TATA Motors is reportedly planning to launch the world’s cheapest car soon.
The Indian company told the Financial Times that the vehicle would sell for around $2 500 (R17 825), versus about $4 000 (R28 520) for the current low-price champ, Suzuki’s Maruti 800.
India’s gross domestic product per capita is about $3 700, so cheaper vehicles are certainly one key to expanding the market. (The vehicle won’t meet European safety norms, according to the report.)
But whether putting tens of thousands more vehicles on Indian roads is a good idea remains to be seen.
First of all, there’s the question of whether there’s adequate road infrastructure or even parking in the country’s huge, and crowded, cities.
Second, there is the rather tricky matter of greenhouse gases that hardly need an increase. – (wheels24.com)
The Indian company told the Financial Times that the vehicle would sell for around $2 500 (R17 825), versus about $4 000 (R28 520) for the current low-price champ, Suzuki’s Maruti 800.
India’s gross domestic product per capita is about $3 700, so cheaper vehicles are certainly one key to expanding the market. (The vehicle won’t meet European safety norms, according to the report.)
But whether putting tens of thousands more vehicles on Indian roads is a good idea remains to be seen.
First of all, there’s the question of whether there’s adequate road infrastructure or even parking in the country’s huge, and crowded, cities.
Second, there is the rather tricky matter of greenhouse gases that hardly need an increase. – (wheels24.com)
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