Tata Nano Car

Nano: - The world's cheapest car launched at Auto Expo.
Ratan Tata's dream, the affordable rupees one-lakh people's car 'Nano' is finally here. The cheapest car in the world will conform to Bharat 3 and Euro 4 norms and its deluxe version will have air- conditioning. A feat, every Indian can be proud of..
‘INNOVATION AND Evolution’ were the words echoing at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi as Ratan Tata dramatically unveiled the much-awaited people’s car Nano at the 9th Auto Expo. ‘A quest to conquer, a conquest for leadership and a conquest for achieving new avenues’ were amongst his speech.
The features of the car are:-

1. A four-door car that can seat four-five passengers.
2. As compared to Maruti 800, it is eight per cent smaller on the outside but on the inside it provides 21 per cent more leg space than the Maruti 800.
3. It conforms to all the emission standards as well as the Offset and Side Crash norms followed internationally.
4. It is also compliant with the Bharat 3 norm and the Euro 4 norm with respect to keeping pollution at bay.
5. A 33-bhp car with a 624 cc engine.
6. It will provide a mileage of 23 km/litre.
7. The Nano Car will have two variants - a Standard and two Deluxe (Air Conditioned) versions.
8. There is no power steering in the car.
9. The Standard Variant of the Car has a dealer price of rupees one lakh (US $2500) and is the cheapest car in the world. (Transport costs and Value-Added Taxes exclusive).

This car would revolutionalise manufacturing. The ‘Dream Car’ can boast of being the cheapest car in the world. The biggies worldwide have a long way to go and will have to re-look their cost structures now. As Ratan Tata said, “Pachauri need not have any nightmares.” The car conforms to all emission norms. Tongue-in-cheek Ratan Tata also made a comment on Mamta Banerjee when he said that the car was to be named the Mamta car or the Despite Mamta car. Tata’s will have one hundred thousand cars coming out of their Singur Plant every year for the next five years.

Tata said that most of the problems have solutions. Despite all odds, despite all criticism the rupees one lakh people’s car is finally here and will usher in a new revolution in car manufacturing worldwide. Here is an Indian feat, we all can be proud of!.