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Originally Posted by Zappo  Even that will mean too many cars on the road E_L. Along with that will come further parking woes, bigger jams, more pollution etc. However it may also mean a more streamline traffic if the number of bikers reduce on the road as a car will probably not yield so easily to these guys calisthenics capabilities on a bike in busy traffic. |
Agree on parking woes, jams, etc. But it may not really help for streamline traffic, it will make it worse. Even now I see that small cars like Santro, 800, Alto, Indica, all are overtaking (and creating lots of probs like quick turns w/o signals, etc) big cars as if they drive bikes - 1L car owners would also do the same.
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Originally Posted by Zappo On a different note, it seems like suzuki (and by extension Maruti) has conceded a subtle point to the Tatas. Mr Khattar almost ridiculed the idea a year back when he said that it is almost impossible to design and build a car from scratch for that low a price. He would like to see how Tatas do it. Now they have "seen" it I guess. |
Agree, I read an interview long back by Khattar who mentioned that Maruti True value offers good used cars for 1L, so Maruti doesn't consider building cars for 1L - they must have been anticipating good market for these cars, hence they decide to produce them.
Unless infrastructure is improved, these will add to existing traffic issues especially in cities like Bangalore where we already face lot of issues.