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Bajaj Auto RE60: World's Smallest Car? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 01/10/12 02:10 PM ET Updated: 01/10/12 03:28 PM ET

Over the years a slew of vehicles have fought for the title of "world's smallest car."

The latest entrant on the scene is the Bajaj Auto's RE60, a new vehicle that fits four people and sports a 200cc, water-cooled, fuel-injected engine mounted in the rear.

First unveiled at New Dehli's Auto Expo 2012, the company says the vehicle isn't actually a car, but a four-wheeler designed to compete with three-wheel "autorickshaws," the Economic Times notes.

Logging an impressive 82 miles on each gallon of gas, the Indian-made compact urban passenger vehicle will save money on fuel and help eliminate eco-guilt thanks to its minimal carbon emissions of just 37.28 grams per mile, explains Zimbio.

CNN takes a moment to compare what AutoDaily calls a "luxury rickshaw," with America's largest passenger vehicle, the decked out Cadillac Escalade. Weighing just 881 pounds, the RE60 is expected to cost 40 times less than the 7,100 lb Escalade.

Depending on how you classify it, the RE60 now rivals the Nano, produced by India's Tata Motors, for the title for world's smallest production automobile.

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Over the years a slew of vehicles have fought for the title of "world's smallest car." The latest entrant on the scene is the Bajaj Auto's RE60, a new vehicle that fits four people and sports a 200...
Over the years a slew of vehicles have fought for the title of "world's smallest car." The latest entrant on the scene is the Bajaj Auto's RE60, a new vehicle that fits four people and sports a 200...
 
 
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Hypocrites are Watching
If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.
05:24 PM on 01/11/2012
a large toaster
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susanbsbi
Slave to 3 cats
12:09 PM on 01/11/2012
Beware go things come at a very high price. Give it a few years an the american car manufactures will have one similar to it,
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MikeyJaii
Free $$ For Everyone.
11:54 AM on 01/11/2012
Won't do well here in the U.S
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Imzadi
Proud Progressive for decades
11:00 AM on 01/11/2012
Smallest car - or pregnant roller skate?
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dwill123
flexing the "golden pipes" on the day's issues
08:59 AM on 01/11/2012
I think of this when I see a car that small.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4hLPauiyyQ
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acarioti
Al Carioti lives in Orlando, Flo
08:18 AM on 01/11/2012
This makes a Smart car look smart!
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phdpamela
Make it a great day!
08:00 AM on 01/11/2012
Just bring back the OLD VW bug.
06:28 AM on 01/11/2012
I am more intrigued by Tata's new motorboat!
06:20 AM on 01/11/2012
the only thing is that it would take you 2 months and 13 days to make it from Chicago to Green Bay
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Samuel Bun
Guess which hand it's in.
08:30 AM on 01/11/2012
and then you're in Green Bay.
06:18 AM on 01/11/2012
My pushing lawnmower has a bigger motor than that .............................
09:58 PM on 01/10/2012
I'll stick with my Harley Softail, it gets close to 50 miles to the gallon and goes like a bat out of he--
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DasBoatless
And I have the jacket to prove it...
02:45 AM on 01/11/2012
Springer!!!
Chestnut horse
with a white blaze
09:38 PM on 01/10/2012
Does it come with clowns?
06:19 AM on 01/11/2012
only one ! the only one that fits in !
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rikster
buy the ticket-take the ride
08:32 PM on 01/10/2012
Bet I can park this thing in Manhattan...!
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PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Your BELIEFS do not trump my RIGHTS...
07:30 PM on 01/10/2012
So am assuming there are optional handles to attach so car can be converted into your coffin after any accident above 5mph??
01:24 AM on 01/11/2012
The great thing about giant cars is they'll protect you from hurricane force winds caused by global warming, well until you get flooded anyway.
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authorized-user
macho macho man
06:22 PM on 01/10/2012
This lawnmower still looks bigger than the Peel P50

Check out this Top Gear road test on You Tube;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo