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Get Ready To Show Us Your $2,500 Tatas

As if we couldn't get more excited about the Delhi Auto Show, the $2,500 Tata will be on display for the first time. The car will have four doors, a rear-mounted engine and probably not much in the way of safety features (they'll save all of those for Jaguar). The automaker will also offer a version with more features, such as a roof and steering wheel.

Responding to criticism from some that the 250,000 to 500,000 cars they plan to sell each year will clog up roads and pollute the environment, CEO Ratan Tata has said the car will be the least polluting vehicle on the road (less polluting than a bike?). There are many questions still unanswered, including how long it'll take to stick a Hayabusa mill in one.

1:45 PM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Matt Hardigree
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Bluegoose at 01:53 PM on 12/19/07
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India's Model T!!!
Rust-MyEnemy is stll... at 01:53 PM on 12/19/07
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I'm looking forward to the depreciation. Prolly pick one up for $20 2 years down the line....

Either that or it appreciates in value like an ancient Ming vase.
Ash78 at 01:55 PM on 12/19/07
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"Our prices are untouchable!"
danio3834 at 01:56 PM on 12/19/07
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1 seat, 4 wheels and a hamster on an excercise wheel
AzCajita at 01:57 PM on 12/19/07
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@Rust-MyEnemy: Cheaper than a golf cart...
skaz at 02:01 PM on 12/19/07
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Charge more for an oh-shit handle?
Matt Hardigree at 02:11 PM on 12/19/07
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@ash78: hahahahahahaha
1300ccsoffury at 02:15 PM on 12/19/07
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Headline of the Day!
FLB at 02:15 PM on 12/19/07
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@ash78: Oh man, COTD right there...
Tanshanomi at 02:32 PM on 12/19/07
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Hey, wait a minute! Where'd all my Trabant tooling go?
goatrope at 02:54 PM on 12/19/07
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This reminds me of the old saying "What is funny? Poor people with big dreams."

But Henry Ford was pretty poor as a young guy, too. You gotta like a product that 1 billion people aspire to own.
yellofury * * * * * at 02:55 PM on 12/19/07
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what no bluetooth?
rockogre at 03:14 PM on 12/19/07
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Tatas, not what I was expecting!
Elhigh at 03:18 PM on 12/19/07
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In the States $2500 (barely) buys you a new Honda 24hp V-twin engine for your garden tractor. I guess the rest of the car is what, a loan?
CARBOMB at 03:19 PM on 12/19/07
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I love their company name... and now a 2,500 dollar car!? Can we get a Spec Tata series please, maybe even I could afford to race.
rkwadd at 03:30 PM on 12/19/07
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@danio3834: They tried 1 wheel and four seats but the $5000 Segway drive trains they cannibalized were hurting their bottom line.
Hyman Decent at 04:06 PM on 12/19/07
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I take it there's no IAW.
NovaloadMissesPolar at 05:42 PM on 12/19/07
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This I gotta see. Can't wait. Does it have pedals? Do you have to buy the oxen separately?
WilliamG. at 05:58 PM on 12/19/07
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Do the floors have a trap-door so you can exercise the Fred Flintstone option once the engine goes kaput?
hootjigga at 06:16 PM on 12/19/07
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@ash78: Oh no he Di'nt!
SeanKHotay at 06:28 PM on 12/19/07
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There's nothing unique about $2500 Tatas. They're a dime...err, I bet I see a dozen every day. They make great Christmas presents for your superficial girlfriend!

@ash78: LOL! Sabash, Ash! Top marks for non-India advertising!

@Novaload: In India, Indra wishes cows on you!
skulldriveshaft at 08:47 PM on 12/19/07
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I didn't know the price for breast implants was...