200CC, 20BHP, Top Speed: 70Kmph ..
they do not call it a CAR, it's a four wheeler: Bajaj RE60!! 4 wheeler with a (3 wheeler) engine! After seeing pictures of the Bajaj RE60. instant thought was Oh look, Maruti Suzuki, there is an uglier car than the Ritz. can gift your wife/girlfriend when you want to break up with her. i mean this is what you get when Scorpio and WagonR decide to have a child. or just looks like a WagonR suffering from AIDS. reminds me the face of Uday Chopra The Tata Nano became a No No now the Bajaj RE60 what can I say a Modern Tuk Tuk
It is now official that Bajaj Auto can only make autorickshaws, albeit in different sizes and price ranges Say hello to India's next autorikshaw Now you can buy a four wheeler Auto-Rickshaw for your home.. Looks promising at 40km/ltr but cannot replace rickshaws, not till it can flick through traffic with same agility as the three wheelers can. is not supposed to be a competition to Nano. It's a revamped rickshaw.
The ultra low cost car, the Bajaj RE60, is a glorified autorickshaw. Hope for the noisy, polluting ricks to be phased out.. Hope the Bajaj RE60 is less polluting than their auto-rickshaws, which have clearly taken India's CO2 emission several percentage points up.
On serious note
The RE60 caters to the commercial passenger segment and is designed to gradually replace the autorickshaw as a mode of transport. And the Bajaj MD has a point, as the RE60, complete with four wheels and doors, is a much safer and convenient mode of transport compared to the three-wheeler autorickshaw.
The four-wheeler will have a 200cc, water-cooled, fuel-injected DTSi engine that will put out roughly 20 PS of power but the light kerb weight of just 400 kgs gives the vehicle a power to weight ratio similar to A-segment cars in India. The engine is mounted at the rear of the four-wheeler and as a result boot space is limited to 44 litres.
On the inside, the RE60 makes no fuss about what it is. The base model comes with an integrated digital fare meter in the dashboard. The instrument cluster is on the center of the dashboard with the gear lever just underneath it. The indicator and headlamp stalks are in the correct place on both sides of the steering wheel, which like that of a traditional four wheeler is circular in shape. The RE60 is designed to seat four passengers including the driver. That’s two upfront and two at the back.
While the RE60 is designed to be a commercial passenger vehicle Rajiv Bajaj does not rule out the possibility of the vehicle entering various peripheral segments as is the case with its three wheelers. Bajaj recalled Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit’s reaction to the RE60’s design as saying, “The autorickshaws are an eyesore for tourists and visitors.” It is true that the RE60 does look better than the autorickshaw, however, the biggest advantage of the four-wheeler over three wheelers is the enhanced safety thanks to a better balance.
Bajaj RE60.
