Got my Tata!

[jwight]

First Tata Nano delivered in India: World's cheapest car hits Indian streets - Yahoo! News

Some 100,000 people were selected from a ballot to be the first recipients of the Nano, which reviewers have compared to the European Smart car and the classic "People's Car", the Volkswagen Beetle.

They include a roadside cobbler from Mumbai, who had been saving for seven years to buy a two-wheeler, but decided to wait and upgrade to four wheels on hearing that the vehicle would sell for just 100,000 rupees (2,055 dollars).

Others among the 203,000 people who placed orders was an 82-year-old former assistant commissioner of Mumbai police who used to ride a scooter and a market trader looking for an investment for his 12-year-old son.

[jefferios]

The slide show is pretty cool to see the pictures. How long are these compared to the smart?

[Padawan]

What a truly wonderful feeling it must be to save for seven years and be able to afford your own car for the first time. The Nano is surely going to make the dreams of many individuals finally come true.

[Padawan]

Originally Posted by jefferios

How long are these compared to the smart

Tata 'NANO' - The People's Car from Tata Motors

The Nano is 122 inches long, while the Fortwo is 106.1.

[jetfuel]

..read the title and I thought you just had some major plastic/silicone surgery...

...I was asked last week if it was a Nano...so...it won't be long before the comparisons will start...will love to see the highway safety report...

jetfuel...

[Suze]

oy! Is that...??? It is!



a spare tire

[John_H]

From one of the gallery photos:

Safety: All sheet-metal body, seat belts

They don't mention anything about a frame? Is there something under that sheet-metal? Sheet-metal really helps to... not do much.

If the big competition on the road is scooters and motorcycles, maybe the all sheet-metal car will hold up well in the nastier collisions.

An interesing view on Indian social norms in photo #12. The women ride in the back of the car. There is nobody in the passenger seat yet FOUR people in the back seat.



Gotta love the 12" wheels. Think they could trick 'em out with 15s?

[fpage77]

I came here for NSFW pictures and am leaving disappointed.

[NCC1701]

Hey, Suze, I saw that and it didn't even occur to me ... the world's cheapest car has something ours doesn't.

From the slide show:

I didn't see these lovelies posing with the Nano.
I also didn't know Jaguar was owned by Tata.

From a selfish viewpoint, another million fossil fuel burners. Still, the Nano will be a good thing, for those who can afford it.

[John_H]

Oh! Hey - where's Ryan?

The domain tatananoofindia.com is available. You could start the TNOI forums!