It was a news report and not an educational tool. therefore it didn't go into
minute details. It just presented the facts in an understandable form for the
public.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: David King
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:35 AM
Subject: [USMA:40027] Re: World's cheapest car
"Very readable and understandable." -- apart from the miles per gallon. Did
it not mention litres or kilometres at all? Also, did it mention which gallon
it was?
David King
Metric is British and best! Speak in English, Measure in Metric
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The Christian Science Monitor (2008-01-11 issue) published a picture of
India's Tata Motors new car headlined as "World's cheapest car." It's called
the Nano priced at $2,500. The picture showed the dimensions in metric with
English units in parentheses:
"3.1 meters (122 inches)" long; "1.5 m (60 in.)" wide; "1.6 m (63
inches)" tall.
The source was Tata Motors.
It also said the Tata has a "2-cylinder 600 cc multipoint fuel-injection
petrol engine" and "averages about 50 miles per gallon."
Very readable and understandable.
Stan Doore
