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Tata starts exporting world's cheapest car
Marketwatch ^ | May 9, 2011 | Santanu Choudhury

Posted on 05/09/2011 6:26:19 AM PDT by MulberryDraw

NEW DELHI (MarketWatch) -- Tata Motors Ltd. TTM -0.42% has started exporting the Nano minicar from April, a move that will likely help India's largest auto maker by sales further lift sales of the world's cheapest car and reduce its sole dependence on the home market.

The Mumbai-based company, which controls the Jaguar and Land Rover luxury car brands, exported 498 units of the Nano in the past month, according to data issued Monday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, the local automotive industry lobby group.

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The company has said also that it could start selling the Pixel, a new city car concept for Europe based on the Nano, in two to three years. The Pixel could be fitted either with a 1.2-liter, turbo-charged diesel engine, or an electric one similar to that used in its Indica Vista EV hatchback.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automobiles
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To: MulberryDraw

How soon will it be before I can get a pair of those at Wally World?


21 posted on 05/09/2011 6:51:53 AM PDT by rllngrk33 (0bama, proof we can no longer underestimate the stupidity of the voters.)
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To: MulberryDraw

I wonder what the estimated MPG is for the Pixel fitted with a 1.2-liter, turbo-charged diesel engine.


22 posted on 05/09/2011 6:53:42 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The stench of dependency is a sickening smell. Strive to become an asset, not a liability.)
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To: KoRn

I dunno....it’s kinda cute for a POS..................


23 posted on 05/09/2011 6:59:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: JohnG45

I wonder if the tata’s front end gets stiff in the cold?


24 posted on 05/09/2011 7:02:29 AM PDT by Adder (Part 1 Accomplished)
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To: Plutarch
I’d have never guessed that was the world’s cheapest car.

The windshield wiper is a dead giveaway................

25 posted on 05/09/2011 7:03:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: MulberryDraw

It doesn’t look any worse than a Smart car.


26 posted on 05/09/2011 7:08:43 AM PDT by ontap
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To: JohnG45

27 posted on 05/09/2011 7:09:01 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: MulberryDraw
Lots of jokes on this thread.

We aren't going to be laughing at what a half billion Tata-driving Indians do to the price of gas.

28 posted on 05/09/2011 7:12:04 AM PDT by Gena Bukin
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To: grobdriver

The good news is when you close the garage door it will close the doors on the Rabbit.


29 posted on 05/09/2011 7:15:08 AM PDT by Rappini (Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: GonzoGOP
Dear GonzoGOP,

“Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel will get you 45 highway with a lot more car around you.”

Not quite. It's rated for 24 mpg city, 34 highway. It'll probably exceed 34 mpg on the highway on long drives, but I don't think it'll get 45 mpg.

I have a 2005 E-Class CDI diesel, rated for about 33 mpg or 34 mpg on the highway. On a long trip with no interruptions, slow-downs, etc., I get as much as 38 mpg.

Mixed highway/city/sidestreet driving, I get around 30 mpg.

But it is a darned sight nicer to drive, I think, than a Tata.


sitetest

30 posted on 05/09/2011 7:18:35 AM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: Gena Bukin
We aren't going to be laughing at what a half billion Tata-driving Indians do to the price of gas.

Can't do much about that. Unless the Democrats decided that jobs really were a priority and started making it easier to drill.

31 posted on 05/09/2011 7:20:28 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The last Democrat worth a damn was Stalin. He purged his whole Party.)
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To: sitetest

My 1985 Ford Tempo diesel would routinely get 55mpg on the highway.

Man, I wish I still had that car.


32 posted on 05/09/2011 7:23:07 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The last Democrat worth a damn was Stalin. He purged his whole Party.)
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To: MulberryDraw; Red Badger

The misunderstanding of the world on Free Republic is boundless.

The cars depicted are for the masses in megacities, those with populations greater than 10 million. The people there need cheap cars to navigate the busy and crowded city streets. The megacities customers may very well buy them by the hundreds of thousands because they exactly fit their needs.

The world population is moving to the mega cities where poor people are becoming middle class people who need transport, cheap transport. There is no need for concern with garage height and gull wing doors when there is no garage. there is congestion that makes opening a door in traffic a problem.

The designers no doubt developed a feature rich car for the specific intended use having nothing to do with our concepts of need

Oh yes........ denigrate diesel at your peril. Diesel rules the future


33 posted on 05/09/2011 7:23:15 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Adder
I wonder if the tata’s front end gets stiff in the cold?

I'm thinking it should have pop-up headlights...

34 posted on 05/09/2011 7:24:02 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (I tweet, too...)
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To: Adder

You are SO BAD!


35 posted on 05/09/2011 7:26:52 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: bert

I hear that there’s plenty of room in Detroit!


36 posted on 05/09/2011 7:27:28 AM PDT by catman67
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To: sitetest
Not quite. It's rated for 24 mpg city, 34 highway. It'll probably exceed 34 mpg on the highway on long drives, but I don't think it'll get 45 mpg

Thanks. I just did a google search on Diesel MPG and hit an article with the 45 mpg given. Obviously real experience is better than an advertising puff piece.
37 posted on 05/09/2011 7:27:28 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: MulberryDraw

I wonder what kind of boob is gonna buy one of these?


38 posted on 05/09/2011 7:29:58 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: bert
The misunderstanding of the world on Free Republic is boundless.

I think many Freepers have never been outside of the United States. Your post was spot on.

39 posted on 05/09/2011 7:31:03 AM PDT by Gena Bukin
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To: ladyjane

Thanks...its a gift.

:]


40 posted on 05/09/2011 7:31:44 AM PDT by Adder (Part 1 Accomplished)
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