Sunday, December 09, 2007

India Makes World's Cheapest Automobile


At $2,500, this would be the perfect grad mobile:

India's Tata Motors blazes the automotive trail with the world's cheapest automobile.

The cars aren't literally free, but at its expected $2500 price tag, it is closer to a giveaway than any other car company has managed. It’s creator? India’s Tata Motors, the overly ambitious auto manufacturer, and its leader Ratan Tata who is playfully referred to as the Henry Ford of India.

His latest vision is a four-seat car with a rear engine and built in the cheapest way possible in factories residing in his native land. The car will then be shipped to buyers in locations such as Afghanistan and Zanzibar. The expected price once it hits the U.S.? Around $2500. Probably.

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