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The World's Cheapest Car Set To Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the be-nice-to-have-a-toolin-mobile dept.

theodp writes "Ready for one-automobile-per-child (OAPC)? India's giant Tata Group is on the verge of launching the world's cheapest car. The People's Car, slated to be unveiled January 10th at a New Delhi auto show, will carry a sticker price of 100,000 rupees ($2,500), which some analysts say could revolutionize automobile costs worldwide. The Tata is a pet project of Cornell-trained architect Ratan Tata, who helped design it. The vehicle is aimed at improving driving safety by getting India's masses off their motorbikes and into cars."

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  1. Exactly What We Need by abscissa · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why are people entitled to have every luxury good at an such a low cost that it jeopardizes human and environmental health and safety? I do not think a Wal Mart world is something to aspire to. Too bad the free market basically only takes into account demand and cost.

  2. GM should be safe here in the US... by sethstorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Given the record of cars that small in the US(Geo Metro, Daewoo, Yugo), it isn't going to be flying off our highways or embedding itself into other cars anytime soon.

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