Tata Motors has launched the world's cheapest car on Jan 10 2007. It costs Rs 1 lakh +VAT + transport as the customer price. This make’s millions of people to become car owner’s. it was named as “People's Car” by Ratan tata at the Auto Expo in New Delhi.
The car was also designed to meet all the crash requirements. Tata said , “The car meets the frontal crash norms that are required in India and have been designed to meet the offset and the side impact crash test that are presently required oversees. So in fact it will meet all the known crash requirements”.
It will be safer than a scooter. According to tata " what drove me -- a man on a two-wheeler with a child standing in front, his wife sitting behind, add to that the wet roads - a family in potential danger," the deluxe version of the car will have AC and the price will be little higher.
Some details of the car are included below:
Length: 3.1 metres
Height: 1.6 metres
Width: 1.5 metres
Engine: Rear-wheel drive, 2-cylinder, 623 cc, multi-point fuel-injection petrol engine
The car will have front disk and rear drum brakes and it gives mileage of 22 kmpl in city and 26
kmpl on highway.