the People's Car redux

I would like to thank Doug for publishing the quote from the Gaurdian about the Tata Nano. I for one was skeptical about the car...and still I am slightly aghast as to the ramifications of the car. But they did a good job. Low emissions, it addresses a social problem...and if it had been unveiled in any major city in Europe or the US, it would have been hailed as revolutionary.

I think my justification for the reluctance to hail this as one of the major accomplishments of the last ten years is that the car was unveiled in India. I have nothing against the car or even India for that matter, but I don't think India is ready for the car from a practical stand-point. I still counter that the infrastructure and everything else is insufficient to meet the needs of the current car population.

But let me be the first to say that I was wrong...the car is a major feat of engineering and for that alone it should be hailed as revolutionary...now if we can just do something about the roads............................