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NEW DELHI (CNN) -- An Indian car manufacturer unveiled its much-anticipated $2,500 "people's car" on Thursday -- a four-wheel passenger vehicle which it hopes will provide a much-needed transportation option for the poor.
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Company chairman Ratan Tata poses next to the newly-launched Tata Nano.

Tata Motors is billing the Nano as the world's least expensive four-wheel vehicle, with the first batch to hit the Indian market in the second half of this financial year.

Skeptics have questioned whether the car meets safety and emissions standards.

Others are concerned that the ultra-cheap vehicle could dramatically tax India's already poor infrastructure and contribute to the country's existing urban gridlock.

Chief U.N. climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize, said last month that he was "having nightmares" about the prospect of the low-cost car, reported The Associated Press.
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"If you're talking about urban environment, it will cause serious problems," Jamie Leather, a transport specialist with the Asian Development Bank, told AP. "It's a major concern."

But company chairman Ratan Tata said the Nano met both Indian and European emission standards and that it had been designed to pass international crash test standards.

It would average about 50 miles per gallon, he told AP.

"Doctor Pachauri need not have nightmares," AP reported Tata as saying on Thursday. "For us it's a milestone, and I hope we can make a contribution to the country."

Tata, which is in talks with Ford over a buyout of Jaguar, expects the car to sell domestically for the first two to three years and says that it is still exploring exporting options. The company is yet to decide whether it will set up additional plants outside India or export the finished product.

The basic model of the car will cost $2,500, plus additional taxes and transportation costs. It will be produced in a manufacturing plant being built in the northeastern Indian state of West Bengal.

The plant will have an initial production capacity of 250,000 vehicles per year, possibly expanding to 350,000. There are no immediate plans for satellite manufacturing plants, limiting the vehicle's initial production.

AP reported that in 2005, Indian vehicles released 219 million tons of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.
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By 2035, that number is projected to increase to 1,467 million tons, due largely to the expanding middle-class and the expected rise of low-cost cars, according to the Asian Development Bank.

"The cheaper and cheaper vehicles become, the quicker those pollution levels will increase," Leather told AP

Tata has unveiled its 1-Lakh Car at the 2008 Delhi Motor Show, and its officially been christened the Tata Nano. The model at the motor show was powered by a 33 horsepower 624cc two-cylinder gasoline engine mated to either a stepless CVT transmission or 5-speed manual transmission. A diesel version will soon follow.

The 4-seater (5 if you squeeze) Tata Nano uses 5 liters of fuel per 100km and meets all Indian local crash test and emissions guidelines. It was also designed to pass international side offset and side crash tests as well as Euro 4 emissions tests.

The two-cylinder engine, which uses Bosch’s Value Motronic fuel injection and engine management is mounted at the rear of the car together with the battery. There is a small boot at the front where a person would normally expect the engine bay to be.

The car has no power steering, but being so light I don’t think you’d really need one anyway, plus at its 1 Lakh price point you really can’t complain. It also lacks an RPM meter, with its instrument panel consisting of only a speedometer, a fuel gauge and an oil light. The car will be priced at 100,000 Indian rupees, or 1 Lakh, but customers will pay slightly more than 1 Lakh at the dealers because of taxes and other charges.

This 1 Lakh price tag is for the standard car, which does not have air conditioning. The two deluxe models will cost more. 1 Lakh Indian Rupees is roughly RM8,350.

Tata expects to sell 500,000 units of the Tata Nano, and the car will go on sale in the second half of 2008.

KARL ABARTH je napisal/-a:S temi besedami si zgolj pritrdil mojemu mnenju o ceni tega vozila … pa se mogoče tega niti ne zavedaš … ali pač ?

Znaš mogoče v dveh besedah povezat : NANO in DIANO s preprostimi značilnostmi oz zakonitostmi tržišča ?

LP

KARL ABARTH je napisal/-a:S temi besedami si zgolj pritrdil mojemu mnenju o ceni tega vozila … pa se mogoče tega niti ne zavedaš … ali pač ?

Znaš mogoče v dveh besedah povezat : NANO in DIANO s preprostimi značilnostmi oz zakonitostmi tržišča ?

LP

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