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Originally Posted by apachelongbow Are you the social worker kind, the one who wants slums in Mumbai, but not next to their house????
I would love to know what makes the NANO a TIN BOX CAR. Also according to you which car below Rs 6 Lac is not a TIN BOX.
If you know business, you would know India is not a 'weird market' but a highly knowledgable 'emerging market' in which people choose the best product for them, and not necessarily whats good in USA or Europe. |
Very well said apache! you spoke for all of us. we Indians are the biggest critics of our own products. patriotism is exhibited only during the game of cricket. i once read that koreans are so feircely patriotic that they do not buy any foreign cars. it is said you only see hyundais, daewoos, ssangyongs and kias on the streets of Seoul. on the contrary, we take too much pride in anything and evrything foreign. we can never be like koreans. but the least we can do is support an indian who has made an honest attempt in making the cheapest car in the world which looks much better than many cars which are several times more expensive. |
Guys,
Im really sorry if my views have conveyed a different meaning to some in terms of not being patriotic, not appreciating an indian firm making a model never been made by any one else or giving an opinion that im a social type etc.,
Am as much an admirer of TATA as anybody else in whatever good they are doing for the country.
As some one quoted ford,
“The greatest need today is a light, low-priced car with an up-to-date engine of ample horsepower and built of the very best material... one that is in every way an automobile and not a toy”.
The question is How much up to date is the car with a 2 cylinder engine, with a max speed of 70 km/hr(Not very sure what that means ..is it the max reading in the speedo dials??? If that is the case in the normal driving conditions it can run safely at a speed of 60).In today's scenario of cars available this could mean a toy only.
TATAs have not come out with the latest technical innovations done in the body panels/design/safety/material/engine/transmission etc.,.(except that more than 30 patents have been taken to bring the production cost down)
It is my sincere doubt, that TATAs crying to be so concerned with the two wheeler rider with his family has made double scooter with a cover.
That's good for the scooter rider's at cost of 4 scooters.(4 persons can sit inside and protect themselves from all weather and ride at a speed lower than a scooter!!. 2 engines of two scooters adds upto 2 cylinder).
Do you think anybody can stop anyone on the usage of this vehicle? With better roads coming up in places and highways being built. 100s of nanos moving at not more than 60 km speed making the driving a hell?
It does not mean i want those customer's to be deprieved of owning a car, but, it is the technology which has nothing to do with the current requirements of the driving conditions.(either on highways or on the rural mud roads..imagine the 10" wheel running on the pot holes..)
Remember, who ever has invented a wheel would have been proud to see a bullock cart on road. But i dnt think he would argue the bullock carts to be allowed on the busy roads or highways or wherever we have have been shouting against its existence on road.
What are we proud about this vehicle? exteriors? i loved the looks..frankly.
All i wanted to say was, i do not see any real technological advancement or any major innovation to be proud of in this car. The car is still overpriced.(I imagine it would be nothig less than 1.3 lacs in the first year, and nothing less than 1.5 in the second year!! wonder why!!!lol)
I remember a auto mechanic who has assenbled a car for Rs.40000 only with a nearly unsafe exteriors. May be TATAs to be congratulated for their bold step in making such a vehicle as a mass production type.
All i expected was a path breaking technology being used in terms of engine, speed, power, safety (they have a common cross bars in the front.remember ZEn-D with same jugad front cross bar??), transmission, space etc.,
May be the expectations are too much from a people's man who promised to deliver nothing of this sort, but a cheap car and he has made his promise.
Im sure we will buy the car because it is cheap, it is affordable simply because we are a nation with millions of people aspiring to travel on a four wheeler oblivious to the idea of what is a real value for money.
The views are completely personal and not to hurt anybody's sentiments nor against the nano lovers.
The car will sell.
Thanks.