Tata Nano, People's Car [Merged]

**suv** · January 10th, 2008 05:47 PM

Why naman not for export?

**dfcsantos** · January 10th, 2008 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by pitbullz

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7180396.stm

http://www.tatamotors.com/our_world/...40&action=Pull

3 tata cars = 1 hyundai getz...pwede nko magnegosyo as mini taxi operator nito.
mukha syang paa ni voltesV

Ok, ito. Cute at mas mura pa sa Legend na gawa ng Norkis.

**niky** · January 10th, 2008 05:55 PM

It wouldn't be hard to bring it in... Norkis could sell it...

...would make their other products seem a bit silly, though.

Even with duties, that'd cost maybe 150,00 pesos here, brand new... and with an emissions-compliant engine that can do 50 mpg... dayumn....

**kha** · January 10th, 2008 05:57 PM

ok to, sana lumabas dito..

**boydapa** · January 10th, 2008 06:03 PM

pwidi bah payb shix dyhan! hehe

ang cute ah! buti pa ang india nakakagawa na ng ganyan at ang mura pa! eh pag gawang pinoy yan asahan mo presyong kaaway pa yan!

**suv** · January 10th, 2008 06:09 PM

^

Hindi lang presyong kaaway....may libreng kulangot pa :bwahaha:

Kamusta pala review nyan sa ibang bansa?

**mazdamazda** · January 10th, 2008 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by suv

Why naman not for export?

That is because it'll cost around $2,500 more to make it pass crash safety tests being done outside of India.

Also, Tata stated that they plan to export this (after doing that) by 2012. Currently, it's only available for the Indian domestic market.

**Memphis Raines** · January 10th, 2008 06:18 PM

Parang pang subdivision lang

cute and preppy.

Too bad I won't fit in it

**niky** · January 10th, 2008 06:30 PM

The press release states that it exceeds current safety regs... safety regs in which country, I don't know...

It'd be enough in the Philippines... and it'll be safer than a motorcycle, that's a fair bet. At 600cc, even if it's classed as a motorcycle, it'll still be able to take the highway..., but with just 30+ hp, it might just be a rolling road-block out there...

Dayumn... it's small, underpowered, ugly... I want one!

Originally Posted by boydapa

pwidi bah payb shix dyhan! hehe

ang cute ah! buti pa ang india nakakagawa na ng ganyan at ang mura pa! eh pag gawang pinoy yan asahan mo presyong kaaway pa yan!

Tata is one of the biggest car-makers in the world at this point. You may think that India is poor, but they have a huge consumer market, which means that you can make a very profitable business just catering to the locals. Tata sells a lot of cars.

Here in the Philippines, the most you can expect to sell locally if you're developing an indigenous vehicle is a couple of thousand units... 10,000 - 20,000 if you're lucky, every year... with start-up costs and development of modern vehicles costing millions of dollars, that isn't even enough volume to give you the money to develop a decent looking car... let alone the mechanical package that goes along with it.