Tata starts exporting world's cheapest car

Marketwatch ^ | May 9, 2011 | Santanu Choudhury

[rllngrk33]

How soon will it be before I can get a pair of those at Wally World?

[OB1kNOb]

I wonder what the estimated MPG is for the Pixel fitted with a 1.2-liter, turbo-charged diesel engine.

[Red Badger]

I dunno....it’s kinda cute for a POS..................

[Adder]

I wonder if the tata’s front end gets stiff in the cold?

[Red Badger]

I’d have never guessed that was the world’s cheapest car.

The windshield wiper is a dead giveaway................

[ontap]

It doesn’t look any worse than a Smart car.

[bert]

[Gena Bukin]

Lots of jokes on this thread.

We aren't going to be laughing at what a half billion Tata-driving Indians do to the price of gas.

[Rappini]

The good news is when you close the garage door it will close the doors on the Rabbit.

[sitetest]

Dear GonzoGOP,

“Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel will get you 45 highway with a lot more car around you.”

Not quite. It's rated for 24 mpg city, 34 highway. It'll probably exceed 34 mpg on the highway on long drives, but I don't think it'll get 45 mpg.

I have a 2005 E-Class CDI diesel, rated for about 33 mpg or 34 mpg on the highway. On a long trip with no interruptions, slow-downs, etc., I get as much as 38 mpg.

Mixed highway/city/sidestreet driving, I get around 30 mpg.

But it is a darned sight nicer to drive, I think, than a Tata.

sitetest

[VeniVidiVici]

We aren't going to be laughing at what a half billion Tata-driving Indians do to the price of gas.

Can't do much about that. Unless the Democrats decided that jobs really were a priority and started making it easier to drill.

[VeniVidiVici]

My 1985 Ford Tempo diesel would routinely get 55mpg on the highway.

Man, I wish I still had that car.

[bert]

The misunderstanding of the world on Free Republic is boundless.

The cars depicted are for the masses in megacities, those with populations greater than 10 million. The people there need cheap cars to navigate the busy and crowded city streets. The megacities customers may very well buy them by the hundreds of thousands because they exactly fit their needs.

The world population is moving to the mega cities where poor people are becoming middle class people who need transport, cheap transport. There is no need for concern with garage height and gull wing doors when there is no garage. there is congestion that makes opening a door in traffic a problem.

The designers no doubt developed a feature rich car for the specific intended use having nothing to do with our concepts of need

Oh yes........ denigrate diesel at your peril. Diesel rules the future

[Onelifetogive]

I wonder if the tata’s front end gets stiff in the cold?

I'm thinking it should have pop-up headlights...

[ladyjane]

You are SO BAD!

[catman67]

I hear that there’s plenty of room in Detroit!

[GonzoGOP]

Not quite. It's rated for 24 mpg city, 34 highway. It'll probably exceed 34 mpg on the highway on long drives, but I don't think it'll get 45 mpg

Thanks. I just did a google search on Diesel MPG and hit an article with the 45 mpg given. Obviously real experience is better than an advertising puff piece.

[reagan_fanatic]

I wonder what kind of boob is gonna buy one of these?

[Gena Bukin]

The misunderstanding of the world on Free Republic is boundless.

I think many Freepers have never been outside of the United States. Your post was spot on.

[Adder]

Thanks...its a gift.

:]