Zastava 750

The Zastava 750 (Застава 750) was a car made by the Yugoslavian car maker Zavod Crvena Zastava. It was a version of the Fiat 600 made under licence from 1965. Production continued until 1982 but some cars were still available until 1984/5. The Zastava 750 has a 767 cc engine and is the smallest car made by Zastava. Later on during production, during the mid 70's the Zastava 850 was introduced, It was the same as the Zastava 750 but the engine had a larger cc. The Zastava 850 is harder to find than the 750 model but both are still widely available in former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia but very rarely in Croatia and Slovenia).

Zastava 750 is widely known by its nickname "Fića" ("Фићa") or "Fićo" ("Фићo") in Serbian and Croatian, by "Fičo" or "Fičko" in Slovene and by "Fiko" ("Фиќо") in Macedonian. The nickname "Fića" comes from the main character of a strip, which was published by a newspaper Borba in the first years of car production.

Fića was made by Fiat first (Fiat 650). Latter, Zastava bought licence from Fiat's factory, and started a new "750 era".Just like Fiat 128 was latter made by Zastava - Zastava 128 and Zastava 101 (modified version). Basically all Zastava's models are Fiats made in Kragujevac, Serbia. The newest one is Zastava 10 (Fiat Punto mk 2).

Production of the Zastava 750 began on 18th October 1955 and ended on 18th November 1985.This car has been voted Yugoslavia's car of the millennium.

The car's popularity started increasing in the last years, part from the low fuel consumption and cheap prices as a second hand vehicle.