YUGO 55 STARS IN NEW EPISODE OF "WHEELER DEALERS"

BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 9 /SRNA/ – The legendary Yugo 55, one of the best-known cars from the former Yugoslavia, will be the star of a new episode of the series "Wheeler Dealers: World Tour", M:tel said.

The episode premieres on November 11 at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel, available through m:tel IPTV, m:SAT, Move TV and Supernova.

It is the fourth episode of the popular show's third season. Hosts Mike Brewer and Marc "Elvis" Priestley travel to Serbia, where they find a 1989 Yugo 55. They will try to restore it and compare it with one of its best-known European rivals, the Volkswagen Golf.

M:tel said that despite the criticism and jokes that followed it over the years, the Yugo remained an important part of the region's automotive history and a car that allowed millions of people to own a car.