<VV> The Tata Nano

[Ron]

and, it'll be a big hit all around the world!  Why didn't General Motors 
think of it?

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: <Sethracer at aol.com>; <jkean at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> The Tata Nano


> The Tata Nano is written up in the March 2009 issue of Automobile 
> magazine.
> They devoted 6 pages to it.
> Ravi Kant, head of India's Tata Motors, wanted a cheap car that poor 
> Indians
> could buy. His concern was the terrible fatalities of bicyclists and
> pedestrians in India, and that if they had better (albiet cheap)
> transportation, the fatality rate would drop.
> The car looks a little like a Smart; gets 60 MPG, weigh 1300#, and has 33
> HP. (wadaya want from a 600 cc engine).
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman garage and orphanage
> Perryman, MD
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
> To: <jkean at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 2:28 PM
> Subject: <VV> The Tata Nano
>
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 3/22/2009 11:16:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> jkean at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> It might  be a fine car (hah), but does it get better gas mileage than a
>> Model T?  That is all that seems to be important these days......
>>
>> jack  kean
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mileage? Not exactly, hybrids are clogging up the Toyota and Honda 
>> dealer
>> lots right now. They will come back, of course, as gas begins it
>> inevitable
>> climb back up. I can't wait for Tata to name the upscale model  the
>> "Bodacious".
>>
>>
>> Hey - It had to be said!
>>
>> (And - True recycling means using the stuff you already have! Like an old
>> car!)
>>
>> Seth  Emerson
>>
>> C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro, Corvette
>>
>>
>>
>> **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for 
>> $10
>> or
>> less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)
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