I read something about this a couple months ago during an extremely boring flight, and I guess its time has come. Gizmodo announces (and there’s an official press release, too) the new super-cheap car from Tata Motors. Rolling off the line for only $2,400, they promise to increase India’s per capita car owners.
What I wonder is how this will affect fuel prices around the world… negatively, I suspect.
From Gizmodo:
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.
[via Gizmodo]
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