

The 101 flagship was among the most modern cars in the class

The millionth "Zastava" car was produced on December 15, 1975. In 1980, production capacity was expanded to 200.000 cars a year. That year, serial production of the "jugo" model began. The first car officially developed in Zastava, the "Yugo 45", was made by hand on October 2, 1978. As the beginning of serial production of "Juga", it was entered in the factory history on November 28, 1980.

The South American export contract was signed on September 7, 1984. The first "South 55 GV" for export to America was manufactured on September 9, 1985. A total of 141.511 "South" were exported to the United States. He left the production line the last "south" on November 11, 2008. It was "coral in economics" and had serial number 794.428.

"Florida" first introduced to the public in 1987. The first "florida" from the assembly lines came down on October 2, 1988. A total of 29.950 copies were produced.

The facilities of the Kragujevac factory also produced "uno" and a total of 2.620 units came off the strip, and the factory also had a "supplementary program", thus selling cars known as "Peugeot", "iron" ...

As a record, in 1989 the history of the Flag was inscribed in gold letters. 180.950 were produced in its own production program, and 42.614 cars and 4.827 trucks in industrial cooperation. 26.777 vehicles were exported, which rounded off production capacity to 220.000 vehicles per year and achieved export volume based on an industrial corporation in the amount of US $ 81.075.000.

The flag had 53.357 employees and 280 companies from 130 locations of the former Yugoslavia were involved in its production.

The Florida design was signed by Giugiaro Studio

As a crown of many years of successful cooperation, in 1991, a contract was signed by which Zastava and Iveko set up a joint venture, Zastava Trucks. Production capacity is rounded up to 11.000 trucks. By that time, the factory had produced 180.000 and exported 36.000 light and medium-duty trucks.

Florida was selling well overseas in the early XNUMXs

The flag produced a total of about four and a half million vehicles. Approximately 76 cars were exported to 650.000 countries.

The last car with the "Z" logo is "flag 10" with number 4.224.

Fiat and Serbia signed a joint venture agreement on September 29, 2008, and Fiat Automobiles Serbia was founded on October 14, the day before the birthday of the first “ace”…

It could have been different

According to unofficial information, just before the breakup of the SFRY, the VW and Zastava concern signed a memorandum of cooperation. The plan was to increase production in Vogosca to other models and expand it to Kragujevac. The war began a VW he turned It's too bad...

160 Years Long Tradition

In 1853 the first industrial enterprise in Serbia was founded under the name "Topolivnica".
In 1880 the first rifle of its own production was made
In 1904, the repair of vehicles and the production of individual auto parts began
In 1941, 400 military trucks were installed at the factory. At that time, the factory had 12 workers
1953 Automobile factory established
1954 begins assembly of a jeep vilis
In 1955, the first "fic" came out of the factory
1965 Flag starts exporting its cars
1971 production of "flag 101"
1980 production of "south" begins
1983 starts designing "flag 103" ("florida") and "flag 104" ("florida" sedan)
In 1985, the first "South GV" was manufactured and exported to the US market by new standards
1986 marked the production of the three millionth flag, since 1955
1987 In February the factory changes its brand from "Zastava" to "Yugo" - the first "Florida" was introduced