# the race to build REALLY cheap cars **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 25, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253 "2007-04-25T08:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/1 "2007-04-25T08:51:02Z")
> **[Under $3000: The Race To Build Really Cheap Cars](https://www.treehugger.com/cars/under-3000-the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars.html)** > > Renault-Nissan is planning on building a car for under $3000. The price could be as low as $2500, which is 40% less than the least expensive sub-compact car available today. The Chief Executive of the company, Carlos Ghosn, made this announcement at... 33hp 80mph top speed Renault-Nissan is planning on building a car for under $3000. The price could be as low as $2500, which is 40% less than the least expensive sub-compact car available today. The Chief Executive of the company, Carlos Ghosn, made this announcement at a plant-opening on April 4. An Indian carmaker, Tata Motors, plans to launch a $2500 car next year. This race for the really ceap car could have a major impact on the industry as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/2 "2007-04-25T08:52:30Z")
ok im not ganna lie the car could have looked alot worst then what it does. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/3 "2007-04-25T08:54:23Z")
shit yeah. ide rock it. its cheap, and its reliable. as long as ur not traveling far or on the highway much u cant really go wrong ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/4 "2007-04-25T08:54:57Z")
this is a good idea. why buy a winter beat when you buy a brand new car for the same price ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/5 "2007-04-25T08:55:39Z")
whats wrong with traveling on the highway much? It does 80mph ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/6 "2007-04-25T08:55:51Z")
i would rock it. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/7 "2007-04-25T08:56:35Z")
i couldnt even begin to imagine how long it would take a 33hp car with 4 ppl in it to get up to 80mph. 33hp just doesnt seem like enough to even merge safely ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/8 "2007-04-25T09:00:05Z")
They say the US carmakers could learn something from these. Truth is they couldn’t build a car like that if they wanted to unless it was just privated labeled by Chery or somebody like that in China or India or other cheap place. The sad thing is that even if the material and labor was free, you couldn’t cover the workmans comp, liability, and health care insurance for $3000 per car in a US assembly plant. ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/9 "2007-04-25T09:02:40Z")
yes it would suck balls. I once took a 70hp civic cx to the Outerbanks, NC with 4 people. It was fucking horrible. I was doing 45 in a 65 up the hills. I would go 85 (top speed) down the hill and then slow down to 45 up the hill, nothing like doing 50 mph in second on the highway and watching your speed drop ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/10 "2007-04-25T09:04:57Z")
[quote=“93dx–hatch,post:5,topic:28253"”] whats wrong with traveling on the highway much? It does 80mph [/quote] yea… top speed, which means full bore struggling to even get there ---
**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:** [April 25, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/11 "2007-04-25T09:06:27Z")
It won’t come here. A 33 hp car would be dangerous on our roads. 3rd world though, oughta sell well. ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/12 "2007-04-25T09:09:38Z")
:cough:BOOST:cough: sorry, got a camel hair stuck ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/13 "2007-04-25T09:12:09Z")
Tata Motors has been making a sub $5k for a while now but unfortunantly has not spread to the US market for whatever reasons. They are a great company and from investmets point of view, their selling cars made by laborers making .50 cents an hour to some of biggest millitarys in the western hemisphere including Great Britian and China. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/14 "2007-04-25T09:12:44Z")
Maybe you can order the multiple engine option? ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/15 "2007-04-25T09:15:52Z")
can you stuff a lsx in it? ---
**Author:** ![choko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choko/32/7240_2.png) [@choko](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/choko)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/16 "2007-04-25T09:18:02Z")
idd deff rock one for a winterbeater… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/17 "2007-04-25T09:18:28Z")
Interesting concept, would make for a nice city car. But dear god the Tercel was bad enough at 50ish whp ---
**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:** [April 25, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/18 "2007-04-25T09:46:05Z")
[quote=“Geoff,post:15,topic:28253"”] can you stuff a lsx in it? [/quote] :lol: Now we’re talking. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/19 "2007-04-25T09:48:51Z")
id rock it…but would do something like a B18 swap and boost it. HAHA maybe drop a 442 in it and convert to RWD oh and a front conversion kit too cuz you know its goona look like ass ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253/20 "2007-04-25T10:09:33Z")
lol my 4-wheeler has more hp that that. But I’d love to get a new car for a DD that cheap. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-race-to-build-really-cheap-cars/28253.md?page=2)