India's Tata Motors to Produce $2,000 Car

Associated Press ^ | 05-18-2006 | Associated Press

[grey_whiskers]

NEW DELHI - India's largest automobile manufacturer, Tata Motors Ltd., said Thursday it plans to set up a plant in the communist-ruled West Bengal state to manufacture a family car that will cost little more than $2,000.

The plant will be set up with an investment of 10 billion rupees ($220 million), and is expected to start production in two years, said Ratan Tata, the company's chairman.

A prototype of the five-seater model to be manufactured at the West Bengal plant is undergoing tests at a Tata facility in the western Indian city of Pune, Tata said.

[sully777]

I'm all outta Yatta/I'm so lost without Tata

[thoughtomator]

Maybe that should read "disturbingly"?

[Gengis Khan]

HELLO.....?????!!!!!

I live in Pune where Tata Motors is located. My dad actually worked there.

Communists??!! Pune has no sign of Communists .....for miles around! Its one of India's premier silicon valley.

[grey_whiskers]

HELLO...?

I said in so many words that I WAS QUOTING THE ARTICLE.

I claimed no direct knowledge of the situation, blame the AP (what else is new)?

Cheers!

[Trteamer]

After painstaking research, I found a picture of the first prototype:

[phantomworker]

LOL! That is quite ingenious. Thinking out of the box ingenious.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I've never paid for Tatas.

I know a man with a Tata pick-up, it catches one's eye mainly because they aren't common over here!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

And who will they outsource production to in order to cut costs?

Bangladesh?

[CarrotAndStick]

A prototype of the five-seater model to be manufactured at the West Bengal plantis undergoing tests at a Tata facility in the western Indian city of Pune.

The Tata Group is one of India's largest and most respected business conglomerates, with revenues in 2004-05 of $17.8 billion (Rs 799,118 million), the equivalent of about 2.8 per cent of the country's GDP. Tata companies together employ some 215,000 people. The Group's 32 publicly listed enterprises — among them standout names such as Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors and Tata Tea — have a combined market capitalisation that is the highest among Indian business houses in the private sector, and a shareholder base of over 2 million. The Tata Group has operations in more than 40 countries across six continents, and its companies export products and services to 140 nations.

About TATA Group.

[Slings and Arrows]

Maybe that should read "disturbingly"?

I have a different graphic in mind for that one.

[mikrofon]

These vehicles will sell very quickly in the UAE at the Dubai Tata...

[Lazamataz]

India's Tata Motors to Produce $2,000 Car

Those are some bodacious Tata's.

[Lazamataz]

I found the spokeswoman for this car, the Tata:

[SAJ]

I believe those may have crossed the line from 'tatas' to 'gazungas'. Where's a mammarial taxonomist when ya need one, eh?

[jonascord]

Let me guess. Her act consists of crawling out on stage and trying to stand up...

[sully777]

I'm stealing that one for one of pissant's threads. I kid because I respect and therefore respectfully kid..

[Gengis Khan]

Now go back and re-read the article once again:

" Tata Motors Ltd., said Thursday it plans to set up a plant in the communist-ruled West Bengal state "

The article says West Bengal is the communist-ruled state.......... not Pune.

[CarrotAndStick]

Communist-dominated districts of India

Communist as in the Communist Party of India. Barring the symbols and name, they don't have much else in common with the more familiar communists- the Soviets and the Chinese.

Indian "Communists" have to fight elections at the end of every year...and this particular government was voted into power only two weeks ago- voted by the people of West Bengal.