head coach Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2007/12/09/stories/2007120950801700.htm Crash testing is a key measure that vehicle manufacturers adopt to improve the safety record of their cars. In India, the only company that is currently engaged in domestic crash testing is Tata Motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
living Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Is that really unexpected? Anyway in India speeds on the roads are not as deadly, and IMO all the consumers would rather prefer a cheaper car with crash testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
head coach Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Is that really unexpected? Anyway in India speeds on the roads are not as deadly' date=' and IMO all the consumers would rather prefer a cheaper car with crash testing.[/quote'] Tata is bringing out the cheapest car in the world for 100,000 rupees which is less than $3K. no idea about crash testing on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Tata is bringing out the cheapest car in the world for 100' date='000 rupees which is less than $3K. no idea about crash testing on this[/quote'] Ah isn't that the "air car" in collaboration with MDI of france ? Pretty nifty that: runs on compressed air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
living Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Actually I wanted to say ppl would prefer a cheaper car WITHOUT crash testing. now it makes more sense :D If TATA does manage to deliver the 1 lakh car then I think it will be popular in lots of developing countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Ah isn't that the "air car" in collaboration with MDI of france ? Pretty nifty that: runs on compressed air. Dont think its the "air car" or anything. It will be proper, diesel/petrol engined, around 700 cc of power, compact car, slightly bigger than the Maruti 800. Tata hopes to save a lot of money by avoiding fancy gimmicks and stuff. They are using novel methods to cut cost, like contemplating gluing the doors to the body frame, rather than weld it. Also, the distribution and servicing is also said to be done in a franchise manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Here are some supposed details of the Tata 1 Lakh Car (Rs 1 Lakh is equivalent to USD2,500) that is supposed to be ready by July 2008. A design sketch of the Tata 1 Lakh car has been shown to selected members of the media sometime earlier and is said to resemble a egg shaped car with a tall roof. Now Overdrive reveals that the Tata 1 Lakh car will resemble a production version of Tata’s 1998 Zing concept car. It will be a 5-door hatchback but there will be very little space behind the rear seats for a boot. In fact, even rear bench space is expected to be at a premium, making the car a 2+2 of sorts. Definitely a pure A to B city car with the distance between A to B limited to short journeys where you do not need to carry any luggage. Not a balik kampung car, definitely. The car will be built on a rear engine rear wheel drive platform and will be powered by a two-cylinder engine. Two of these two-cylinder engines will be offered - a 660cc 2-cylinder petrol and the world’s first low-cost 700cc two-cylinder common rail diesel engine with a special low cost common rail system developed by Bosch. Bosch will also apply a fuel injection system called “value motronic” for the 660cc petrol unit. Apparently in internal company tests, the petrol version managed to achieve a fuel efficiency of 26 km travelled per liter of fuel consumed. The diesel version is expected to be even better. As for the car’s name - sources in Tata say the current most favoured name within the company is the Tata Jeh, named after Tata’s previous chairman, Jehangir Tata. -------------------- http://paultan.org/archives/2007/10/07/more-details-on-tata-1-lakh-car/ Doesnt look that bad, to be honest. But you wouldnt want to drive one of these to a executive board meeting and park it alongside the luxury sedans. Will "stand out" a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Some more information, Its called Tata Indiva and looks like this front-on \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Dont think its the "air car" or anything. I was talking about this: http://www.theaircar.com/tata_agreement.html http://www.theaircar.com/MiniCats.html The MDI Minicat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 i want a minicat. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky_lafanga Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 i want a minicat. :D Yeah pus.sy rules :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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