Call it a Fiat 128 and people think, "ah, small, old-europe rally car." Call it a Yugo, and people start telling malicious jokes. As if the Americans are building anything better these days.

Still, I wish I had thought to convert mine to a wood-burning engine back in the day when mine was running the roads (and I mean back in the day -- I think it's been over 10 years since I junked that thing). That car rocked: it always started, it performed surprisingly well in city traffic, it fit into any parking space, and no one was ever tried to steal it.