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Clarkson On: Cheap Cars
Top Gear ^
| 06/02/09
| Jeremy Clarkson
Posted on 06/06/2009 7:24:14 PM PDT by KevinDavis
The ultra-budget Tata Nano is being hailed by many as the biggest leap forward since the Model T Ford. So, if they're right, it's more important than the Beetle. More important than the Mini. More important than man's conquest of the moon. And amazingly, more important too than the invention of Sky+.
I don't think they are right though. Because the only thing that makes it stand out is the low, low price. Brilliant. But I could make a cheap car if I built it in a factory made from wattle and mud, paid the workers in rice and motivated them into a 20-hour day with whips and flame throwers.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: automobiles; cars; nano; tata; topgear
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To: All
....for the "dial-ups" people.
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posted on
06/06/2009 7:36:02 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(When you put Democrats in charge, stupid / deadly things happen... :^)
To: KevinDavis
I love Jeremy Clarkson! In most of the Top Gear shows he throws in a snide remark regarding the eco-freaks.
To: ABQHispConservative; All
I have noticed that.... I’m a big Top Gear fan..
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posted on
06/06/2009 7:46:38 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/)
To: KevinDavis
If you read the article, he has lots to say about a Lancia being extreme car porn, and ending with the driver killing himself running into a tree. Fiat owns Lancia. Poor Chrysler.
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posted on
06/06/2009 7:50:30 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(we also have the duty to avoid prostituting our Catholic identity by appeals to phony dialogue)
To: Dr. Sivana; All
I know.. Poor Chrysler.....
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posted on
06/06/2009 7:52:57 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/)
To: Dr. Sivana; All
Another thing.. Since Jeremy is a fan of the Corvette and if GM gets rid of the vette, I wonder what will he say..
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posted on
06/06/2009 7:54:02 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/)
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:02:23 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Dr. Sivana
Fiat owns Lancia. Poor Chrysler. I once owned a Fiat Spyder..., sexy looking but always something to fix!!!
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:06:44 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: mamelukesabre
Ok, fair enough. YOU drive one in Dallas traffic.
10
posted on
06/06/2009 8:07:47 PM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: thoolou
I drive a 3/4 ton work truck. But I ride my harley through such traffic all the time. So stop your whining SISSY!
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:09:38 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: KevinDavis
None of these cars meet our all wise
ass Congress' assinine eco/safety rules.
Nam Vet
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:10:19 PM PDT
by
Nam Vet
("Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." .... Henry David Thoreau)
To: mamelukesabre
Its kinda small, but proably larger than the Government Motors' first Zer0Kart 
< http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/index.php?option=com_whynano&task=features&Itemid=301 >
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:10:21 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(When you put Democrats in charge, stupid / deadly things happen... :^)
To: ExSES
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:15:11 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Be calm everyone. The idiot children are in charge!)
To: KevinDavis
He’s right. Better off buying used cars and hanging on to them than buying the crap that will be forced on us. Eventually the used cars will be made illegal to drive to force us to either ride the bus or drive crap like the nano. This is assuming that gas can be found.
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:16:41 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: reg45
Fix It Again Tony Thanks..., I forgot that acronym!!!
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:17:21 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: mamelukesabre
Your Harley has more armor than the Nano, and your work truck gets better millage. The only thing the Nano is good for is irritating leftists.
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:19:03 PM PDT
by
razorboy
To: mamelukesabre
max. payload 300kg (661 pounds)
fuel load 15 liter (3.96 gallons)
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:19:20 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(When you put Democrats in charge, stupid / deadly things happen... :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
The ultra-budget Tata Nano is being hailed by many as the biggest leap forward since the Model T Ford. So, if they're right, it's more important than the Beetle. More important than the Mini. More important than man's conquest of the moon. And amazingly, more important too than the invention of Sky+. Hey, IF I could buy it for $2.5K or so..., I would be happy to drive it locally and take my chances! Safer than my motorcycle and more storage capacity!
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:22:07 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: ExSES
I once owned a Fiat Spyder..., sexy looking but always something to fix!!!
Me too... both a 124 Spyder and a 850 Spyder - very cute looking, but very “fiddly”...:^)
Always fixing something (change my name to "Tony"?)
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posted on
06/06/2009 8:23:06 PM PDT
by
az_gila
(AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
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