Thread: The $2500 Car is Here!

Tata Industries, the potential buyer of Jaguar and Land Rover has announced a $2500 car, which is half the price of the current cheapest car in the world!

$2,500 car brings transport to India's masses - CNN.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/bu...ewanted=1&_r=1

I don't think I'd even fit!

hehe...i can go down the street and get a $2500 car

Originally Posted by Stax

hehe...i can go down the street and get a $2500 car

Or cheaper!

ANd bigger and faster and nicer.

at 54 mpg I wouldn't mind having one shipped to the us.

lol...shipping would cost more than the car...that'd be hilarious

Fantastic, just as the world is melting from carbon over-emission, now a plan to bring those fossil fuel-burning machines to the masses. I'd have nightmare too. And just how is the poor going to afford the soaring fuel prices anyway?
54mpg... meh... we'll see about it.

Originally Posted by kud0s

Fantastic, just as the world is melting from carbon over-emission, now a plan to bring those fossil fuel-burning machines to the masses. I'd have nightmare too. And just how is the poor going to afford the soaring fuel prices anyway?
54mpg... meh... we'll see about it.

Ahh but 50's mpg even if it increases the amount of cars, if it gets rid of some of the 20's mpg or worse cars it can be better in the long run.

I wonder if these cars will ever make it to America.

Whats the big deal? You can buy a used car for the same price.

Originally Posted by Ned

Whats the big deal? You can buy a used car for the same price.

Yeah, you can, but new is "new" and it has much better fuel consumption I think.

I presume that eventually, they will be able to buy these cars for under $100 secondhand!

Originally Posted by GRIM

Ahh but 50's mpg even if it increases the amount of cars, if it gets rid of some of the 20's mpg or worse cars it can be better in the long run.

Nope. These cars are designed to bring automobile transportation to literally millions and millions of people in places like India, much of south east Asia, Africa, Central and South America, many island nations and anywhere the normal price point of a car keeps these multi-millions (billions) of people out of the car market.

Even at 50 mpg its going to burn a shit tonne of gasoline and spew it into the atmosphere. There will end up being many many more cars on the roads than the few gas guzzlers they might replace.

Those cars are very unlikely to be able to be sold in the US, Canada, and European markets. May not meet our crash testing standards.

But one thing is for certain. This company will sell a lot of these things.

Will revolutionize the auto market in those regions like the VW bug did in Western nations in the 60's and 70's.

for that little price i would buy one

funny thing is they talk about cars leaking carbon dioxide

but i see many many tractor trailers around my neck of the woods that leak clouds of black smoke

I think it's awesome, just the fact that a brand new car can be bought for 2.5 g's. Although I don't think most Americans would call that a car it's still off the chain.

As for bringing cars to these people, will it really help? I'm sure you've seen the pictures of cities in these nations on the news. They're literally packed whatever streets (dirt paths really) they have are jamb packed with donkey and mule carts. From the pictures it looks like it would be quicker to get out and walk rather than take a mule cart.. Cars are just going to add to the congestion and health issues. I'm guessing there air is pretty clean over there despite the animal poop smell.. Imagine the desert climate with smog like LA. :eek:

Still, I don't think I'll ever give up my love of the good old American V8.

The car is too small for the typical size man and family, whats the use of being cheap when it is not that practical, some fatter guys won't be able to squeeze in in the first place

Their everyday transport is so unsafe that they really need this car!

Video - Catch a Free Train Ride in India - ToxicJunction.com

Originally Posted by geekonetwothree

The car is too small for the typical size man and family, whats the use of being cheap when it is not that practical, some fatter guys won't be able to squeeze in in the first place

It's not practical to be fat either, aside from it being unhealthy. Maybe it will convince some fatties to lose some weight so they can run and get one of these AMAZING cars. hahaha! :slaugh:

Originally Posted by Kalina

It's not practical to be fat either, aside from it being unhealthy. Maybe it will convince some fatties to lose some weight so they can run and get one of these AMAZING cars. hahaha! :slaugh:

Bahh fine I'll lose weight!

My main concern would be safty. You get in an accident and you're screwed.

The cost of labor is cheaper in India so the car would be equivalent to around $10,000 built in the US market

Renault-Nissan is planning on building a car for under $3000 but the Tata beats the price at $2500

Originally Posted by Ned

My main concern would be safty. You get in an accident and you're screwed.

If you are hit by another tata you should be ok.

What's going to happen when it gets hit by my 5,200 lb. Silverado ???:2019:

well lets hope it does a good market and gets huge success, atleast i'll get my natanano.net a good value to sell hahaha