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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:15 PM
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This Tata is really small:
Edited on Thu Jan-10-08 01:18 PM by originalpckelly
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575262/



"NEW DELHI - 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, traffic engineers and safety advocates.

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.

But it’s cheap. The Nano’s closest competitor here is the Maruti 800, a four-door that sells for nearly twice as much."
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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:16 PM
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1. It looks like a clown car. n/t
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:18 PM
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2. Indeed it does.
And it's meant for people whose families ride on the backs of scooters, so it may have as many people in it too!
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:19 PM
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3. Bodacious!
I think I once got one of those in a box of Cap'n Crunch.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:38 PM
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6. I checked Google
for Bodacious Tatas, and got this:

Who would have thunk it?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:45 PM
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9. Certainly I knew nothing about this at the time of my posting.
Nothing at all.

Nope.


Nothing at all.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:50 PM
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11. That inspired me to search for Boadcious Bulge...
I only got this



I feel cheated. x(
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:23 PM
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4. I definitely would have to add a roof rack and the optional AC.
Edited on Thu Jan-10-08 01:23 PM by CottonBear
It's a pretty darn cool car! However, 5 people would be squeezed pretty tight!
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:25 PM
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5. If they imported it into the States would we have to go to Sears garden section for tires?
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:39 PM
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7. i got one in a Happy Meal
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:42 PM
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8. Well, we're a flat world. When will they be available in the rest of the world?
And given the way people drive, and how little is put into proper training anymore anyway, who'd risk their lives in one?
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:45 PM
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10. How about
Joe E Tata




lost
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:38 PM
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12. I myself hate really small tatas.
Note the clever incorporation from yesterday's thread ...

Bake
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:41 PM
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13. the PERFECT Tata paint job!

Now that's bodacious!

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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 05:37 PM
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14. Well here's your Tata jokes.
How do you double the price of a Tata? Put gasoline in it.

What do you call a Tata with twin exhausts? A wheelbarrow.

Why does the Tata have a heated rear windscreen? To keep your hands warm when you're pushing it.

I was stopped for speeding in my Tata but I was left off because the Highway Patrol Officer was laughing too much.

I saw an online contest to win a Tata. Second prize was two Tatas.

What do you call a Tata at the top of a hill? A miracle.

How do you overtake a Tata? Run!

What happened after the Tata hit a cat? The cat's fine, it's the Tata that died.

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