Autos

Mahindra Renault Logan

Where sold: India
Starting price: NA

People may have “six degrees of separation,” according to the play of the same name, but the Mahindra Renault Logan is further removed than that from the U.S. automotive market. The Logan is originally a model from Dacia, the Romanian automaker. Dacia has never sold cars here, despite some long-running attempts dating back to the mid-1980s. In turn, Dacia belongs to Renault, which bailed out of the U.S. market in 1986. India’s Mahindra & Mahindra would probably love to export cars to this country some day, but that day is probably several years away. At any rate, Mahindra started building the Logan in India this year. The car itself is not that interesting by the standards of U.S. consumers – for starters, it’s got right-hand drive and the base engine is only 75 hp -- but its heritage shows how the world is shrinking.