Florida
ZCZ Zastava
The successor of the Yugo
In 1983 ZCZ started up the program of finding a successor for the Yugo, a subcompact built in Yugoslavia on the platform and around the mechanical assembly of the FIAT 127.
BRAND: ZCZ Zastava
MODEL: Florida
YEAR: 1987
BODY TYPE: Sedan
POWER SUPPLY: Combustion
CATEGORY: Production car
DESIGNER: Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giugiaro was asked to do the design, the engineering, the prototypes and the development of what was to be called project "Z-103”. The Yugoslavian management chose a solution characterized by the following: highly raked windshield, sloping engine hood, upright rear window and cut-off tail. With the name Florida, the “Z-103" was unveiled at the Belgrade Motor Show in April 1987. Mass production started in 1988. Although not avant garde in design, it was an undoubted leap in image and quality for the Yugoslavian auto industry.