£1,250 5 door - 5 seat car !

F Body · January 10, 2008, 07:46:41 AM

Yep for $2,500 dollars you could buy the new Indian Tata Nano

It's a five door hatchbatch with five seats, boasting a 30-horsepower 624-cc engine; a four-speed manual transmission and a disc/drum brake setup. There's no power steering, and you'll find more instrumentation on many wristwatches -- the Nano has only a fuel gauge, speedometer, and oil light, but hey think what they are gonna make for £5,000

NB : Or course you don't want to crash one

55starchief · January 10, 2008, 07:52:22 AM

TATA are pretty reliable, they have been brining the pickups in for years and the landscape company that used to be next door had 3 or 4 which took a daily beating with nothing more than lower ball joint wear

Fieldy · January 10, 2008, 08:19:28 AM

For that price I would have one to throw around

art b · January 10, 2008, 08:30:13 AM

im sure cars like this, will be the only option in 15- 20 yrs

EDGE · January 10, 2008, 08:59:26 AM

dont fancy that in an accident though

FUBAR · January 10, 2008, 11:11:54 AM

Quoting: art b

im sure cars like this, will be the only option in 15- 20 yrs

i'm afraid you might be right, butt ugly, underpowered, tiny boxes

EDGE · January 10, 2008, 01:18:16 PM

hang on a minute... 30 HP !!!!!!!

F Body · January 10, 2008, 01:31:13 PM

Quoting: EDGE

hang on a minute... 30 HP !!!!!!!

Yeah but it only weighs 300kg

55starchief · January 10, 2008, 01:34:45 PM

Fiat 126 was only 25hp on its 650cc air cooled motor

I managed to get almost 50hp out of the motor i used in the buggy but i had no tick over below 1200rpm and it would rev to 7000rpm 2000rpm more than recomended. That was with a hue amount of porting, a huge carb, and cam reground so crazy that kent cams asked if it was realy what i wanted

F Body · January 10, 2008, 01:39:49 PM

According to this video on the BBC website it meets current European crash & emission tests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7180000/newsid_7180600?redirect=7180607.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&asb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7180000/newsid_7180600?redirect=7180607.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&asb=1

FUBAR · January 10, 2008, 01:57:39 PM

emmissions i'm not surpised at... but Crash Tests!!!! it has to be made of paper!

55starchief · January 10, 2008, 02:09:30 PM

Cant see it being any worse than a smart

F Body · January 10, 2008, 02:13:45 PM

Quoting: 55starchief

Cant see it being any worse than a smart

Should be similar because the engine is also in the rear, hence the small black rear mounted cooling ducts

55starchief · January 10, 2008, 02:14:59 PM

infact knowing how the indian's work i would put money that a lot of it looks like a smart

EDGE · January 10, 2008, 03:14:08 PM

at that price its worth importing, vat and import tax wont be much at all and insurance will be naff all..

EDGE · January 10, 2008, 03:15:28 PM

looks like you cant actually buy it yet

55starchief · January 10, 2008, 03:16:54 PM

TATA is imorted by a large scotish company from memory. They alread bring in he pick up truck that sells for £7k against the £14 L200 and a 4x4

philoldsmobile · January 11, 2008, 12:47:51 PM

for that money i'll buy one for the work run...

F Body · January 11, 2008, 01:50:20 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

for that money i'll buy one for the work run...

65mph top speed

EDGE · January 11, 2008, 02:07:34 PM

A roads only then

art b · January 11, 2008, 04:14:49 PM

ya would feel a bit of a cock in one of those....

[get editing the quote boys]

Incursus · January 12, 2008, 04:16:50 AM

Quoting: art b

[get editing the quote boys]

too easy