Comments on: It’s here: The $2,500 Tata Nano

By: chuckles

chuckles — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:45:16 +0000

What’s with the Al Gore comment, who gives a squirt of pee about him anyway? None-the-less it’s a little less than the equivalent of a 4 stroke 650 motorcycle engine…cleaner and way more efficient than most cars on the road. This car was not developed to sell to the western market anyway, it will be mostly sold in the east. I heard that Tata’s goal was to build a car that would change a society where one-in-one-thousand owned a car and turn to a one-in-one-hundred. Kudos to them for producing this vehicle, affordable transportation to those who would otherwise not be able to own a vehicle. If it indeed comes to market, which now looks like a certainty, will be the one of the biggest accomplishments in automotive history, regardless of it’s utilitarianism.

By: change

change — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:18:16 +0000

According to TATA, this car meets EURO 4 emission standards(so why the hell r u cribbing abt pollution) and passed front collision test,
this is ideal for city drives.
This is for different segment of people…. Congrats to TATA..

I don’t why people in US always follow double standards……while speaking about pollution caused by other countries..think abt this….Americans contribute highest amount of green house gases in the world and American press never talk about it. Thats a joke..clean up your own **** before commenting on others…haha

By: vmspionage

vmspionage — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:50:41 +0000

Reminds me of the Johnny Cab from Total Recall.

“Sue me, d**khead”

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:53:04 +0000

Hey Jackjim Larry Flynt Hustler Club, East St. louis Illinois……..plenty of sillicone for everyone

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:52:42 +0000

Hey Jackjim Larry Flynt hHustler Club, East St. louis Illinois……..plenty of sillicone for everyone

By: CarStar

CarStar — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:23:07 +0000

I would rather take the bus or get a very used car.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:17:40 +0000

My wife says it’s cute

400SS: how big was the stomach?

By: sharpie

sharpie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:14:25 +0000

Reiteration of a YUGO! So the country died, but the product lives on in India!

And Tata called, they offer $2500 . . . for your life, Deal or No Deal?

By: Get Real

Get Real — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:51:20 +0000

I agree:

Better than a motorcycle to crash in.

You can carry your friends or family in it rather than hanging off the rear fender and sitting on the gas tank.

You can drive in the rain and not get wet going to work.

Max speed is 50mph….seen a superhighway in India ???

For a third world country this is great, but Al Gore will have nightmares along with the environmentalists.

The People will have freedom, such an evil curse this freedom.

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:14:37 +0000

wunderkind is right. It is also good to consider the fact that a car this cheap will change the perception of those who have access to it. 20 years from now when those people have money they will consider Mercs and Bimmers as unnecessary luxury, much in the same vein as Ferrari and Lambos. Heck with the release of the Genesis, if it’s that good, I’d consider a lot of premium large sedans as unnecessary as well.

By: wunderkind

wunderkind — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:21:44 +0000

A room-full of axxholes here.. this car is for very first-time buyers in a poor country who, unlike all of you lucky people who don’t deserve the fortune of being born in a wealthy country, have worked hard to earn the joy of having their very first family car. So dont’ deride it. Show respect to the marvelous ingenuity Tata showed to make this car a dream-come-true for a lot of people.

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:14:06 +0000

“Tata says that the Nano meets — or exceeds — all safety and emissions regulations.”

In a country where the speed of traffic is much lower than in US and where gov officials can be bribed. Yea… that comment holds true. Regardless, I have to give them respect for making cars more accessible to the common folk though it won’t be good for my business.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:01:42 +0000

i swear my daughter pulled one of these out of her happy meal

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:00:19 +0000

I can honestly say i’ve seen titties bigger than that car

By: gekko71

gekko71 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:51:14 +0000

This is the most disgusting hideous looking contraption in the history of the automotive industry.

Ive seen more safety features in a push bike

Oh how i feel for Jag employees

By: Kaizen

Kaizen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:44:11 +0000

Hopefully, there’s a VSC option (I know there won’t be), because that thing looks like it’d flip over in a second.

By: Kaizen

Kaizen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:43:17 +0000

BASIC BASIC BASIC transportation. wow.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:29:57 +0000

This thing isn’t as bad as I feared, but it’s probably too small for the U.S. Those of you talking about the size of cars in India are on the ball. Here, it’d be best for senior-citizen golf communities, but I don’t think a tottergreis would want a stickshift.

It should come in bright colors like the iPod nano.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:32:19 +0000

Considering where it is going to be used, the crowded side streets and slower roads in Indian towns, It should be more than adequate. Here I thought the Suzuki Swift/Geo Metro was dinky.

Those commenting as if every car in the world should be a top drawer luxury or exotic hyper car really needs to get off their high horse. It’s a car made for the people who are actually going to buy it in the market it is going to be bought and used in for the situations those people must contend with.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:18:49 +0000

‘angelo’, I’m dead serious when I have to say that I think your Bimmer is nearly as ugly as this entry level mode of transportation … and like ‘F3….’ stated, I hope it was enjoyable overspending on your ego booster.

Good riddance, ‘Lambo’, you worthless monkey.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:32:16 +0000

Wow, they sure pulled Lambo’s comment in a hurry. Guess they didn’t like the link to his new site.

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:29:37 +0000

I would rather have a model t

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:29:11 +0000

This car is a absolutely hidious!!!…You would be better of buying a used car for $2500…it doesnt even have a radio!!!!…The build quality is that of a cheap lawn mower…

By: Driven

Driven — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:05:20 +0000

Is this the 3rd world car that failed German crash tests & folded like a tin can? That was a couple months ago. I bet if a bug hits the front of the car it dents. No doubt we will see pictures of 10 people crammed into/on-top of this car like every other photo you see of Indian transportation.

Are those 6 inch rims? Looks smaller than the spare doughnut on a mini. Anyone that has visited India knows these small tires will not hold up to what they call roads.

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:59:42 +0000

Ok, so we got rid of Lambo, finally, and similarly GM_Sales is also thankfully gone. Rarely see AssclownMartin around here which is good, and 1115 is very close to being gone. Plus that gay dead ukrainian buttstain is gone. Now if LLN would get a decent writing staff, this site might be good.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:31:27 +0000

Thank you LamborghiniZ for once again gracing us with your presence. But if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to collect my welfare cheque now so that I can afford some hooch for tonight when I take my cousin on our date. It’s no fun dumpster diving if you haven’t got a bit of a glow on! By the way, we’re trying to get back together because of the kids.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:29:45 +0000

Badge engineered Jaguar XXX indeed, RH & g2. It stil has some kind of fan. Bring your own music player ….and airbags!

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:23:44 +0000

Beat it, schizo … nobody cares what you think … in fact, nobody knew you were gone.

Oh, like your posts here were ever worth anything …. pleeeeeease.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:52:39 +0000

i bet planet drive loves it.

By: cookie4me

cookie4me — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:35:11 +0000

This is better than putting 4 ppl on a scooter! If all cars on the road were similar size (like in India) it wouldn’t be a death trap. Its awesome when you think about what TaTa has accomplished.

By: Franq

Franq — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:27:58 +0000

That’s the same price of a decent coffin
AND in addition
5L/100km is not good at all from such a small engine. the Mini gets 6.5L/100km with a 170HP, so 5L/100km from a 33hp is quite bad !

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:26:15 +0000

This car addresses the need of the market. It is Indian market and for people who never dreamed of having their own car it is a godsend. It also extreme example of creative engineering, something big 3 incapable of doing with their stratospheric budgets and resources.

By: WEKS

WEKS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:24:33 +0000

I want to see crash testing videos of this thing.

By: hfry

hfry — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:05:28 +0000

get ready to die………..

By: angelo

angelo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:57:33 +0000

it might be all that some poor 3rd world dude can afford. As a car guy, I endorse car ownership and understand that not everyone can afford a Bimmer like me.

Congrats to Tata. I hope that it’s a reliable product that allows poor people all over to buy a new car in the color that they choose.

I should add, that what we call a “death trap” today probably exceeds the safety standards of cars 25 years ago and we seemed to think that this was adequate then.