World's Cheapest Car Goes On Sale In India 571
Frankie70 writes "The Tata Nano — the car that caught the world's imagination as the cheapest ever — will finally be rolled out commercially on Monday in Mumbai in a mega event organised by Tata Motors. Ben Oliver, contributing editor, Car Magazine, London test drove the car in December, 08. These were his first impressions. This was his verdict: 'CAR's first ride in the Tata Nano felt far more significant and exciting than a first drive in a Ferrari or Lamborghini, because this car's importance is immeasurably greater. It won't compete on dynamics or quality with European or Japanese city cars, but it doesn't have to. What Tata has achieved at an unprecedented price is astonishing, although we'd guess it will cost Indian consumers closer to £1700 when it finally goes on sale, six months late, in March 2009.'"
I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:5, Funny)
or the `tata clean air - it was nice knowing you'...
Hyperbole much? (Score:1, Funny)
Wow, that's some hyperbole. A tuktuk is a sort of moped with a roof, and this Nano is a tuktuk with doors. Maybe he's talking about his first ride in a cardboard box in the "exciting" traffic flows in India - go ahead and search for that in YouTube.
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:1, Funny)
Well, I'll be waiting for the "Touch Tata" so I can finally say I got to 2nd base!
Top gear (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Infrastructure will not handle this (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. My first visit to New Delhi, I wondered if India followed 'British' driving rules (drive on the left side of the road) vs the right side lane driving seen in many other countries. A couple hours each way, several days in a row, I was unable to call it based on the driving observed.
These guys would make the Brazilian or Italian drivers blush... It is a wonder we don't see more of them on the race track.
Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... (Score:4, Funny)
Tatas are very sexy though.
Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:5, Funny)
Wait 'till your first crash. You'll find your Tata Touch has its steering controls obnoxiously embedded in your chest.
Nano = Population Control (Score:2, Funny)
Seriously. That thing is a death trap.
Re:Top gear (Score:3, Funny)
Like real life Penny Racers! Brilliant!
Re:Cheap car already tried and failed! (Score:3, Funny)
Failed?
The Yugo sold quite a lot of cars, and according to the wikipedia article you link to, they're still being sold. Not in the US, but the Tata Nano isn't aimed at the US either. Lots of stuff isn't. Just because something won't succeed in the US, that doesn't automatically make it a failure.
Yes. Look at David Hasselhoff!
Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... (Score:2, Funny)
Obama's car czar, of course.
Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... (Score:1, Funny)
29 billion is ahelluvalot. Where did you get the numbers? ;)
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:2, Funny)
It's colder up here, so we can generate more energy from the difference between the ambient temperature and the temperature of our politician's hot air.
Re:I'm still waiting for the Tata Touch... (Score:2, Funny)
Where the fuck do you idiots come from?
USA.