Tata Motors is reportedly working on variants of its 1-Lakh car ‘Nano’ to counter rising fuel prices which will affect sales according to the Chairman, Mr. Ratan Tata. The singur plant which will produce Nano will come into operation by the last quarter of this year. In a letter to its shareholders, Mr. Tata has […]

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Tata Nano will be out in the market from Tata Motors Singur facility in West Bengal by October this year in spite of the project facing cost overrun. Tata Motors ambitious Nano project has been facing cost overrun but the company is still trying to maintain the Rs one lakh car tag.
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According to a report on Livemint, the loan to purchase the world’s cheapest car is going to cost more to the buyers. Due to its 1 lakh price tag, a buyer would be treated as a buyer of a second-hand car, While financing the Tata Nano.
Several lenders are expecting that typical loan applicants for the […]

 
Maruti Suzuki India is planning a new low-price car to take on the Tata Motors “Nano”.
 
According to the reports, Maruti might bring a stripped-down version of the Maruti 800. This car could cost between Rs 1.2 to Rs 1.5 lakh. The existing Marui 800 is priced at around Rs. 2 Lakh.

 
Tata has asked the automotive safety component maker Autoliv IFB India to develop a $10 Air bag for the Nano. If delivered this will be the world’s cheapest air bag. Just to give you an idea, the Air bags in other small cars like the Estilo start from $150, the more sophisticated one’s are offcourse […]

 
Supreme court has sought reply from Tata Motors, West Bengal government and others as to why ‘fertile multi-crop agricultural land’ was acquired for the company’s small car project at singur. This matter will come up for hearing in july.
Earlier this year Calcutta High Court ruled in favor of the West Bengal government and Tata Motors […]

 
It still sometime before Tata Nano goes into production but that should not stop you from building your own Nano. Well this is exactly what Tata’s thinks. The Tata Nano’s website allows anyone to customize their own version of the little fun-sized city runabout.

 
Tata Nano ($ 2500) is no longer the world’s cheapest car. Two Electric Cars Tara Tiny & Tara Titu are now claiming to be the cheapest Cars in the World.

Tara Tinu is a 2 - seater, while Tara Titu is 4 - seater and they are priced at Rs $ 2450 each. Both the cars […]

 
Mr. Ratan Tata with Nano at the Geneva Motor Show
When TATA Nano was shown to the world in the January 2008 Auto Expo, along with all the attention and adulation, it was criticized by some as being an unsafe, pollutant and toy-like vehicle but many more, even in Europe, will see in this car the oppurtunity […]

Tata Nano - the most eagerly awaited automobile of the century will be available in October 2008, rolling out from the Singur factory (West Bengal).
 
Despite delays in the allocation of land and building of the plant Tata Motors is on track with the production timeline. “The equipment is now beginning to come and we will […]