CrunchGear

If its a two cylinder engine, won’t they have to mix the gas? If so, that’s a pretty serious inconvenience for any engine, let alone an automobile. I can’t imagine gas stations carrying pre-mixed fuel.

WTH are you talking about? My 2001 atv that’s still worth more than this does mixing automatically. One tank for gas, one for oil, it does the rest (and you can “manually” adjust it too! - “the miracles of modern science, I tell ya what”).

Yes, but its still an inconvenience. That must be a pretty high end ATV to be worth more than $2,500 after six plus years of use.

Two cylinder NOT Two Stroke. The two are different. This has a 4 Stroke Just it has 2 cyl. Being 4 stroke has nothing to do with the number of Cylenders. There are 4 Stroke 1 cyl motorcycle engines. The oil mixing id only needed for 2 stroke engines which this is not

no oil gets mixed into fuel. its a 2- cyl. 4 stroke engine. only 2 stroke need oil mixed in.

You’re right, can’t believe I got those mixed up…long day. My bad.

Its a 2 cylinder ( piston) not 2 stroke engine which require oil to be mixed with gasoline. This is a 2 cylinder 4 stroke engine horizontally opposed as in a Subaru

Two cylinders is not 2 cycle. The article above mentions 2 cylinders which is probably still a 4 cycle engine and would not require mixing gas and oil.

it is a 2 cylinder motor, not a 2 stroke engine,
it easily can be a 4 stroke, 2 cylinder motor,
that wouyld use regular gas…
DAN

this will be a 4 stroke engine not a 2 stroke,even if it was a 2stroke it would have oil injection no mixing of oil and gas

That’s two Cylinder.. not Two Cycle, or Two Stroke.. it’s still 4 stroke.
No mixing of any gas required.

Two cylinder, not two cycle you dope.

Sorry, do some homework. 2 cyclinder is way different than a 2 cycle. Hey guy with the ATV, your stupid for not knowing that!!

I do know that. I was explaining that even lowly atv’s have the ability to mix and that “pre-mixed” fuel was way off base (not referencing the above vehicle in any way). Thanks for not being a 12 year old asshole there, Gus.

It’s a two cylinder, Not a two stroke

TWO CYLINDER NOT TWO STROKE. GENIOUS

Two cylinder, not TWO CYCLE

You are mistaking a two cylinder motor for a two cycle motor. The motor is a 4 cycle,no mixing of oil and gas, has fuel injection and a catalytic convertor and very low emissions.

Look at those “air intakes”.

This car probably has no emissions controls and I can only imagine the pollution generated from an entire country full of them.

Does anyone have stats?

Note: Someone should do a demolition derby or bumper cars with these.

Mr Paul,

Tata Nano complies with Euro-IV emission standards for your info. And please sell off your gas guzzling SUV and switch to small car if you are so concerned about pollution. Set example before you preach

Any vehicle that burns fuel at that rate cannot be worse for the environment than one that burns 20 or 25 mpg, whatever the pathetic US Standard is. Check out Pheonix motors in California, a 100 mile per charge quad cab pickup TRUCK with a ten minute charge rate and a batery life of 250K miles. Look at Apter with their 300 MPG hybrid, both vehicles slated for production late THIS YEAR. These are new companies, yet the Chevy VOLT isn’t slated for another TEN YEARS. My $75/week ($4000/year!!!!)commute could be as little as $10/wk ($520, minus oil changes). The technology is here. Get with it folks. The major car companies are not our friends! Be brave, Lobby for electric.

You could go to Dunkin Doughnuts and get a spare.

yet another idiot american whose arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand. india will rise. we invented numbers, sanskrit (mother of all european languages). without us, the industrial revolution wouldn’t exist. you accuse us of stealing your jobs, yet hotmail, bose, sandisk, sun microsystems and many socalled ‘american’ companies were founded or cofounded by indians!

dunkin donuts will do better than your trailer park, that’s for sure

I think the idiot here is you for calling him American Idiot!
In any case, your comments are weak, making reference to a couple of Indian Nationals (probably US citizens by the way), who created companies out here…. Think about how many Indians there are vs Americans…and how many more Nobel prize winners, successful companies there are that are from the USA vs India. You may have invented numbers and Sanskrit, but you did nothing with it. The US and Europe, with their high levels of innovation brought world development to the levels that we see today.
Don’t fool yourself, the only reason why India is becoming a player on the world economic scene, is thanks to its cheap service labor, and fluency in English.

Idiot. Indians didn’t do anything with numbers or Sanskrit. Infact, I bet you don’t even know Sankrit. And what’s next? If India invented the 0, do you also claim to have invented half the computer? Truly an idiotic comment.

lava, your illustrations are right but flawed. These people succeeded in US and else where but not in India. Ask why we can’t nurture talent in India itself.

Finally I can see some R&D picking up in India and hats off to RATAN TATA for producing a tool for masses with 54MPG and Euro 4 emission compliant.

BTW I won’t mind getting spare from Dunkin Donuts, most of them are owned by gujjus (Western Indians) anyways.

the car is euro iv compliant, and is meant for city roads i presume

Hi, thebonafortuna:

No need to mix gas and oil in the Nano, because it’s a two CYLINDER engine, not a two STROKE engine.

The Citroen Mehari (based on the 2CV) had a 2 cylinder engine (I had one for my first car, and I LOVED it), so did the Honda and Subaru minicars of the 60’s and 70’s.

cheers

Speedbird

I love it! I live in Southern Cal and it seems like I live on the road, I would drive a motor cycle but…not really interested in becoming an organ donor at this time. This seems like a nice compromise especially if you are generally the only person in the car.

awsome!

This car will revolutionize the industry. Perfect commuter and urban car size, 50 Mpg and only $2500 new? No one can compete with that.

I wonder about cold climate performance, here in Minnesota, the roads have deep ruts and snowdrifts. English and some German cars don’t have heaters or defrosters capable of doing the job like Detroit models.

This car in current config will never make it to the US / europe because of the tough euro norms and safety standards. sales would primarily be focused in ASEAN / AFRICAn and South american markets

This car, as long as it is a four-wheeler, will never get DOT permission to drive in America. No roll cage, no airbag, no crash resistance. HOWEVER, if you importend them at that price and widened the front suspension and replaced the rear suspension with a single swingarm, making it a three wheeler, you could make a killing selling them legally as motorcycles, with the additional benefit of ridiculously low insurance rates. A genuine get-rich-quick scheme.

I’d rather buy a used car for $1000 that is twice the size and weight.

The car is revolutioning the world not India, even $2500 is too much for many Indians.

will it ever hit the streets of the US?
if it does, what do you think the US will jack the price up to?
i would like to pick up a couple of them.

this car is not meant for Minnesota or for that matter anyplace which gets considerable snowfall . it should be a wonderful change to a middle class indian family who will upgrade to the car from the dangerous family 2 wheeler. Hats off to TATA and good luck with the car.

Doubt it will comply with UNECE crash test regs and would probably get a .5 star in consumer crash test programs. May have some safety benefits for the third world by reducing motorcycles and clogging roads (travel speeds will drop dramatically) but would be a disaster for road trauma in western countries

Well despite not being able to pass any kind of meaningfull crach test the Indian Electric car Riva is wildly popular in Britain. With stuff like congestion charges and parking charges c car like this makes some sense. In india When we say that a lot op people die in Accidents we mostly mean pedestrians die. Usually in india people laugh as seatbelts cause cars mostly drive at about 10 to 15 mph

You shall go back and read the specs carefully. This car passes frontal and side crash test successfully. Why ur finding it difficult to digest that a < $2500 car can be produced or you are skeptical because its done in India.

Haha, typical reaction from a European American. You discredit the achievements of Indians in the USA because of jealousy. How many times have you kissed German ass, calling ‘Bose’ a German company? Trust me, I know some ignoramuses who were arguing with me that Bose was a German guy without even going to his website.
Your Nobel Prize doesn’t mean anything to me because its a western propaganda. Everything the Europeans achieved were from looting, stealing, barbarism, genocide…look at the history of American, Australia, Nazi Germany. There is nothing to be proud of. That is barbarism at its best. Arun Netravali (father of HDTV), Vinod Dham (father of pentium processor) all hail from India. You can insult us, talk about working in 7-11, etc. You can talk about your ‘achievements’ but we laugh and take comfort in the fact that Japan is far ahead of you in technology. “Oh the Japs copy”…yeah that’s why they have 2nd highest number of patents…I didn’t know you could get a patent by copying! You guys need lessons in Geography. No point in taking Europeans’ side because many Europeans have evolved and are smarter than European Americans who are ignorant and still live in racist, Eurocentric past..Just look at your redneck president! LOL!

Hey brother, U forgot to tell them,

that ‘America’ is a ‘mistake’ by an Italian half-wit sponsored by greedy Spaniard monarchs searching for India to ’share’ some of her fabled wealth!

that you white ignoramuses call the natives ‘Indian’ while the country referred to is half a world away!

that you now feel threatened we are reclaiming our position in the world! (and hence these wise cracks)

that inspite of knowing English, all Indians (atleast those living in India) also speak atleast their native language! V R gonna beat U playing your game by your rulez!!!!

I’m sure it will hit the US market. They’ll put auto and AC in, and bounce the price up to around $5K. Importers will jump on this car because they’ll see all the profits that they can make!

…and in doing so they’ll waste so much of the car’s limited horsepower that it’ll be useful primarily as a golf cart.

I want at least one of them. When will they be offered in the U.S. ?

I would be proud to drive one! When and how can I get one in the US. If anyone finds out how to purchase one PLEASE let me know!!!

I live in Dallas Texas….land of the Bigger is Better Universe. Hell No…I am not a native …DA!

Stephen

Hopefully we’ll see them in the US and if so, hopefully it’ll prompt the domestic and Asian manufacturers to come to their senses and lower their prices. If this unit proves to be reliable, how can anyone go wrong especially at 50mpg and $2500.00 They would be excellent for commuting, errands and for the grocery store. Just think you could park it anywhere and not have to worry about dents and scratches and it would pay for itself within the 1st 3 months of ownership, especially if one paid cash for it.
These aren’t intended to be cruising vessels, they were invented and designed for the purpose of cheap, economical transportation and if they arrive here and prove to be reliable I’ll purchase one with cash just to runaround in.

Good for the middle class in India…

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Actually guys you should give credit to engineers who involved in this car. It will change concept of commutes within city. Car has passed European emission test which means it is will not generate pollution + economical + passed safty test too. Car cost is $2500 and if we add more futures to make it compatible for western road then it will reach max $4000 though it is cheap. Currently in Europe and US SMART Car launced which is cost $16000 and give 40 miles per gallon and people crazy for this. So think if NANO launched in US it will make news…

If fatalities in India are 8% of total worldwide and only having 1% of the cars, wouldn’t having 5% of the cars bring their fatality rate up to 40% worldwide?

The engine is made by Bosch.

An awesome development for people living in developing countries like myself needing cheap affordable personal transport who don’t get Hummers and F150 on a cheap lease with zero percent financing for the first year and a cash back.

The engine is not made by Bosch. It’s Tata Motor’s own design. Bosch has supplied only the f