It has four wheels, has a car-like shape (can’t say if it drives like one though), but its maker says it isn’t a car. It’s the Bajaj Auto RE60, which was unveiled yesterday, ahead of the 2012 New Delhi Auto Expo.
You’d be forgiven if you thought that the rather ungainly RE60 has come about to compete with the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, but Bajaj says it’s not the case – rather, the 400 kg hatchback has been designed to give drivers of three-wheeled vehicles the chance to move up to the safer performance of a four-wheeler, on the cheap.
The boxy vehicle measures in at 2.75 metres long, 1.31 metres wide and 1.65 metres tall, and is powered by a whopping 20 hp 200 cc engine, which is rear-mounted. The little mill is capable of running on LPG and CNG as well as petrol, and gives the RE60 a 70 km/h top speed. Bajaj says that the car will give 35 km to the litre in regular use.
The RE60, on which work began in 2007, will be made at Aurangabad, which is where Bajaj produces its three-wheeler range. It’s expected to roll in cheaper than the Nano, but then again, it’s not being tagged as a car.
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4 wheel tut tut?
or perhaps a 4 wheel lawn mower without the blades??
i saw a shadow of Savvy….
wooow this is better than Savvy
haha… you have never seen a Bajaj have you?
rear looks like Honda Freed…haha
Looks more like the Kia Soul on the front…
ugly man..looks like a toy car..at least nano looks ok..this one looks as though u need to pull it back and let go to make it move forward [childhood days] haha
as long as physically have 4 tyres, roof and have doors..just call it a car la..why want to make it complicated…
Maybe so that manufacturer can evade some taxes. Owners also maybe pay lower road tax & no need car driving license. Hence, more potential customers.
definitely lower road tax. displacement only 200cc maa… same mcm nk byr roadtax moto
memang guna engine motor pun.
call tablet la, why call Ipad?
so basically this one add one more wheel to use.
suits for urban use mah!
Surely add to malaysian accident statistic. I have seen so many roll overs involving Bajaj. Its just not safe.
This can’t sell in M’sia b’cse JPJ cannot put them in any existing vehicle category :) A motorbike with 4 wheel?
‘The little mill is capable of running on LPG and CNG’
Really? CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is usually stored under much higher pressure than LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas). CNG=30MPa, LPG=1.5MPa. How do they do this? Two different gas tanks?
use cng tank la. 2 2 leh masuk
This car reminds me of Juara ^^v
“Bajaj says that the car will give 35 km to the litre in regular use.”
Said not a car but now refer to it as a car.
bajaj is in confusion. kehkehkeh..
Look like car, sound like car, but not a car. Another V.K. Lingam in the making?
It might sell like RM30K for CBU in Malaysia because it is an imported car. Might selling RM29,999 for CKD version because you just need few screws to assemble it up.
dont spend too much of your thought predicting the price of this “I-am-a-car-but-not-really-a-car” in Malaysia
no one in their right mind in Malaysia would think of buying one of this Bajaj or even the “better-spec” Tata Nano
It looks like car, it sounds like car, but it is not car.
Nope. It doesnt sound like a car. It sounds like an old vespa.
Plz dont speed and turn…although this car hav all those safety features, but AGAIN…plz dont speed and turn…
speeding at 70km/h
lmfao
For this “car but not a car”, above 40 kmh is considered speeding la kot.
This is not a car,not four wheeler vehicle,this is a junk.
well…20hp.. u can’t even fix much durian on it….collapse i think.=-= feel so fragile
it has 4 tyres, got an engine, has steering to steer,runs on petrol.
Its a freaking car lah dawgammit bajaj cheap marketing stunt pft!
its not classified as a car, in EU market this classified as quadricycle…if you dunno what its mean go google search:D
Indian SH*T! Keep in India!
this type of car with this speed will cause traffic congested especially in bolehland!
we can see clearly nowdays how people drive their low power vehicle on road or highway. they just drive on the highspeed lane with their turtle speed without considering the behind driver!! causing bad vehicle flow!
100hp/liter – the specific output is not bad… if Bajaj is honest, that is :D
Once tis is starts selling, cant image wats d effect gonna b on d Nano n cheapo Marutis.
Wow as if they do not have enough traffic jams in India. If you think KL jams are bad should try Mumbai then you realize KL is “chicken feed”.
This will screw up the definition for car!
Pls dont bring this Tut-tut with 4 wheels here….otherwise there will be a lot of ninja turtle on the road.
perhaps this ‘not really a car’ can use the motorcycle lane on our highways, avoid jam :-P
When this car already on the road, the owner sure will rebadge the RE logo with the transformers logo front and rear, it looks fit maa… and claims this yellow beast will be the new character in the next transformers movie… hahaha…
WTF???
This 4-wheel-car-lookalike sure has identity crisis.