Comments on: The Little Nano That Shouldn't?

By: Luanne

Luanne — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:03 +0000

I have to agree that they are safer than mopeds and probably not as dangerous in other parts of the world. I just don’t want to see this trend in the U.S. And also, safety can be more than size…it can include airbags, which have saved lives. If everyone here drove smaller cars (and I don’t mean low performance drivers using high performance engines) then we all would be better off. The truth is, there will be a time when we will see fewer SUV’s and delivery trucks on the road if the forecasters are right about where we are headed with fuel.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:50:23 +0000

This car isn’t the safest thing in the world but it is competing against the ghastly mopeds that people in India own right now and I can assure you that these cars, while lacking some safety features, are still much safer than the mopeds. More info about the story here, http://www.newsy.com/videos/world_s_cheapest_car_hits_market/

By: Sarah Irani

Sarah Irani — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:40:59 +0000

I’m bothered by the fact that so many people drive huge SUV’s in America and so the rest of us in normal regular small sedan cars have to feel threatened by them! If, as in Europe, most people drove small and regular-sized cars — well, we wouldn’t have to worry about it so much.

I refuse to buy my safety by driving a tank.

By: Sara Ost

Sara Ost — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:53:46 +0000

Oh, the economy cars. I drove a Suzuki Swift (same as a Geo) in high school. It was so light and thin – I guess you could say I always felt very connected to the outdoors in it. 😉 Great gas mileage though. I was always impressed that the it lasted long enough to be passed on to my brother five years later. I think it ended up having something like a quarter million miles in the end.

By: Luanne

Luanne — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:30:38 +0000

I hear you! In high school, my Dad bought me a tiny Mazda that was about to be demolished… and I have scary memories of trying to get it back up Malibu Canyon. Also, my brother was killed in a VW bug in Canada—-he and two friends hit by a truck and had no chance. Cars are death traps, anyway, so we should only drive ones that offer some kind of chance against the larger death traps…and terrible drivers.

By: amyd

amyd — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:41:48 +0000

Put on your red noses folks and wigs! Time for the circus!
I recall a 1990 Geo Metro I drove for years, a little bigger than this but with a motorcycle engine. Traveling cross-country from Cape Cod to Colorado I barely made it up to Mount Rushmore.

And thank goodness I never got in a crash.
These car ideas are great but they need the whole package-fuel efficiency, safety features and an engine that works.

Maybe the Nano needs to spend a little more time on the design floor?

Nanoo, nanooo