Behold! A 200cc car.

[busydude]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-...-ultra-low-cost-car-RE60/Article1-790681.aspx

 

[arcenite]

83mpg but 0-60 in... never.

 

[Bartman39]

The group gave no price for the low-emission vehicle which will have a top speed of 70 kilometres an hour (43 miles an hour), but the build quality indicated it was pitched firmly at the bottom of the market.

Does this mean it will lose parts going down the road just slowly...?😀

83mpg but 0-60 in... never.

No but 0-43 in 3 days 4 hours and 29min...😛

Its just incredible how cheap they will be making it...? Makes it sound like the Yugo (It was like a Bic lighter, once your run out of gas you throw it away)...

 

[busydude]

Does this mean it will lose parts going down the road just slowly...?

It is a possibility.

Bajaj is a pretty big player in the motorcycle market, but their bikes have poor reliability. They are known to cut a few corners to keep the price down(Even going by the Indian standards).

 

[mmntech]

I'd have to say I'd never buy an Indian or Chinese made car no matter how cheap they were.

 

[DaTT]

83mpg but 0-60 in... never.

I am still lol'ing.

 

[IcePickFreak]

From the article...

“We are not trying to make a car but a four wheeler meant to ferry people in cities,” said Rajiv Bajaj, managing director, BAL. “It is not an incremental but dramatic improvement over a three wheeler. There are over 5 million Bajaj three wheelers in the country today. Thats the market we are aiming for.”

In other words, if you get hit by an actual car you're likely dead.

 

[dawp]

I'd have to say I'd never buy an Indian or Chinese made car no matter how cheap they were.

ya know that was said about Japanese and Korean cars when they first debut in the us. I have a wait and see attitude if they ever make it over here. There is always the possibility that the quality will improve over time, like the way Hyundai did. I wont say never, but at is right now, I would not buy one right now.

 

[SearchMaster]

Have you guys been to India? The 3-wheelers they're talking about are basically just scooters with a shell that will hold 2 passengers plus the driver - they even have the handlebars to steer, brake, and throttle. This looks like a huge step up.

 

[currahee440]

Even my small Ford Focus will win in a head to head competition. Literally, if they crashed into each other.

India may make cheap cars but that doesn't necessarily mean safe. Strictly point A to point B vehicle, and pray that your car doesn't bump into something ...

 

[SearchMaster]

There is nothing safe about driving in the large cities of India. Nothing. You'll see 5-6 wide vehicles (the 3 wheeled rickshaws shown 2 posts ago, motorcycles, scooters, occasionally a micro car) in 2 lanes, the gap between vehicles is rarely more than a foot or so. It's generally ok because you rarely get above 25mph or so....I was in Bangalore for a week and miraculously didn't see a single accident.

Your Ford Focus is larger than 99.5% of vehicles on the road. The car in the OP may look like a POS but believe me, it's an upgrade compared to what's already on the road there.

 

[busydude]

There is nothing safe about driving in the large cities of India.

I am currently driving on India roads and I can confirm this with a small exception. Driving in a car is way safer than any other vehicle in a city. The average speed in an Indian city is not more than 30 KMPH. Most of the fatalities are of the pedestrians, bikes and rickshaws.

People here are first to blame the government, but they are not better in any way.

• 90% of the drivers.. drive with their high beam ON.
• Drivers don't care about zebra crossings and pedestrians cross the street randomly. Most of the accidents occurs during the nights when drivers can't spot them, as all of them are driving with their fucking high beams.
• People don't know the concept of blind spot because no one cares about the rules of the road(You can easily bribe your way).
• People don't give way to ambulance/fire trucks/cop cars.. and they will be first to cry foul when they get delayed.

I can go on and on.. but i don't have time. The bottom line is that driving in India is a PITA.

 

[SearchMaster]

Don't forget that traffic signals seem to be optional 🙂

 

[Jeff7]

200cc?
Is that the engine displacement or the internal passenger volume?

😀



I guess that type of vehicle makes sense in a terribly crowded country though.

Don't forget that traffic signals seem to be optional 🙂

And horsepower may not matter nearly as much as the decibels out of the horn.

 

[DesiPower]

As mentioned by SearchMaster, the auto rickshaws constantly pulls 4 people all day and they are just 150 cc. This is just an upgraded version of it. For the average speed at which the traffic moves in India, its perfect.