Watch out Tata: Bajaj to double small car fuel efficiency, Ford invests in Indian small car plant
Bajaj Autos, Indian's first and the world's fourth largest maker of three wheeled vehicles, has decided to add a wheel and is getting into the car market. 'It would be inappropriate to say that it will be priced at a lakh or two or anywhere in between because is too premature,' says Bajaj. The car, which is two to four years away, 'will set a new benchmark in terms of fuel economy and offer twice as much as the current crop of small cars,' according to Bajaj. Will increasing fuel efficiency come at the expense of more important things?
The New York Times wrote an article about Tata's $2,500 car with a compilation of the cost-cutting measures. The Times article questions the environmental claims from the company that the car would have low emissions (more precisely, that a car this cheap could maintain low emissions for the life of the vehicle). Go below the fold for the quote from the Times.
(Via AutoblogGreen.)
