Tata Nano the cheapest car in the world

The name is Nano, everyone knows what it is.
The company is Tata (owner´s name) and it seems their logo kinda looks like Toyota.
The car is glued together and has lots of composite fibers.
Now . . .a car at 2.5 . . .when they are going to get in gyros? :D
I had a Yugo once, it save my life and worked good, I got a ticket with it . . .littering the highway!! :D
Heron
 
I usually don't have to pay over 2.5K for the american cars I drive. :)
The only problem is that sucker is CHEAP it is disposable, what happens when the landfills fill up with used up Tatas? Then the environmentalists will be screaming again. :)
 
And India will have thousands of them out on the streets very fast.
Maybe they are bio-degradable . . .
Heron
 
Maybe it will help cull the population explosion by people dying horrible firey deaths in cheap little cars..................just kidding.
 
A friend of mine had a Yugo a long time back. One day he went into the auto parts store and said " I would like a windshield wiper for my Yugo" The guy at the counter said "That's a fair trade"
 
scottessex said:
I usually don't have to pay over 2.5K for the american cars I drive. :)
The only problem is that sucker is CHEAP it is disposable, what happens when the landfills fill up with used up Tatas? Then the environmentalists will be screaming again. :)
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The rest of the world is not as enamored of disposable things as the US. The new Tata will definitely not be disposable in India. It will still be an expensive proposition for at least 85 percent of the population. Whoever will be in the position to buy it will cherish it, just like practically all the old cars in India are cherished and taken care of. In the US, the lifetime of a car is about 5 or 6 years at the most. In India it must be over 15 (though I do not know the actual numbers).

Tata is a BIG industrial conglomerate that has just purchased Jaguar from Ford, for instance. One day it may become bigger than Ford. Toyota already is. And India is moving fast, almost as fast as Japan used to.
 
Isn't Tata spanish slang for boobies?

I think the car looks pretty cool. I'd buy one if they were sold here.
 
Bruno said:
The rest of the world is not as enamored of disposable things as the US. The new Tata will definitely not be disposable in India. It will still be an expensive proposition for at least 85 percent of the population. Whoever will be in the position to buy it will cherish it, just like practically all the old cars in India are cherished and taken care of. In the US, the lifetime of a car is about 5 or 6 years at the most. In India it must be over 15 (though I do not know the actual numbers).

Tata is a BIG industrial conglomerate that has just purchased Jaguar from Ford, for instance. One day it may become bigger than Ford. Toyota already is. And India is moving fast, almost as fast as Japan used to.
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Sure, I understand perfectly, of course most countrys don't commute as far as we do here in the U.S.
I drive 100 miles a day round trip, so yes gas mileage is very important to me,
But I am cheap, so all my cars are paid for, my ford escort gets about 32 mpg.
I wish I had my Honda CRX back! But my son is using it.
 
Well it is cheaper than a golf cart! You could put some of those FAT turf tires on it. :)
 
Yep . . .it is an urban kind of transportation and does not conform with USA guidelines even for emissions.
Ron A . . .sorry I missed the slang for boobs, it is TETA! mostly used for animals though and a vulgar form talking about female enchantments.
It conforms with Tits.
Heron
 
To me, it looks like a very brave (and probably well-considered) attempt to address a huge but extremely poor market (1 billion people, three times the US population!)

In India, only one citizen out of 60 has a car. In the US, it is one out of two. GNP per capita is about $ 440.- You can't buy much of a car with that kind of money, even on installment plan. In fact, you can barely afford sandals.

In the US, GNP per capita is about $ 41,400.- or almost a hundred times more. A car, even an expensive car, is not that difficult to buy.

Obviously, the right car for India is vastly different from the right car for the US.
 
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