All-Electric ZUGO Design Concept is Priceless

Some design concepts are meant to be taken seriously whereas others, not so much. You only have to take a quick look at the opening photo above to see in which of the two categories the 2020 ZUGO design study falls into.

The ZUGO is the creation of Milos Paripov who has an M.A. in Digital Arts/Media Arts (Mediengestaltung/Digitale Kunst) from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria.

Inspired by the original Yugo 45, Paripov designed the ZUGO as a low-cost, all-electric sub-compact hatchback to participate in the 2011 edition of the Auro(r) automotive design conference, held in Zagreb, Croatia, earlier this year.

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Yugo…Grale Replicates Lancia’s Iconic Delta HF Integrale [with Video]

If you grew up in the late 1980s or early 1990s and were an avid automotive enthusiast, chances are you fondly remember the great Delta HF Integrale, arguably the last super exciting (from a driver's perspective) Lancia model.

And while Lancia has turned a new page in its history, tending to the needs of customers enamored with fashion catwalks instead of rally courses, there are plenty of drivers out there who cherish the original spirit of the Italian brand. Some, however, have taken their love of Lancia to the extreme turning mundane Yugos, itself a by-product of the Fiat 127, into Integrale replicas.

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