theFutonPoncho » Cars http://www.thefutonponcho.com All the news that gives us fits to Print Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:43:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Tata Peoples Car: Lowest Priced Car in the World http://www.thefutonponcho.com/2008/01/08/tata-peoples-car-lowest-priced-car-in-the-world/ http://www.thefutonponcho.com/2008/01/08/tata-peoples-car-lowest-priced-car-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:25:54 +0000 Paddy Wallbouncer http://www.thefutonponcho.com/2008/01/08/tata-peoples-car-lowest-priced-car-in-the-world/ The Lowest Price car in the World is Tata Motors “Peoples Car” renamed “Nano” at it’s January 10th launch is about $2500USD, but you have to live in India to get it. So for only about $5000 you can have a beautiful set of Tata’s. It may not have all the features that your Navigator has, but hey, they’re only 2500 bucks each. You would think that with all the economies of scale, the low cost of world shipping today, the huge market that the USA represents, and the resourcefulness of our enterpenuers, that there would be a way to get maybe a $5000 car in the USA.

The lowest price car in the United States is the Chevrolet Aveo at about $10,000. None of the the world cheapest (er, ahem “least expensive”) cars are available in the USA and here is how the list breaks down:

WORLDS BUDGET CARS:

    Peoples Car – Tata Motors (India) $2500
    Tata Peoples renamed Nano Car
    QQ3 – Chery Automobiles (China) $5000
    QQ3 Chery Autos
    M800 – Suzuki-Maruti (India) $5200
    m800 Maruti Suzuki

USA BUDGET CARS:

    Aveo – Chevrolet $10030
    2008 Chevrolet Aveo
    Accent – Hyundai $10775
    2008 Hyundai Accent
    Rio – Kia $10890
    2008 Kia Rio
    Yaris – Toyota $11350
    2008 Toyota Yaris
  
  (Dollar values are estimations based upon the currency of the country they are sold in)
World Cheapest Source: Reuters
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