Hot News: Tata’s $2,500 car
Yes, $2,500 is what Tata’s new car is worth. If one must ask what’s the catch, why is this car so (ahem) affordable? We all certainly hope that it did not sacrifice its brake system and airbags. So upon hearing this, the first question that pops in our head is, “what is it lacking to have such an affordable price tag?”
Not to worry though, for Tata’s car (nicknamed as the People’s car for its name has not been revealed yet) is improving to comply with safety and environmental standards. Many critics have already been downsizing the car, saying that it will not pass emission tests in the States and in Europe, but this is all still in the works, according to Anurmita Roychowdhury of the Center for Science and Environment in New Delhi. This means, that mandating of air bags and antilock brakes with full-body crash tests are in the works, so Tata is preparing its creation for that. However, Ms. Roychowdhury presumes that the car will cost more when these take into effect.
According to Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Va., “In most American cars, safety features alone cost more than $2,500. If what we’re talking about in India is people having the option of getting off the streets, from motorcycles and bicycles where they are at risk from bigger vehicles, this may actually be an improvement of the safety environment,” he said in a recent interview.
According to witnesses reported by Tuscaloosa news.com, the car was “a tiny, charming, four-door, five-seater hatchback shaped like a jelly bean, small in the front and broad in the back, the better to reduce wind resistance and permit a cheaper engine.” A.K. Chaturvedi, senior vice president of business development at Lumax Industries simply said that “It’s a nice car—cute.”
Source: Tuscaloosa news.com