Nissan’s new 2,500 dollar car
Nissan hopes to launch 2,500 dollar car in India in 2010
Oct 24 10:14 AM US/Eastern
Nissan and Renault hope to start selling a car for about 2,500 dollars in India in around 2010 along with their local partner there, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday….more….
Ok, ok, so I joking with the picture above of the Indian trike motorcycle. I suppose Nissan will claim it cannot sell these 285,000 yen cars here in Japan—-They’ll claim that “safety” regulations would almost double the price thus making the car about the same price as the cheapest microcar Japan. 
For 640,000 yen—about $5,600 USD—you can buy the Suzuki “Alto” —a “kei-car” with a 660 cc gasoline engine for 44 bhp (which I bet has double the gas mileage and runs twice as peppy as my old 1968 VW Beatle).
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