$2500 Tata Nano Unveiled

i'll leave the bad joke to someone else...

i wonder what this is going to do to fossil fuel usage patterns...?

 

Uhhh...what bad joke?

You're right, gas consumption can only go up with more vehicles. If, and it's a big if, this new vehicle replaces less efficient and dirtier scooters, in theory oil demand and pollution would go down.

 

I wonder how easy it would be to convert that to an EV?

 

When you give up your car then and only then will you be in a position to say Indians shouldn't have cars without being a hypocrite.

Good on em I reckon.
These will likely compete with a Royal Enfield and a sidecar. They have an an extra seat and more safety, just.

 

this is realy a bad thing

now 50milj people wil start driving this and think about the fuel needed for that!!!
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above is for the people that wanna sell petrol to a higher price and want to see the oil price go even higher!
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or.... this car stil 4 year salary for people in that county
thy already drive a lot of 2wheelt motor thingsss ( realy old and bad )
so if anyone is going to change it! not that more or maybe even better fuel cons.


i take one!

 

Any word on the MPG for Nano???

 

Although I disagree with Patsparks on most issues, on this I concur with you Pat.

I too feel it is extremely hypocritical and immature of those to lament how such a car will increase congestion, pollution, etc. while the rest of us drive cars and essentially live in a way that perhaps the average person from India could never dream of EVER attaining.

The true colors (me, me, me, and screw the rest of you...) of those making such posts do show. Yea, "let them eat cake..."

Rick
#4 2006

 

The BBC World Service has been reporting on this for the last day or so and there has been some pretty good commentary. One individual (I believe associated with Indian environmental interests?) made the very effective insinuation that it's because of us that they want this thing in the first place. Many Indians look to the West as a model for their own standard of living and, predictably, a family automobile is one of the major indicator that "you have arrived." (Not to mention the fact that many families pack themselves onto scooters and motorcycles, which isn't exactly safe.)

 

Considering that they generally don't eat beef(a huge oil suck on the earth), the average indian probably won't even come close to the oil consumption compared to your typical 3 cheeseburger eating/day, SUV driving, overweight american.

 

It's a keicar, and a budget keicar at that.

Keep in mind that the skilled Indian worker needs two years to afford a Nano.

 

When I first heard the name, I thought, "What, Tata is now making mp3 players?". (galaxee, this could be the bad joke you were referring to).

Anyway, although the Nano will increase pollution and other issues, I am glad Tata came out with something like this. Good for them. Also, it's not cheap at all to most Indians to afford something at Rs. 100,000. Although this might serve as a good taxi service like the three-wheeler they have (called the tuk-tuk).

I am wondering when Sri Lanka is going to import it.

 

There were reports of it getting 5L/100km too.

5L/100km = 47 US MPG = 56.5 UK MPG

Those numbers are meaningless if you don't know the testing cycle. Tata Nano's top speed is 43 MPH so there is no way these MPGs are comparable with US and UK test cycles. Prius below 43 MPH can easily get 70+ MPG without P&G.

I am not trying bad mouth Tata Nano but pointing out the absolute advantage HSD has over conventional single engine car. Just compare and contract how much sacrafice you'll need to make to get Prius comparable MPGs.

 

That's not so far behind. My first car out of college was an old '65 bug, no A/C, radio, passenger-side mirror, safety equipment,etc. My next car was a '87 Sentra, this time with A/C and radio but no passenger-side mirror, power steering, power brakes, power windows, or power locks.
It wasn't until '96 that I entered the "modern age" with a passenger-side mirror and power steering and airbags. But now, with the Prius, I feel like I'm ahead of the technology curve for once.

 

your sure your from ?
Location: California

i am not a american and not overwieght and drive a nice feul eff. european car
but petrol prices here are a LOT more the in the us dont want them to go up even more.........

compare your 3 dollars a gallon to like +6 dollars here!!

thats what i think