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India's Tata Motors to launch ultra-cheap Nano car
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| March 22, 2009
| ERIKA KINETZ
Posted on 03/22/2009 11:05:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Tata Motors said it will launch its ultra-cheap Nano car in Mumbai on Monday — a vehicle meant to herald a revolution by making it possible for the world's poor to purchase their first car. But few predict the snub-nosed Nano will be able to turn around the company, which has been beset by flagging sales and high debt, anytime soon. The Nano, which is priced starting at about 100,000 rupees ($2,050), is a stripped-down car for stripped-down times: It is 10.2 feet (3.1 meters) long, has one windshield wiper, a 623cc rear engine, and a diminutive trunk, according to the company's Web site. It does not have air bags or antilock brakes — neither of which is required in India — and if you want air conditioning, a radio, or power steering, you'll have to pay extra.
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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automakers; car; nanocar; tata
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To: JoeProBono
Look at the headlights on that Tata.
To: JoeProBono
Put some 22” spinners on it and you’d have something.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:07:43 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: JoeProBono
You mean the new Obama People’s Car.
4
posted on
03/22/2009 11:09:48 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
To: JoeProBono
I prefer the coupe version.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:11:45 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: JoeProBono
Those have to be the smallest wheels I have ever seen on a car.
But now you can now buy a car for the price of a mid-cost HD TV set. Wow. Or 1/3 the cost of braces...
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:12:18 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: angkor
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:17:10 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
India has been an ally in the WOT. I wish them luck with this venture. I would buy one of these before Id buy any car from China.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:18:42 AM PDT
by
DogBarkTree
(Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
To: 2banana
Those have to be the smallest wheels I have ever seen on a car. It's because of the low torque engine.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:20:36 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: DogBarkTree
India has been an ally in the WOT The next season of 24 will be partly filmed in India (Mumbai) featuring an Indian counterpart of Jack Bauer. Should be interesting.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:21:59 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Paleo Conservative
“Look at the headlights on that Tata.”
Not bad... but I like my Tatas a little bigger.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:22:06 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: Paleo Conservative
Look at the headlights on that Tata.
Wonder if they sell cars in pairs?
To: JoeProBono
Not so bodacious, these Tatas
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:24:13 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Constitution Day
Forget the bitchin’ Camaro...
The bodacious Tata is where it’s at...
To: JoeProBono
THE COMPETITION
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:27:18 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: bmwcyle
So to be of use in the US, does it mean that our poor have to reduce to the size of the India’s poor?
To: JoeProBono
You would have to be a boob to drive one of these.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:29:41 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: libh8er
Low Torque?!?
My Yahama is bigger than that!
Low torque like a lawnmower!
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:36:20 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: Clock King
If India’s poor suddenly gained the lifestyle of our “poor”, they’d think that they had hit the jackpot.
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
To: JoeProBono
What????? No bra for the Tatas? Does the front start to droop with age?
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posted on
03/22/2009 11:45:51 AM PDT
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Newbie!)
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