Artist’s Impression – Click to enlarge
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Artist’s Impression – Click to enlarge
This is a little bit of imagination going wild here… but something I think is interesting nonetheless. Most of you know that Tata is developing a 1-Lakh car (USD2,500), and we’ve seen an artist’s impression of it when I wrote about the car back in October.
Now, Tata currently has a JV with Fiat, and Fiat’s plant at Ranjangaon, Pune is making both Fiats and Tatas. Tata even uses Fiat diesel engines for its Tata Indica and Tata Indigo. Now, what if Fiat uses the Tata 1 lakh car as a baseline budget model, and a pure styling-enhanced Abarth model is created from it?
Seems like a long shot… but doesn’t stop the very generous Theophilus Chin from flexing his Photoshop muscles and creating something at a request from another paultan.org reader, who had this crazy idea in the first place.
Above is the result, along with a new artist’s impression of the Tata 1-Lakh car, looking alot better than the previous version I posted. The original 1-Lakh car is a 5-door, while the “Abarth” is a 3-door version.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Myvi looks better than that
Truly budget car.
looks like a frog if its is in green color…:D:P
Wow. Very cheap. I wonder whats their spending power like over there in India? USD2500 X 3.5 = RM8750. If their monthly salary is about an average of RM1500 for the middle income group, then it will be indeed very cheap for them. Correct me if i’m wrong.
ok, not bad…..
more aerodynamic then Myvi & Viva
looks humble
Hopefully this will cut the number of train roof riders in India by half…
80% look like Mitsu COLT.
looks bad…
hmmm… the front light is not nice but the other part is ok… But then the blue one looks bad… big time!!
yer !
woa,. behold, teh indian colt…. although it probably is a bit smaller.
Ok la!!! Not bad for budget car..
With the country in another energy crises and the economy going south faster than a plane plunging into the earth, the USA government should rethink and relax the standards.
I have a 1988 Buick Lesabre, lost my first shift job and really nead a new car and can't afford one. I would love one of these cars. I would love to get a big contract with my new company and I would love a girl friend
How to book this car?
Is this car released in the market?
If now when it will release?
The 2 door has a little pizazz, actually, something reminds me of an amc pacer/gremlin though. Better packaged than the smart, but probably not nearly as safe. If tata can make these cheap AND reliable, they may change the market. (I hope they have a standard fire extinguisher.) I eagerly await the new ford fiesta this summer, it is roomy, thrifty, attractive and safe, but it’s 15k?!