Tata Nano...

[Guest]

Meet the Tata Nano car, currently the cheapest car in the world:

The vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels. [..]

Tata will initially make about 250,000 Nanos and expects eventual annual demand of one million cars.

Could you imagine that? One million new cars per year - as if the roads in India aren’t choked up enough already! Predictably, critics said that making cars available to the poor will lead to environmental disasters:

Environmental critics have said that the car will lead to mounting air and pollution problems on India’s already clogged roads.

But Tata said the car had passed emission standards and would average about 50 miles to the gallon, or five litres per hundred kilometres.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Dont think it would ever pass US emissions and crash tests.

Thought heard that this company owns a portion of SAAB and a few other automotive companies.

More pictures here.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/its-here-the-2500-tata-nano.html

 

[B---S---]

golf cart with doors


or 4 seat rihno with doors

 

[RitcheyRch]

Those are probably a bit more comfotable though.

golf cart with doors


or 4 seat rihno with doors

 

[sorry dog]

Once my 2 year old outgrows his power wheels... I'll get'm one of those.

 

[Tom Brown]

I don't mind the general look of the car particularly but those tiny wheels look completely silly.

 

[Baja Big Dog]

Cheaper than a fricken golf cart..too bad we wont see them over here!!

 

[wolfie]

Does the name mean "small tits"? Maybe you have to have small ones to get in the damn thing!!!

 

[TPC]

Check these little elect cars out:
http://www.milesev.com/#

A friend owns a little motorcycle/boat repair shop a few blocks from here.
He repairs these cars and trucks for the mfg.
You can charge them with 115V household current or a simple solar cell.

What floors me is they are super fast little cars.
The trucks are Ok speedwise,, but the cars are something else.
Full of adults they cook.

It'd be a good franchise for anyone looking to get into business like this selling cars.

Especially if you have a guy like my friend fixing them cheap.
They're pretty reliable. Some owners abuse them Chris says, that's where he see the repairs usually.