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Article

10 Jan 2008

Author:
Gavin Rabinowitz, AP

Tata Unveils World's Cheapest Car

India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled the world's cheapest car, bringing new mobility within the reach of tens of millions of people and nightmares to environmentalists, traffic engineers and safety advocates... While the price has created a buzz, critics say the Nano could lead to possibly millions more automobiles..., adding to mounting air and noise pollution problems. Others have said Tata will have to sacrifice quality and safety standards... The chairman [of Tata Motors], though, insists the car will meet safety standards and pollute even less than motorcycles...