2008-01-29 - 4:52 p.m.
Best Invention of the Twenty-First Century?
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I don't know how much media coverage this has been getting in Canada, so if you don't know what I mean when I say that the other Nano may possibly be the best invention of this century, please Google `world's cheapest car` right now.
I love it so much.
I love what an obviously terribly idea this must seem like to anybody who is concerned about global warming. I love that the counter argument - why shouldn't Indian families be able to buy cars? - isn't any less valid. But most of all, I love how much Ratan Tata clearly despises this vehicle.
I apologize for not being able to link the picture I have in mind. (I spent a long searching and I just can't find it now.) But there was one picture I saw that was taken at the unveiling of the Nano that still, at least a week later, has me laughing. (If anyone finds it... Believe me, you will know it if you see it. Please send ELOFTING@HOTMAIL.COM the link.)
In the picture, Ratan Tata is sitting in the backseat of the Nano and the look on his face... How can I describe the look on his face? He looks like he has just spotted his secret mistress in the crowd, and she was walking straight towards his wife. He looks like he has maybe just pooed himself and is now trying to think of some way to get through his afternoon without anyone noticing. He looks like he has arranged for the assassination of his own grandmother and that, according to the plan, the assassination was, at that very moment, taking place.
He looks like the least impressed person I've ever seen in my entire life.
I love this car.
