Zastava Florida | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Zastava |
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Production | Nov 1988–Nov 2008 29,950 units produced |
Assembly | Kragujevac, Serbia Cairo, Egypt (Nasr) |
Designer | Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Small family car |
Body style | 5-door hatchback 2-door pick-up 2-door pick-up/van (Poly) |
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The Yugo Florida, also known as Zastava Florida, Yugo Sana or Yugo Miami, is a five-door hatchback which was introduced by Yugoslav automaker Zastava on 19 February 1987, and remained in production until 2008. The Florida was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and one group of engineers of Zastava at Italdesign. It has design similarities to Giugiaro's highly influential Fiat Uno supermini design, and also his design for the Mk1 SEAT Ibiza. Detail style is similar to his Renault 21 design.
The Florida was the most advanced and independently engineered automobile produced by Zastava before it stopped producing civilian automobiles in 2008.[1]
It was sold in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 1992, badged as the Yugo Sana and available with a 1400 cc litre petrol engine and also with a 1700 cc diesel, both shared with the Fiat Tipo and supplied under licence from Fiat. It was eventually withdrawn from sale, due to its distributor, Zastava Cars (GB) Ltd of Reading going out of business as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars and economic sanctions.
In 2001, many years after its debut in Europe, the Nasr badged Florida entered production in Helwan District in Cairo, Egypt by Nasr.[2] Nasr's Florida is almost exactly the same as Zastava's Florida, except with a modified grille.