Zastava Special Automobiles | |
Native Name: | Застава специјални аутомобили |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Romanized Name: | Zastava Specijalni Automobili |
Type: | LLC |
Industry: | Automotive |
Fate: | Bankruptcy procedure |
Predecessors: | --> |
Successors: | --> |
Foundation: | Founded in 1970 |
Founders: | --> |
Defunct: | 2017 |
Hq Location: | Konjovićeva 86 |
Hq Location City: | Sombor |
Hq Location Country: | Serbia |
Area Served: | Worldwide |
Parent: | Group Zastava Vehicles |
Zastava Special Automobiles (sr|Застава Специјални Аутомобили|Zastava Specijalni Automobili) was a Serbian special automobile factory with headquarters in Sombor, Serbia. It was a subsidiary of Group Zastava Vehicles from Kragujevac, which declared bankruptcy in May 2017. Zastava Special Automobiles previously declared bankruptcy in August 2016, after decades of insolvency.
It had a relatively short time of existence, succeeded in 70% of the vehicles it produced in cooperation with subcontractors throughout Yugoslavia. Expressed numerically, it was about 15,000 vehicles, placed on domestic and foreign markets. Then it counted to about 400 employees.
Seven new types of commercial vehicles were produced, including the then 'new luxury vehicle' 430 - - called Luxe kombi van, and it also established a cooperation with a number of subcontractors such as "21 May" from Belgrade, 'Tiger' from Pirot, 'Iskra' from Kranj and others.
The beginning of this branch ould best be seen by observing activities of the trading company "Autobačka" which was established in 1958 and employed a dozen workers were engaged in selling all kinds of industrial metal products. Sombor branch employed 140 employees in business oriented for sale exclusively for Zastava vehicles. During their first year, in 1971, they sold 2,407 vehicles; in 1972 sold 3,257 vehicles, while in 1974 sold 7,000 vehicles. Spare parts sale also increased.
The sales department was made up of two warehouses, sales of spare parts and weapons in Odžaci and Senta. Before the break-up of Yugoslavia there was a warehouse in Vukovar, Croatia, which dealt exclusively with trade while the working unit was located in Kula, Serbia, established in early 1974, which engaged in the sale of vehicles, spare parts and servicing of vehicles.
In May 2017, Group Zastava Vehicles, consisted of Zastava Automobiles, Zastava Trucks, Zastava INPRO and Zastava Special Automobiles, declared bankruptcy before the Economic Court in Kragujevac.[2]
Zastava Special Automobiles produced various specifications of the Pick-up versions of the Zastava Skala 55 (Zastava 101) and Zastava Florida.
Borth were marketed as the "Zastava Poly", with the 101-based ones being branded as "Poly 1.1" and the Florida based ones as the "Florida Poly".
Scale 1.1 Pick-Up
Scale Poly Van 1.1
1.1 Poly Baker Scale
Scale 1.1 Poly JV
and vehicles Florida Pick-Up (the model) that the body produced significant changes from the basic passenger car model Yugo Florida. In its models
Van,