The People's Car (1 Viewer)

[Umfufu]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7180396.stm

€1,600 (ish) for a brand new car.

Wouldn't fancy having a crash in one but....

 

[taubstumm]

 

[therealjohnny]

I love these- Got to have a shot of one recently in Krakow-amazingly hard to drive

 

[theweeyin]

It looks ranxid.

And, as my dad would say, "That'd only get you killed on the motorway".

 

[Squiggle]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7180396.stm

€1,600 (ish) for a brand new car.

Wouldn't fancy having a crash in one but....

That's great. I hope that they do well. While I wouldn't fancy having a crash in one against something bigger I'd rather be in one of those than on the back of a 2 wheeler.

Thailand's contrasting mix of big pickups and motorbikes with at least 2 people on them leads to a huge number of deaths every year. My brother sees at least one accident a day on his way to work, and over half of them involve at least one death. There is probably a similar situation in India.

Edit: And although the Tata is a bit ugly it's no worse looking than the Ford Ka

 

[therealjohnny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7180396.stm

€1,600 (ish) for a brand new car.

I heard some eco types saying this is very bad news for the planet

but sure

fuck it

edit: If i was writing an alramist article about the potential damage millions of these cars will do to the environment id headline it

"Ta-ta ozone layer"

 

[taubstumm]

That's great. I hope that they do well. While I wouldn't fancy having a crash in one against something bigger I'd rather be in one of those than on the back of a 2 wheeler.

Thailand's contrasting mix of big pickups and motorbikes with at least 2 people on them leads to a huge number of deaths every year. My brother sees at least one accident a day on his way to work, and over half of them involve at least one death. There is probably a similar situation in India.

your brother sees people dead in the streets every second day?!?

 

[taubstumm]

I heard some eco types saying this is very bad news for the planet

but sure

fuck it

wait til broken arm hears about this!

 

[Squiggle]

your brother sees people dead in the streets every second day?!?

Yes. Road deaths are such a fact of life in Bangkok that they are rarely reported unless it was someone 'important' involved.

 

[theweeyin]

I heard some eco types saying this is very bad news for the planet

How's that?

 

[therealjohnny]

How's that?

The very large populaition of India all start driving cars=massive increase in car emissions

= death planet

 

[binky]

The very large populaition of India all start driving cars=massive increase in car emissions

= death planet

In fairness, tata have also bourht the patent on that car that runs entirely on hyper compressed air; it's due for commercial release in the next year or two, although givin that garages have no way of filling them up as yet, we'll see..

 

[Umfufu]

In fairness, tata have also bourht the patent on that car that runs entirely on hyper compressed air; it's due for commercial release in the next year or two, although givin that garages have no way of filling them up as yet, we'll see..

Does that mean that in a few years, we'll be stopping in a "petrol station" & saying

"€50 worth of air & a bottle of water please."

 

[therealjohnny]

In fairness, tata have also bourht the patent on that car that runs entirely on hyper compressed air; it's due for commercial release in the next year or two, although givin that garages have no way of filling them up as yet, we'll see..

I always wanted one of these when i was a lad

 

[Squiggle]

The very large populaition of India all start driving cars=massive increase in car emissions

= death planet

The engine is only 624cc - smaller than the engine of a lot of motorbikes. And it is likely that it won't cause much more in the way of pollution compared to, say, a 15-20 year-old Honda 50 that hasn't been serviced in about 10 years.

 

[Squiggle]

I always wanted one of these when i was a lad

I had one, I was never a lad though. Hours of fun, until it hit a wall at full speed

 

[therealjohnny]

The engine is only 624cc - smaller than the engine of a lot of motorbikes. And it is likely that it won't cause much more in the way of pollution compared to, say, a 15-20 year-old Honda 50 that hasn't been serviced in about 10 years.

tell that to the eco guys i heard ...they'd fight you tooth and nail on that one

me? i don't care, I'll be dead soon enough

 

[ratmonkey]

The engine is only 624cc - smaller than the engine of a lot of motorbikes. And it is likely that it won't cause much more in the way of pollution compared to, say, a 15-20 year-old Honda 50 that hasn't been serviced in about 10 years.

Probably bigger than the motorbikes they currently use.

A small percentage increase in road users in a country with a population over a billion is going to have a whole lot more of an effect than any amount of old Hondas floating about over here.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Hmm, 33 horse power, so it's gonna be able to beat your average micra driver in a drag race.
Result!

 

[classic seanc]

Personally, I'd rather sellotape 2 honda 50's together.