Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Indian Supercar

[rich (richF355]

Well, Yugo found a lot of suckers in 1986 to put down $ 4 K sight unseen for 
their POS they shipped here in mass. It took  MotorTrend Mag to post a story 
on the Yugo saying  that you better buy two, one to drive and the second 
spare for parts, before would be buyers  started to reject the carand sales 
dropped off while it became teh butt of jokes on late night TV . I expect to 
see a lot of them soon  given the prices of gas. Of course any $$ in gas 
saved will no doubt be trumped by the parts costs to keep it repaired all 
the time.;-)

Rich


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
To: "Rich" <RichF355 [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] New Indian Supercar


> Personal prediction - IMHO and all that, but I'll go on record to say this
> kind of vehicle will not sell well in the US.  I'm sure they will sell 
> some
> but I doubt it will see top 10 kind of sales numbers.   I assume at a 
> price
> of $3k the builders plan (hope) to sell *lots* of these buggers to make a
> profit.
>
> I know the VW Beetle was a success back in the 60s and 70s but that was a
> different age - people were willing to live/drive without AC, CC, PW, and
> other convienences - but if that econobox is going to remain econo and not
> just small it will need to keep the weight off - as someone mentioned - by
> the time EPA and DOT get thru with it there will be bars in the doors, 
> 15mph
> bumpers, crumple zones, air bags, collapsing steering wheels, etc - it 
> will
> find itself with significantly low power or a larger engine will be 
> offered
> here - with less lofty mpg estimates.
>
> But maybe I;m wrong ---
>
> I understand EU has had small vehicles for years - for tax reasons as well
> as the narrower roads over there - perhaps it will be successful.  In any
> case, it;s a step forward and new knowledge will be gained - never a bad
> thing.
>
> Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] New Indian Supercar
>
>
> > Seeing as how the car is to be sold in Europe and the UK I think the
> > emissions will be tighter than anything the states sells. After all the
> > recent  EU
> > ruling on fuel economy and CO2 means cars here will have to average high
> > 40mpg.... Frankly for the price I can see a lot of people that would want
> > one.  The
> > average speed in London is 11mph! At that speed you aren't likely to need
> > a
> > huge crumple zone and with the cost of driving a larger car in London
> > rising to
> > $50.00 JUST FOR THE CONGESTION CHARGE A DAY from Feb 1 you can bet there
> > will be  a lot of buyers. Wouldn't take it on the road however....
> >
> > BTW don't be fooled by TATA. They aren't a backward third world company
> > and
> > with the low cost of production in India don't be surprised as production
> > shifts  East. If they do buy Jag and L.R as predicted there will be a lot
> > of
> > technology  that will be flowing to India....and a lot of Brits working
> > for
> > them....Actually  I know quite a few Americans working at Jag who will be
> > working for
> > them as  well.
> >
> > Britt
> >
> >
> > It will  be $12k once its here what with all the EPA
> > and DOT add-ons. :-P
> >
> > The  emissions bit is stated that, "it's emissions are
> > half that of typical a  <two-cycle> motorcycle."  In
> > common terms, it is probably as  dirty as 314 Hondas.
> >
> > rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > BR in the  UK
> >
> > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
> > Searching for the right 512TR
> > 2003  BMW 530d
> > 1991 Alfa Spider S4
> >
> >
> >
> >
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