On the eve of Durga Puja in October 2008, industrialist Ratan Tata announced that Tata Motors would withdraw from the nearly completed Nano car plant in Singur, attributing the decision to Mamata Banerjee's anti-land acquisition movement, which he claimed had derailed what was meant to be a "groundbreaking project" -- the world's cheapest car.
The Nano will get some upgrades on this year's model year.
"The rear engine does not have a proper cooling system as a result of which the engine heats up leading to such an incident. The summer season will be the toughest test for the Tata Nano," says Mahendra Dhruva, national president, The Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Adjusters (IISA).
The update to the Tata Nano makes it a more appealing package.
Selected inner structural panels will be pressed and assembled by Caparo at a new facility in Singur, adjacent to the Tata Nano manufacturing plant in West Bengal.
A brand new Tata Nano car which was on its way to be delivered in Vadodara, caught fire near Boriyavi village in Anand district, police said.
Tata Motors is trying hard to popularise the car and increase it sales. Will the renewed efforts deliver?
The Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, could be cruising on Pakistani roads if the governments of India and Pakistan remove bottlenecks standing in the way of joint ventures and investments between the two countries.
Booking amount financing available from Rs 2850; retail auto loan available at interest rates starting from 9%; insurance premium starts at Rs 3,468 (ex New Delhi).
You know the Tata Sierra is a true icon when driving on the highways and hill climbs of Chandigarh, the car instantly drew all eyes to it.
The small car proves very useful and convenient for city driving.
The Nano will be on display at Tata Motors dealerships from the first week of April 2009. Bookings will commence from the second week of April 2009.
Tata Motors on Friday said it will increase the prices of its small car Nano, dubbed as the Rs 1-lakh wonder, by about Rs 9,000 with effect from November 1 to offset rising input costs.
The Nano might have put a smile on millions of faces across the nation, but the traffic police in Bangalore is definitely not amused.
The Tata Nano received over 203,000 fully paid bookings amounting to nearly Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion), Tata Motors said on Monday.
One of the Nano vendors lays off 75 workers, others on wait-and-watch mode.
From Tetley Tea to Jaguar Land Rover and Air India, Ratan Tata has ticked off almost every item on his bucket list. However, one that remains unfinished is the electric version of his small car, the Tata Nano. A concept entrusted to Coimbatore-based Jayem Automotives (Jayem Auto) is still on the shelves, despite nearly 400 cars being launched, primarily due to Covid-19 and new crash norms.
Enthusiastic owners who drove the Nano through dusty roads, highways and steep terrains, hundreds of kilometres at a stretch share their experience.
He added that Suzuki could not build a car for the same price as the Nano without sacrificing quality and standards.
Meanwhile, Tata Motors has described it as a "one-off incident" and clarified that there was no manufacturing or design lacunae in the Nano.
In a bid to push up sales, Tata Motors on Wednesday announced a special finance scheme by which a customer will get a loan for the Nano within 48 hours.
In November Tata Motors launched a brand new variant of Tata Nano.
The local people of Singur in West Bengal have assured Indian automobile major Tata Motors of full cooperation for setting up a plant, prompting the industrial giant to consider meeting the representatives in this regard.
Nano was launched in Sri Lanka late last month as the first foreign destination for Tata's smallest car.
It was also sequentially higher than in March, when 8,700 Nanos were sold.
The light weight vehicle features an automatic gearbox and an air conditioner, and will be developed for performance.
Tata Motors is the only Indian company, across all sections, to have won the award.
The reasons why American journalism is against the Tata Nano are obvious. The Nano was 'not invented here (in the United States).'
It's going to be an 800cc twin cylinder diesel engine with a rated power of 40.2 bhp.
Nissan's executive vice-president and CEO Carlos Ghosn's key man for his new strategy in emerging markets, Andy Palmer, tells Business Standard how the Tata Nano's experience made his company steer away from the $2,500 car. He also speaks about how Nissan's association with Bajaj Auto to develop a small car failed, making his company place its bets on the Datsun brand to grow its market share 10-fold over the next three years.
With Maruti deciding to phase out M800, there would be a dearth of entry level small cars in India.
Tata Motors already has Nano Europa, a slightly jazzed-up version of the plain vanilla Nano. Nano Europa could make its debut into the European market in 2011 at about $8,000. Reports say that the US version is likely to be similarly priced.
The Gujarat government admitted in the Assembly that it had paid Rs 456.79 cr.
The company planning to have a larger push to small car even as sales continue to remain subdued.
United States President Barack Obama, who heads the world's richest economy, on Sunday checked out the world's cheapest car -- Nano. When the powerful US couple was introduced to Ratan Tata, who heads the $72 billion conglomerate, President Obama told First Lady Michelle that this is the person who created the $2,500 wonder car. Eyewitnesses said that Michelle immediately expressed the desire to see the car that revolutionised the auto industry.
The Tata group may consider launching its small car Nano in a new avatar in another country like Indonesia, where it doesn't have the 'stigma' of being 'the cheapest car', and bring it back to India for a fresh start with a new image, according to Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata.
Tata Motors is developing higher capacity engines for its Nano car, to target domestic as well as foreign markets.
Tata Motors' Pantnagar facility sent its first consignment of the world's cheapest car, Nano to Hyderabad.
Tata Motors is 'at a very high stage' in finalising a production site for its small car Nano at an overseas location, which could be either in Latin America, South East Asia or Africa.
The tale of the creation and design of the world's cheapest car is one of innovation and ingenuity, both inside and outside Ratan Tata's organization.
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