Car facelifts or new generations that didn't work

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well... everybody loves the NA

 

NC is a modern reinterpretation of NA's styling cues.

 

yes but it doesnt work

 

Debatable. As mentioned, I find it's minimalistic styling much more faithful to the original concept than the blobby NB and the tacky ND.

NB hasn't aged as well as NA and ND is simply a mess.

 

Still, it makes it more generic since now it steals from the 80s Seats by the styling. It doesn't matter if this style is common or not, it makes the car unoriginal.

 

And the original looks like a Fiat 124 or Toyota Corolla.

 

Like a Fiat 128.

Because it was just a 128 built under licence, with a redesigned rear end.

 

Yeah, because they shared similar time slots. The new one doesn't have an excuse to look THAT dated, since that new one was in the 90s.

 

I like how everyone swoons over the original NAs styling even though it is rather bland. Good car, bland styling. The rear is better though.

The NB was gross, and the ND made the thing competitive style wise (Looks like a car from now, not from the early 2000s.)

 

Yeah, but if it tries to look more like an muscle/sports car from America, it starts to fail being what it was originally classified under. (Not like they didn't do it before, but the pre-facelift 1st gen still had it's imagination.)

 

The new grille was used since '83.

Compared to contemporary 80s compacts, it looks just as usual as the original looks compared to early 70s compacts.

 

I don't get why they'd continue into the 90s, atleast with Fiat, they evolved their design over time to fit with the times, instead of just keeping it. There are an few exceptions, like the CSX, since that only lasted one generation before being cancelled in favor for the ILX.

 

Ever heard of what happened in 90s Yugoslavia?

It was kinda a big event.

 

Did it had to do with economy?
Also, it doesn't have to be just DIRECTLY alike to the Fiat vehicles. I know it's like an rebadge, but how couldn't they did their own alterations later on like with the Chrysler minivans being shared across the FCA.

 

YES!! WE HAD ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FROM 1992 TO 1996.
AND ALSO, PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC.
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First, if you don't know what it was, have you ever graduated junior high?
They even had to make a new court and new maps for it.

Second, by the late stage, the 101/Skala wasn't trying to be contemporary - it was a basic car for the undemanding customer.

 

Yes, and some Yugo plants were literally destroyed.

 

Don't pretend this hasn't crossed your mind.

 

Both are horrendously ugly...

 

There was a plan to modernize the Zastava 101 in the late 80s, but instead administration of Zastava decided to invest all resources in Florida project.