Brenda in Japan

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brenda McKinney is an American living and working in the Kansai region of Japan. This is an account of her life and adventures among the fine people of Nihon.

Friday, January 11, 2008

The New Tata Nano

On the topic of India, it seems Kelly and I barely missed the 9th annual New Delhi Auto Expo in New Delhi (took place two days after our departure from this neighborhood). Ok, Ok... to be honest, I normally wouldn't care much about auto fairs, but there was something about this one that caught my attention: the Tata Nano.

The Tata Nano is the name of a new model that was just unveiled by Indian car company Tata Motors. I don't love the yellow paint job on the press photo, but I actually think the model is pretty cute and the size is really practical for city-driving (especially in India!). And the kicker is that this newbie is officially the world's cheapest car, with a standard model MPR of only $2,500 (Rs 100,000 plus delivery charges). I know people who spend more than that on a bike!


Anyways, the company is only going to produce 250,000 units per year for now (with no word on better colors), but isn't it adorable?!:


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