EMERGING MARKETS ANALYSIS: Arrivederci Zastava – Fiat wastes no time in killing Yugo
Author: Mark Bursa | 20 November 2008
Serbia had hoped someone might 'do a Dacia' with Zastava. But Fiat's ambitious plans for the Serbian automaker have no room for sentiment, as Mark Bursa discovers.
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