The
last time I attended the International Salon of Automobiles of
Barcelona, usually held biannually. Not many vehicles incited so much
unanimous excitement and favourable reviews, by the one million visitors
that invaded the These days it must have activated multitude of dreams
amongst the aficionados, feeding their eyes and hearts with all the
latest designs by the elite names as Pugatti, Aston martin, Ferrari,
Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini. None of these motorized germs was
capable to exceed the charisma of the cheapest car exhibited in the
show, the Tata Nano.
It's sold in India, it's country of origin, at a laughable price of some €1,700. The Nano opens a new door to the automotive sector. In the beginning, this car was conceived to serve the function, in the mother country, as did the Seat 600 in it's day, putting Spain at the steering wheel. But the plan of expansion had cast it's eye on Europe, where it's programmed to launch in 2011, after having remodelled it to adapt to the strict norms of European homology. The firm announced that the new and improved version in the Euro market would carry the price tag around €4,000. Still very much a low-cost and high utility product.
The infinity of opinions captured in the show were varied and even colourful. 'It's small and without pretensions.' 'It's so cute!', 'If it's sold for €3,000, it would have been a revolution already.', and the cutest remark; ' I think it's made so ugly so that it would end up being cute and beautiful!' Every one had his own view and opinion; but the point is, it leaves nobody indifferent.
I am sure some people, me included, won't mind being so ugly that we might in the end be considered cute and beautiful and, whatever anybody's views and opinions about us, we leave nobody indifferent, and everybody happy having made our acquaintance, and some might even become friends.
Current Mood: 
Accomplished
Accomplished
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