[grey_whiskers]

According to the article, Pune is in one of the Communist-dominated districts of India.

So, are the Communists seeing the light?

Will this be the Indian equivalent of the Yugo?

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

Full Disclosure: Or, God forbid, customer support...

I guess GM just got a little competition for "crappiest car"...

Cheers!

[Zeppelin]

***Ratan Tata***

coolest name ever!!!

[SAJ]

Yabbut they have a great automatic marketing slogan, ready-made.

Bodacious!

;^)

[grey_whiskers]

Ping! to you and any others interested in such things.

Cheers!

[Jet Jaguar]

Tata's for sale, cheap.

[martin_fierro]

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"Boss, I'm gonna need the day off. The air bag in my Tata needs adjusting."

[SunkenCiv]

They're planning on a four door model.

Unfortunately, three of them are on one side.

[rimshot!]

[SunkenCiv]

Rattan tata cover:

[HAL9000]

In my merry Punemobile
Down the road of life we'll fly...

[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.

[Trteamer]

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

[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.

[Lazamataz]

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

Those are some bodacious Tata's.

[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.