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« on: Mar 30th, 2008, 8:08pm » |
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Hard to believe anyone could produce a car for $2,500.
You would think the materials alone would cost more, but India is doing it.
The claim is that it passes crash test requirements. But I'd not want to be in this little bug in a front-ender with anything bigger than a Yugo. It just looks like it would crumple up like like a cardboard box.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #1 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 8:29pm » |
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Something else interesting is that this Tata company now owns the famous British auto manufacturing companies of Land Rover & Jaguar.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #2 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 8:31pm » |
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My old lady will be getting one for sure.....LOL 
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #3 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 9:07pm » |
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The "Nano"? Hmmm.
Probably short for nanosecond, which is how long you have to live after a crash!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #4 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 9:18pm » |
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on Mar 30th, 2008, 9:07pm, jimmers wrote:The "Nano"? Hmmm.
Probably short for nanosecond, which is how long you have to live after a crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's gotta be dangerous. However, it is designed to use in city driving in India where you aren't likely to collide with a big car. I think it would be ok if you were a citizen of India and didnt have much money to buy a car. Many of them ride motorcycles to work or a bicycle. Even as tiny as the Nano is, it's still likely better than riding in the rain on a cycle.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #5 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 9:51pm » |
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JrBrew wants one - says it would be a great first car . . . . I imagine the import fees would be astronomical.
I just don't see it.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #6 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 9:56pm » |
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I don't know what the import shipping fees would be Pat. If they set up dealerships, they could do it just like the Japanese do.
I don't for see it selling all that well here. We like bigger cars, but gas prices the way they are...who knows???
They claim it will do 70 m.p.h. and have air-cond.
I still like my Toyota X-Runner. Not too big, but not too small either.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #7 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 1:26am » |
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on Mar 30th, 2008, 8:08pm, Groov wrote:| I'd not want to be in this little bug in a front-ender with anything bigger than a Yugo. |
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on Mar 30th, 2008, 9:18pm, Groov wrote:
Back when the Yugos came out, a woman was crossing the 5 mile long Mackinaw Bridge that connects our upper peninsula with the lower. The wind blew the car over the side of the bridge. After that, my friend named his racehorse Yugo Over.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #8 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 3:25am » |
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 1:26am, Kevin_M wrote:
Back when the Yugos came out, a woman was crossing the 5 mile long Mackinaw Bridge that connects our upper peninsula with the lower. The wind blew the car over the side of the bridge. After that, my friend named his racehorse Yugo Over.
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Well, then this new car is already very aptly named as Tata.
If you drive it over a big bridge and gale force wind blows you and car into the water then your friends can wave to you "tata" ... as in bye bye
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #9 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 3:54am » |
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i remember in high school some kid had a yugo. it took 4 of us to pick it up and turn it sideways in its parking space. he would get so pissed cuz he had to wait until the cars beside him pulled out before he could leave.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #10 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 6:19am » |
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I'll bet that the Nano flips if you hit a squirrel.
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Are they going to be selling them at the 7-11 ?
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #12 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 7:15am » |
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 6:52am, chewy wrote:| Are they going to be selling them at the 7-11 ? |
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #13 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 2:22pm » |
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I'ev got a friend who commutes in Central London.
This is what she drives so she doesn't have to pay the congestion charge. It's called a G-Wiz and she can only fit about 8 supermarket carrier bags in along with her and her daughter!
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #14 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 4:48pm » |
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 6:52am, chewy wrote:| Are they going to be selling them at the 7-11 ? |
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« Reply #15 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 6:01pm » |
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 2:22pm, Emily wrote:| This is what she drives so she doesn't have to pay the congestion charge. |
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The congestion charge? Has the entire fucking world gone mad?
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #16 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 6:37pm » |
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I can see the Tata being sold like hot cakes in congested cities like Saigon, Bankok and Beijing ...
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Re: worlds cheapest car
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 6:01pm, brewcrew wrote:
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« Reply #18 on: Mar 31st, 2008, 11:23pm » |
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on Mar 31st, 2008, 7:48pm, Groov wrote:
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« Reply #19 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 3:37pm » |
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Oh yes. In England's fine capital, drivers of certain cars must pay a congestion charge to drive in the centre of town.
It's approx $16 for lower emissions and up to $50 for high emission vehicles (4x4s etc...).
That's per day!!
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« Reply #20 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 7:25pm » |
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And I bet they roll over and take it.
No wonder there was an American Revolution.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #21 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 7:39pm » |
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on Apr 1st, 2008, 3:37pm, Emily wrote:Oh yes. In England's fine capital, drivers of certain cars must pay a congestion charge to drive in the centre of town.
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How do they collect it? Are there toll booths at every road entering the city or something?
It seems ass-backwards to me. The city is where the congestion is supposed to be. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a congestion charge in the countryside? It seems this charge would make people and businesses move just outside the city center in order to get around the congestion charge.........but then it would create a larger area of congestion, which would make people go farther out, which would make more congestion..........
They instituted this charge in order to try to deter people from driving in the city, right? This might reduce the congestion in the city center, but increase the congestion elsewhere.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #22 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 11:34pm » |
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I think this charge is to discourage people from using private motor vehicles in the city and instead to take public transport.
There has been talk of similar charge to be applied here in Sydney. I am glad I live and work in the outer subburb.
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Re: worlds cheapest car
« Reply #23 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 8:23am » |
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For those wanting more info on it:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/congestioncharging/default.aspx
You have to pay it before you get in there, either by debit card or stopping in a convenience store and paying for it. Cameras then record your licence plate and check whether you've paid it or not. If you drive in the zone, you have 24 hours to pay the charge, otherwise you're penalised.
Annette - you're right. It's to discourage people taking their own cars and use public transport instead. Electric cars are exempt from the chage, hence my friend having the G-Wiz!
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