Rising bike prices against decreasing car prices

What vehicle do you want to buy?

It all depends on what you want to ride. A one lakh car or a one lakh bicycle.

India certainly is shining. With all waiting eagerly waiting for the sensex to hit the 25000 mark something people would have never believed possible a few year back, India is really going strong.

With the launch of the Nano by Tata, Lite by Bajaj and Madone 5.2 by Firefox bikes, they way Indians travel is definitely going to change in the years to come. While there has been a lot of debate on more traffic congestion, increased fuel consumption, pollution nobody has been talking about infrastructure. But that is not what this article is about.

We are here to check out three new launches which will affect the way Indians travel. Maruthi 800 is no longer the poor man’s car, with the Nano and Lite fighting for that tag and the bicycle no longer is the poor man’s vehicle with Madone 5.2 selling at Rs.100000. But do we have the space for them to exist mutually. Do we have the roads to ride a Madone with 20 gears and capability to reach 90 kms per hour?

Nano

Nano is 3.1 metres (10.23 feet) long, 1.5 metres wide and 1.6 metres high and can accommodate four to five people.

Engine: It has a two cylinder 623 cc, 33 horsepower rear mounted multi-point fuel injection petrol engine with speeds reaching 105 kms.

Fuel Efficiency: 20 Kms per litre of petrol.

Pollution: Euro IV emission norms.

Price: The base model of the car will sport a price tag of Rs 100,000 (2,500 dollars) which excludes taxes and transport costs.

Lite

Lite is can accommodate four people.

Engine: 800cc, twin cylinder. No power steering, Front Disk, Rear drum, 4 manual gears

Fuel Efficiency: 35 Kms per litre of petrol.

Pollution: Euro IV emission norms.

Price: The base model of the car will sport a price tag of Rs 117,000.

Madone 5.2

Madone is 900 gm carbon framed cool machine and can accommodate only one person.
Engine: A very complicate 640 muscled engine (human Body) with speeds reaching 90 kms.
Fuel Efficiency: Till you fall short of breath - the most fuel efficient .
Pollution: No emission at all.
Price: A price tag of Rs 100,000.

To know more about Tata Nano, read TATA Nano reviews in IndiaReviewChannel.com