| 2011 Tata Nano vs Cat Poop | January 19, 2010 | AUTORIVALS.NET |
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| Have you heard of the Tata Nano? Maybe not
because it isn't available in North America but let me sum it up
for you. It's the automotive equivalent of cat poop. Hell, it
might even give cat poop a bad name. I get more nauseous looking
at the Nano than the cat poop. Still curious? The reason the Nano even exists is the fact that it's the cheapest car in the world primarily marketed in India where it's made. It costs about $2,500 in India but will be around $8,000 when it hits Europe. If it were to hit the United States, it would probably be over $8,000 to meet U.S. safety and emissions standards. If it ever does, God help us all. If it did somehow pass all the U.S. safety and emissions regulations, the cost of modifications needed to pass those tests makes the Nano pointless. Who is going to pay $8,000 for a cat poop car when there's millions of perfectly good used cars that not only won't get you killed in the event of an accident, but also come with, you know, features (see interior below). Not only that, an $8,000 price tag isn't that much lower than other new affordable cars such as the Hyundai Accent, Nissan Versa, etc which come in around ten grand. And those actually have air bags (something that Nano does not. At least not yet anyways.) If the Nano did make it to America, my biggest fear would be an increase in automotive fatalities. All joking aside, putting something as unstable and unsafe as the Nano on American roads filled with huge SUVs, trucks, and bad drivers would be a catastrophe waiting to happen. Don't get me wrong. The problem with the Nano isn't necessarily its size either. I have no problems with small cars. If anything, I prefer them for their maneuverability and better mileage. The problem is that the Nano wasn't designed with safety as its first priority. Keep in mind that it would need to be modified to be safe. Something about that seems wrong. |
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| I think the things in the trash can pictured have a higher value than the Nano's interior. Whereas most car companies list off how many features its vehicles come with, you can list off more features that the Nano does not come with. We're not talking about simple luxuries like power windows and locks, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. We're talking about necessities like air bags and anti-lock brakes. To get features that are included on nearly every vehicle sold in the U.S. like air conditioning, a radio, and even power steering, you'll have to pay extra. | ||
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