World's cheapest car...

coming to U.S.

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DETROIT (AP) -- The world's cheapest car is being readied for sale in the U.S., but by the time India's Tata Nano is retrofitted to meet emissions and safety standards, it won't be that cheap.
Tata Technologies Ltd., the global engineering arm of the Tata group conglomerate, brought the tiny car to Detroit as a publicity stunt for the engineering group.

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At 8K, it s/b called the 'Bodacious Tata' in the U.S.

It looks kind of like a roller skate. I'd hate to have a Blazer drive over the top of me in that thing.

Wallstone wrote:

At 8K, it s/b called the 'Bodacious Tata' in the U.S.

appropriate name ... it's starts out around $2500 and by the time they're enhanced to meet U.S. standards
the Tata's will now cost ya at least $8000

c/thru wrote:

Wallstone wrote:

At 8K, it s/b called the 'Bodacious Tata' in the U.S.

appropriate name ... it's starts out around $2500 and by the time they're enhanced to meet U.S. standards
the Tata's will now cost ya at least $8000

Sounds like the Yugo - remember them? They cost around $2,500 to import into the US, but dealers were charging up to $8,000 for a new one. They didn't last long.

Looks like crap, much like a Yugo did.

Giada wrote:

c/thru wrote:

Wallstone wrote:

At 8K, it s/b called the 'Bodacious Tata' in the U.S.

appropriate name ... it's starts out around $2500 and by the time they're enhanced to meet U.S. standards
the Tata's will now cost ya at least $8000

Sounds like the Yugo - remember them? They cost around $2,500 to import into the US, but dealers were charging up to $8,000 for a new one. They didn't last long.

to bad, remember when we had one for the weekend

The ony place I would drive one is NYC.

Joebert wrote:

The ony place I would drive one is NYC.

it was like a tin can on wheels

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

The ony place I would drive one is NYC.

it was like a tin can on wheels

The one we had for the weekend was actually pretty nice. Most of them were crap, tho.

Giada wrote:

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

The ony place I would drive one is NYC.

it was like a tin can on wheels

The one we had for the weekend was actually pretty nice. Most of them were crap, tho.

it was. it really wasn't a bad little car. for a second vehicle it would have been perfect