discussion Bajaj Qute - quadricycle

[MR_Y]

The Bajaj Qute: Everything you need to know about SA's new cheapest 'car' - Automotive News

If you've been hearing some wild rumours about SA’s cheapest 'car', we should probably tell you that it’s not actually a car at all, and it's not quite as affordable as you may have heard. Here are a few more interesting facts about the Qute that have South Africans' tongues wagging.

www.autotrader.co.za

More Indian-made vehicles for our 3rd world market...
India has atrocious traffic and road conditions, but their average realised speed is much lower than SA (there is just too much congestion there, so you cannot go that fast!)
With our higher average speeds (even within cities/urban areas), this would be a death trap.

Yours for (only) R65,000...

"The rear-engined Bajaj Qute is 2752 mm long, 1312 mm wide, and 1652mm tall. It tips the scales at a lithe 400 kg.
It seats one driver and three passengers, and offers 20 kilograms’ worth of storage inside the bonnet. If fitted with roof rails and a carrier, it can carry an additional 40 kg. Altogether, interior storage is rated at 191 litres, if you include the glove box, door binnacles, and additional space under the seats.
Its top speed is a mere 70km per hour, so it will only be suitable for the city. It is powered by a four-stroke, single-cylinder engine of only 217 cc, and its output is up to 9.7 kW and 18.9 Nm of torque for the petrol models. Power is sent to the wheels via a five-speed gearbox. "

Official site fie SA:

Bajaj Qute | Engine Specification | Capacity & Performance | Africa Bajaj

Bajaj Qute is an eco-friendly, fuel efficient, and economically competitive vehicle for first and last mile transportation. Click to know more about the engine specification, dimensions, capacity and performance.

africabajaj.com

 

[Kish2604]

Would love to see someone throw in a 1000+cc bike motor into this thing and see what it does...

 

[TurboLlew]

I can't see this being a good idea for roads... even at a price as low as R65000.

I could see this having a place at large campuses where you use a golf cart to get around eg: at one of the places I worked before, there was a shuttle service between buildings which was a minibus and the car park was big enough that there were golf carts roaming around. This is probably an upgrade for those scenarios LOL.

 

[PsyCLown]

My goodness, other cars on the road will likely treat this like a delivery guy on a scooter going up a hill... Pretend the scooter is not there and so. Ply drive past it while pushing it over the yellow line.

No ways would I want to drive that on public roads with traffic and such.

More of an alternative to a golf cart for sure.

Riding a 200cc Indian or Chinese bike is bad enough as is, now imagine the same motor with 3 or 4 people and a heavier vehicle. Nope. Not happening.

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[AlexYannoulatos]

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[tman]

First they try to kill us with poloni and now this shit.

 

[PsyCLown]

This is possibly a better solution for delivery guys, they are able to carry more stuff and if it rains, it's not a problem.

Although pricewise, a bit high perhaps for most of the Uber Eats guys and similar, but other deliveries to start with - it could work pretty well.

 

[TBP88]

Obviously not a car for the long road, but could be nice for somebody just zooting 5km from work to office. Given it's a quadricycle can you split the lanes in it?

 

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[Nukleuz]

I get they want to make it small and cheap, but why do they have to make it do G. damn ugly.

 

[MR_Y]

BMW used to make cars like this back in the old days.
Remember the BMW Isetta 300 from Family Matters (Steve Urkel's car)?

 

[individj]

BMW used to make cars like this back in the old days.
Remember the BMW Isetta 300 from Family Matters (Steve Urkel's car)?
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naaaa man you cant compare teh two hahaha

 

[Dr Evil]

I think this would be a better comparison to that thing

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[FiRi@Rennzport]

I think this would be a better comparison to thing

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What a good laugh

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[PsyCLown]

I saw one of these Qutes over the weekend at Pineslopes, it is seriously small.
A bit smaller than the Cell C branded Shesha tuks:

 

[Dr Evil]

Ernie from Performance with Page on YouTube is doing a review on it. I think the video goes live later today.


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