# India's $2500 car **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552 "2008-01-10T06:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/1 "2008-01-10T06:31:21Z")
> **[India’s Tata Motors unveils $2,500 car](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22575262/)** > > India’s Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled the world’s cheapest car, bringing new mobility within the reach of tens of millions of people and nightmares to environmentalists. Company Chairman Ratan Tata, introducing the Nano — price tag $2,500 — during India’s main auto show, drove onto a stage in a white version of the tiny four-door subcompact, his head nearly scraping the roof. With a snub nose and a sloping roof, **it can fit five people — if they squeeze.** And the basic version is spare: there’s no radio, no passenger-side mirror and only one windshield wiper. **If you want air conditioning** to cope with India’s brutal summers, **you need to get the deluxe version**. - Not going to ever want to be in a situation like that :eyebrow: ---
**Author:** ![jrod0187](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jrod0187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jrod0187)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/2 "2008-01-10T06:35:24Z")
Heard this on the radio this morning, just as I expected the car would look like. :meh: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/3 "2008-01-10T06:54:51Z")
Say hello to $5/gal gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/4 "2008-01-10T06:56:42Z")
I will use this thread to rant(once again). Maybe once the UAW is affected by countries like Inida and China something will be done but for now no one gives a flying fuck about my company or its employees. That is all for now.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/5 "2008-01-10T07:19:26Z")
2 cylinder with 33 HP and it only gets 50 MPG? Aren’t there imports that get close to that on the highway with a 4? I’d totally take a 7 or so year old used car for my $2500, but thats just me. ---
**Author:** ![RedrRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrrocket/32/7193_2.png) [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/6 "2008-01-10T09:23:21Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > 2 cylinder with 33 HP and it only gets 50 MPG? Aren’t there imports that get close to that on the highway with a 4? > I’d totally take a 7 or so year old used car for my $2500, but thats just me. the problem lies in that india dosent have the overload of “old 2500 dollar cars” most of the population travels by train or moped. the important point here is that the middle class in india can afford and needs a small cheap car to commute and raise a family with. the world is modernizing around us. but who knows how much oil is going to be left for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/7 "2008-01-10T09:31:03Z")
its india i mean who cares right? ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/8 "2008-01-10T09:34:35Z")
now that would never come over here b/c of no air bag right?? ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/9 "2008-01-10T09:37:31Z")
and its a death trap ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/10 "2008-01-10T09:44:00Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > and its a death trap Title it as a motorcycle? Can the government be forced to protect you anymore? I hope they sell a million here and all the dumb people that buy them and get hit by a Tahoe and die try to sue and don’t get a dime. Maybe the government should regulate so much and let the consumer make a decision for themselves and be responsible for it? No? Awh It would be cool to see them here though right?\> :eyebrow: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/11 "2008-01-10T09:47:08Z")
IB4 turbo 'Busa swaps :snky: :lol: ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/12 "2008-01-10T09:56:36Z")
god damn TATA is such a huge company. i don’t even really care about the car, just sayin’ TATA does everything. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/13 "2008-01-10T10:08:28Z")
And now India will become a poor overpopulated country air pollution. :tdown: ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/14 "2008-01-10T10:08:31Z")
i love tatas ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/15 "2008-01-10T10:13:44Z")
I’m totally going to market “Show me your Tatas” shirts in India now! :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/16 "2008-01-10T10:20:16Z")
No one’s gonna go down the gas price road huh? Who gives a shit if it’s a death trap, or unreliable, or comes to the US or not, or even if it’s just generally a poor automobile. The key part is it runs on gas and is going to enable a whole lot of India’s 1.3 billion population who couldn’t afford a car previously to now have a car. What does that mean to you? It means a lot more people using up that resource you’re always bitching about costing too much… OIL, and it’s brother GASOLINE. And for you global warming people, it’s a whole lot more CO2 output, especially since most of these cars are just going to be stuck in traffic because India’s infrastructure can’t handle it. ---
**Author:** ![Coveted\_Hilton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coveted_hilton/32/5191_2.png) [@Coveted\_Hilton](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coveted_Hilton)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/17 "2008-01-10T10:27:57Z")
lol for 2500$ you could have a new one every year. and just give it to the girlfriend / wife you dont like to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/18 "2008-01-10T10:41:27Z")
This is going to have such a larger effect socially, economically, technologically and environmentally. It’s like when the model T was first built in the US. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/19 "2008-01-10T11:56:31Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > IB4 turbo 'Busa swaps :snky: :lol: I was just gonna say that since it resembles a smart car ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552/20 "2008-01-10T12:17:42Z")
wonder what that looks like when it gets taged by a semi [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/indias-2500-car/41552.md?page=2)