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From India with love (and four wheels) (Extra Virgin)
Friday, February 1st, 2008 | uncategorized | No Comments
Forget two-wheeled scooter commutes, India’s groaning population now has access to the world’s cheapest car. And soon it’ll be here, too. Leonie Joubert considers a world running amok with R17 000 four-wheelers.
In India, you do it intimately. Travel, that is. And for the less affluent family, the scooter is how many brave the daily rush hour. With a population of over one billion, a quarter of whom live below the poverty line, the scooter and motorbike are the only affordable modes of privately-owned transport. And they’re not the safest way to get the kids to their weekly cricket practice.
But all of that is about to change with the launch of the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano. As the name suggests, it is small. In fact, it’s about as small as the amount you’d pay for it: R17 000 (or $2 500). › Continue reading
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