India's Tata unveils world's cheapest car ($2500)

[illusion81]

The four-door, five-seat sporty-looking car, which defied pre-launch predictions that it would be little more than a "motorised bullock cart on wheels", is due to hit the roads later this year at just 100,000 rupees (2,500 US dollars), excluding tax, after the Tata Group cut costs to the bone.

The Nano has a two-cylinder 623 cc, rear-mounted engine with a top speed of 105 kilometres (65 miles) per hour. The basic model has a four-speed manual transmission, no air conditioning, electric windows or power steering, although two deluxe versions will be available.

Source:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...jYi9OklEgqTe5w

[Spray]

Do you REALLY want to go over 100kmh in that? I mean honestly those wheels look like they were stolen from my nephews fisher price wagon.

[chickenbones]

Do you REALLY want to go over 100kmh in that? I mean honestly those wheels look like they were stolen from my nephews fisher price wagon.

You can't go over 100 km /h, it has like a 30 hp 2 cylinder engine. It's goes 70 MAX.

It's funny, 'cus one of the safety features it listed was "Tubless tires"! Awesome!

[onecoolloser]

Heh, i really want them to bring Tata into Canada...see how'd they would fare in our market.

[Asad_A203]

Still too much. I will wait until it drops in price; then see if I can find something to PM it with; hopefully get one for under 1k.

[Asad_A203]

You can't go over 100 km /h, it has like a 30 hp 2 cylinder engine. It's goes 70 MAX.

It's funny, 'cus one of the safety features it listed was "Tubless tires"! Awesome!

It says 105 km/h in the quote.

[weales]

Not pretty to me but perfect for those small cramped city cores and since India does boost a pop. of roughly a billion people it would perfect for them.

[konfusion666]

FYI, about TATA...

It's India's largest conglomerate/corporation. Basically their "General Electric".
They were established in 1868 during the British Raj.

They're also likely to be the next owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, since Ford wants to get rid of those two brands. That particular story was all over the automotive news lately - at least before this "Nano" came out.

So don't be comparing them to a copycat Chinese brand like Chery.

[mudmojo]

This Indian Volkswagen is far from Fahrvergnügen for North America

[professionaldude]

Yeah I heard it on Radio that it has 1 windshield wiper . It's probably not for the Canadian weather.

[afong56]

i think this car would be perfect for a city dweller who has no interest in driving out of the city. it may not have the same cache as a smart car, but would certainly service the same niche.

if i lived in a condo downtown and didn't have a family to haul around, it would be a solid alternative for me to haul groceries.

no one needs to drive faster than 90km anywhere inside the city

[kuqdew]

[rchong]

50 mpg us or imperial? If this car was available in Canada, it would compete with the Smart car. I've seen smart cars advertised for $20,000+ here

[elty]

Do we really need another 1 billion people driving up the oil cost?

[TMoS]

FYI, about TATA...

It's India's largest conglomerate/corporation. Basically their "General Electric".
They were established in 1868 during the British Raj.

They're also likely to be the next owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, since Ford wants to get rid of those two brands. That particular story was all over the automotive news lately - at least before this "Nano" came out.

So don't be comparing them to a copycat Chinese brand like Chery.

Chery LOL. I love those copycat brands that have slightly different names. Kind of like Sorny.