Zastava

Застава аутомобили АД ; Zastava Automobile AD
legal form	Corporation
founding	1953
resolution	2008
Reason for dissolution	Takeover by Fiat
Seat	Kragujevac , Serbia
management	Milorad Savicevic
Number of employees	approx. 4000

Logo on a vehicle (1968)

Zastava Automobili AD ( Serbian Застава аутомобили АД, Zastava automobili AD ) was a Yugoslav and then Serbian automobile manufacturer based in Kragujevac , the fourth largest city in the country. The name means "flag" in Serbian. Originally the name was Crvena Zastava , which means "red flag".

history

The successful era of the company's passenger car division began at the end of the 1950s with the license production of the Fiat 600 under the name Zastava 750. In the Yugoslav republics, these vehicles are nicknamed Fića ( 'fit̠͡ɕa ) or Fićo ( ' fit̠͡ɕo ), a diminutive form of Fiat , known.

Another Fiat license production followed with the Zastava Skala , a variant of the Fiat 128 with hatchback and large tailgate, which was supplemented by the notchback model in the 1980s . In 2005, an agreement was signed with Fiat to license and manufacture a modified Fiat Punto at the Zastava plant in Kragujevac. It was planned to produce around 15,000 Zastava 10s annually. Outwardly, the Zastava 10 does not differ from the last version of the Fiat Punto II. The starting price of the Zastava 10 is around € 8,000.

The Serbian government and the Italian automotive company Fiat signed a joint venture agreement on September 29, 2008, with which Fiat took over 67 percent of the Zastava plant in Kragujevac . The new company FCA Srbija manufactured the Zastava models Skala, Yugo and Florida until November 2008.

Yugo

Zastava convertible / Yugo convertible

Zastava's first in-house development was the Yugo on the platform of the Fiat 127. This was followed by the Yugo Florida , which was also available in Germany. In the course of the introduction of the Yugo Florida, the other Zastava models were also renamed Yugo, the previous model Yugo became the Yugo Koral, the 101/128 became the scale.

Automobile and commercial vehicle production

production

Originally the car capacity was over 200,000 annually. However, only a small part of the possible capacity is currently being used. Because of the sanctions imposed on Serbia, around 10 to 20,000 automobiles were produced annually between 1992 and 1997. These numbers have not changed significantly even with the introduction of new models such as Yugo Ciao, Yugo Cabrio and Yugo Florida. With the new Zastava 10 model (license from Fiat), in addition to truck production (license from IVECO) and the Yugo models that are still being produced, 40,000 units should be achieved. Zastava has so far produced more than 4,100,000 vehicles, of which 650,000 have been exported to 76 countries.

Cars produced

model	Surname	construction time	description
		1953	License production of the Willys Jeep
	Zastava AR-51 / AR-55	1954-1964	License production of the Fiat Campagnola
	Zastava 1100	1954-1969	License production of the Fiat 1100
	Zastava 1400BJ	1954-1961	License production of the Fiat 1400B
	Zastava 600/750/850 ( Fića )	1955-1986	License production of the Fiat 600
	Zastava 600 Multipla		License production of the Fiat 600 Multipla
	Zastava 1800		License production of the Fiat 1800
	Zastava 2300		License production of the Fiat 2300
	Zastava 1300	1961-1979	License production of the Fiat 1300
	Zastava 1500	1963-1979	License production of the Fiat 1500
101	Zastava 1100 / Skala ( Stojadin ) in some export markets: Fiat 1100Z or Yugo	1971-2008	based on the license of the Fiat 128 with an independently designed rear section
102	Zastava Jugo / Yugo / Koral on some export markets only: Yugo	1980-2008	independent construction on the technical basis of the Fiat 127
128	Zastava 1100 / scale on some export markets: Yugo	1984 -?	License production of the Fiat 128
103	Zastava Florida in some export markets: Yugo Florida / Miami / Sana	1988-2008	independent construction on T3 platform from Fiat
	Zastava 10	2006-2008	License production of the Fiat Punto
			License production of the Lada only for the domestic market
125PZ			Licensed production of the FSO 125p using 40% supplied original parts only for the domestic market
			FSO Polonez licensed production for the domestic market only
126PGL	( Peglica )		Sales of the FSM 126p (Polski Fiat) under its own brand name only for the Yugoslav market
			Assembly production of the Fiat Regata from supplied original parts only for the domestic market
			Assembly production of the Fiat Croma from supplied original parts only for the domestic market

Zastava , a subsidiary of the Fiat Group , timeline 1955-2010
Type	1950					1960										1970										1980										1990										2000
Type	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Microcar	600							750
Microcar																										850
Small car																											Yugo 45/55/60
Small car																																																				10
Compact class																	101
Compact class																																	Yugo Florida
Middle class							1300 / 1500

commercial vehicles

Zastava initially produced license replicas of various Fiat vehicles (e.g. the Fiat 1100 T ). With the types Zastava 615 and Zastava 620 , own developments were also produced from 1961. The type 620 B was a two-tonner with a 1.9 l four-cylinder engine. In 1969 the commercial vehicle division was outsourced to its own factory, Fabrike privrednih vozila - Zastava

In 1985 and 1988 cooperation agreements were concluded with Iveco . In 2001 Zastava Kamioni was founded .

Weapons production

The arms manufacturer Zastava Oružje existed long before automobile production began . This company is the main producer of pistols and assault rifles for the armed forces of Serbia .

literature

Dünnebier, Michael; Kittler, Eberhard: Passenger cars from socialist countries . Transpress, Berlin 1990 ISBN 3-344-00382-8

Bertalott, Uwe: Passenger Cars from Eastern Europe - What was not imported into the GDR . Type compass. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2015 ISBN 978-3-613-03749-6

Web links

Commons : Zastava - collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage Zastava commercial vehicles (English / Serbian)
Homepage Zastava followers (English / Serbian)
Homepage Zastava weapons (English / Serbian)

Individual evidence

↑ Fiat Group to widen its presence in Serbia ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF)
↑ Thomas Roser: Zastava: Only the air in the tires is Serbian. In: diepresse.com. March 12, 2009, archived from the original on April 16, 2019 .; accessed on January 15, 2019
^ Another report from the Budapest trade fair in 1963. In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1963, p. 339.
^ History. In: zastava-kamioni.co.rs. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .

[1] Fiat Group to widen its presence in Serbia ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF)

[diepress-460455-2] Thomas Roser: Zastava: Only the air in the tires is Serbian. In: diepresse.com. March 12, 2009, archived from the original on April 16, 2019 .; accessed on January 15, 2019

[3] Another report from the Budapest trade fair in 1963. In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1963, p. 339.

[co-Zastava-4] History. In: zastava-kamioni.co.rs. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .