Bajaj RE60 - a low cost car from India

[donbuggy]

Introducing Bajaj Auto's Brand New...Car? - NYTimes.com

January 3, 2012, 9:15 am

Introducing Bajaj Auto’s Brand New…Car?
By VIKAS BAJAJ and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI

Bajaj said the RE60, fitted with a one-cylinder, 200 cc engine, would deliver 35 kilometers per liter, or 82 miles per gallon, and have a top speed of 70 kilometers per hour, or 43 miles per hour.

[niky]

I wonder... if a 250cc Chinese car is already unbearably slow... how bad will this be?

I was going to post this sana... I think architect would be very interested, as it's similar in principle to what he wants to make.

[uls]

it's gonna flop like the Tata Nano

[niky]

it's gonna flop like the Tata Nano

That's what industry observers in India are predicting...

[cripple_rooster]

I wonder... if a 250cc Chinese car is already unbearably slow... how bad will this be?

It's supposed to achieve 70kmph. But I wouldn't actually call it a car, it's more like an European "qualified quadricycle". Intended basically to replace those tuk-tuk tricycles widely used in India...

[donbuggy]

Import the RE60 engine, transmission, drivetrain and suspension, install these in a locally made body and we have a low cost taxi to replace tricycles.

[niky]

I think that's what people are trying to do now, anyway... build cars with motorcycle drivetrains (quadricycle) or golf cart drivetrains (electric quadricycles)... but with locally made bodies or body panels.

[uls]

hehe

dati ko pa sinasabi pinoys can only make automobile bodies (and not very pretty)

nasaan na yung sinasabing pinoy made engine?

give up?

bili nalang sa ibang bansa no?

[cripple_rooster]

I think that's what people are trying to do now, anyway... build cars with motorcycle drivetrains (quadricycle) or golf cart drivetrains (electric quadricycles)... but with locally made bodies or body panels.

That's not a bad idea at all.