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I don’t get it. Where’s the money shot? They’ve got the hood up, but no mention of being broken down.
I’d love to get some reliability stats on the Nano, but can’t seem to find an active forum for the car. If anyone stumbles across one, please let me know.
I didn’t get it either. Sponsored by JBL? Tiny yellow car contrasted with the huge collection of vintage vehicles? The little blue truck leaving with all the guys piled in it?
Whatever it was, it wasn’t obvious to me. I’m probably overthinking it, yes?
Nano is a rear engined car isn’t it?
Reminds me of talking to customer service at a large corporation.
The shadow on the ground to the right of the screen maybe?
Where’s the money shot?
Is it because they are looking under the hood and the engine is in the back?
Also, what is with the line at the beginngin “That is Jenni’s favorite plant… almost…”
I’m getting a Harold and Kumar go to White Castle vibe… I’m just sayin’
Michael Karesh : I don’t get it. Where’s the money shot? They’ve got the hood up, but no mention of being broken down.
The gas filler neck is under the hood. Looks like they are fulling at a gas station, and drawing attention anywhere in a Nano isn’t a big surprise.
Oh, and JBL decals FTW.
The guy talking looks and behaves like he’s been smoking some Kush… oh well, I guess that everything that brings happiness to the Pun’an area goes… I don’t get the money shot at 4:30 either… Could someone please explain?
Oops, that would be “fueling” and not fulling. Damn that edit button!
I think the “money shot” would be actually seeing the car….
And I thought that they were driving around looking for a White Castle.
Twotone
I’ve never had any desire to go to India, but I’d make a stop there to see that museum. (plus grab a hot vindaloo and a cold kingfisher)
They all flashed by so fast but I have to wonder of one of those Packards was the real deal, or the Soviet-era Russian knock-off. The paint job on that Chrysler Airflow was a trip as well!
–chuck
doesn’t JBL stand for “junk but loud”|
which is ironic being on a nano
4:30: The guy who can now fold his arms behind his back after riding such a long way in such a small car?
So somebody has finally produced Stan Mott’s Cyclops, shown here under heavy braking in the Monte Carlo Rallye and afterwards here in the winner circle. It only took 50 years for them to realize a small part of Mott’s genius. I’m sure the scene at the Tata factory looks little different from that at the Italian Cyclops factory
The Indian Nano is definitely definitely in the spirit of the people’s cars similar to the VW Beetle and Citroen 2CV in post-war Europe.
Also, the difference in culture from China, for example, is very striking. China went straight for Tokyo by night. After watching the video, I have to conclude the Indians are a bit more laid back. More power to them.
I loved it. Car guys are car guys. We all speak the same language.
Lucky find for them on that museum.
The gas cap is in the front under the hood and they were mostly talking about how no one seems to appreciate the rare auto museum on the side of the road. India is laidback in road developemnt because it lives in a volatile neighbourhood and China could make massive inroads in a Southern push while Henry Kissinger supported a fascist Pakistan and ZChina over the world’s largest democracy.
Excellent Video.
The highway was far more hygienic than I expected, back in the 80s, visitors would tell me that they were on newly built roads where not just autos but humans, cows and other assorted animals were going at 5 MPH, and on the side of the road there was a sign stating that the highway was built by so and so at year so and so, and (SIC!) “it has a cost/benefit ration of 1/3.5”! (from memory)
The Nano is sure something new and.. big! Its production numbers are still extrtemely low at 3,000 a month, or 36,000 a year (Honda and Toyota sell in the US alone, more (of each) Civics and more Corollas in a typical month than the Nano produces in a year)
But if it goes well and on schedule, we are looking at the 21st century’s, or India’s, if not Model T or VW beetle, close anyway.
I found just driving through India (as depicted here) to be very interesting, as I have never been, and haven’t seen any moving footage, except in wildlife documentaries.
But the big deal here is that you have this huge vintage show of all sorts of cars that the world has seen, and then, you have Indians absolutely fascinated by this dinky little two bit (by our standards) car that is going to give them mobility. It may not look like much to us, but they want it badly.
Anyone who dreams of ridding the world of cars is dreaming. They should be thinking instead about how to reduce the population.
Cars do nut use any gas when they are sitting in the garage.
The problem is not how many cars there are, but how many miles they are driven.
But you are quite right about reducing World population. The CHinese have already done their part, but the Indians are still out of control growing 4% or so a year. They have tried this and that but apparently nothing has worked.
In fact, I say that Overpopulation is the cause of most of the world’s problems, but, fortunately, the reduction of population will effortlessly solve almost every one of them!