>>Supposedly they've been back in the U.S. for a couple of years now...
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>>http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/23/0423yugo.html
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>>and it seems you hit the nail on the head:
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>>The Zastava Motor Works factory was partially destroyed in 1999 during NATO air strikes against Slobodan Milosevic's regime, but was able to continue to make cars that it sold in the former Yugoslavia. Bricklin says the factory has been rebuilt and the company will be able to supply the U.S. market within a year.
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>Zastava was hit, but the plant had two factories. The car part had lost one assembly line; the other part, which was producing rifles and pistols was more heavily hit.
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>I've heard they are already exporting a decent amount (thousands, I think) of hunting and sports rifles here. The factory was founded as cannon foundry some time in XIX century, anyway.
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>My favorite Yugo joke from the early '90s:
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>Q: why does the Yugo have rear window heating?
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>A: so you warm up your hands while you push it.

That website wanted to install a news ticker on my machine. I don't think I care much for that, or for Forbes.

Tell them the one about putting the cat in the trunk.

Come to think of it, if the Yugo factory used to be a cannon foundry, it reminds me of that Russian joke you told about the guy who works in the bicycle factory. Tell that one, too. I'm sure you can tell it better than me.