Tata Nano Isn't a Music Player or Tits, Nay, It's a $2500 Car

Charlie White — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:29:15 EST

The words "Tata Nano" have nothing to do with tiny music players, but the car going by that name's price and size are still nearly small enough to dance on the head of a pin. Introduced in India for $2500, another feature of the car worthy of the word "nano" is probably going to be the amount of time until it needs to go back to the shop, and ultimately the junkyard. But what do you expect from a car with a name that sounds to our ears like a pair of tiny titties? [Jalopnik]

Indian Company Releasing $2,400 Car, the World's Cheapest

Adam Frucci — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:00:00 EDT

If you thought your Kia was a cheap car, you obviously didn't buy it in India. A country with an exploding population of drivers, India has a red-hot market for cheap autos. With that in mind, Indian company Tata Motors (oh, grow up) is selling a plastic car that'll run about $2,400 total. Yes, that makes it the cheapest car in the world. Hopefully it's safer than the cars they make in China.

The four-door car, which will be about as big as a VW Rabbit, will come with a less-than-impressive 30-horsepower engine. But hey, for that price, what do you expect? The car, which has yet to be named, is expected to drastically increase the rates of car ownership in India, which currently stand at about 8 people per 1,000. It's great for the mobility of the Indian people, but something tells me that a car that cheap doesn't have the most efficient or well-designed engine in the world. Here's hoping this doesn't result in a drastic uptick in greenhouse gas emissions. [Sunday Herald]

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Tata Nano Isn't a Music Player or Tits, Nay, It's a $2500 Car

Indian Company Releasing $2,400 Car, the World's Cheapest