Tata Nano – People’s Car – Photo Slide Show

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The Tata Nano is a rear-engined, five-passenger city car built by Tata Motors, aimed primarily at the Indian market. It was first presented at the 9th annual Auto Expo on 10 January 2008, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India. Tata Motors commercially launched Nano on March 23, 2009, with bookings from April 9 to April 25. The sales of the car will begin in July 2009, with a starting price of Rs 100,000 Rupees, cheaper than the Maruti 800, its main competitor and next cheapest Indian car priced at 184,641 Rupees. It has an 8 percent smaller exterior size and a 23 percent larger interior space compared to Maruti 800. Tata had sought to produce the least expensive production car in the world — aiming for a starting price of Rs.100,000 (approximately US$2,000 in March 2009). The Wall Street Journal confirmed a global trend toward small cars, which includes the Nano.
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The prefix “nano-” derives from the Greek root ‘nanos’, meaning dwarf. “Nano” also means “small” in Gujarati founders of the Tata Group. That may be the reason Nano plant is finally moved from West Bengal to Gujarat.

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Specifications of Tata Nano

Manufacturer: Tata Motors
Parent company: Tata Sons
Also called: The People’s Car
Production: 2008—present
Assembly: Charodi, near Sanand-Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Class : City car
Body style(s): 4-door sedan
Layout: RR layout
Engine(s): 2 cylinder SOHC petrol Bosch multi-point fuel injection (single injector) all aluminium 623 cc (38 cu in)
Transmission(s): 4 speed synchromesh with overdrive in 4th
Wheelbase: 2,230 mm (87.8 in)
Length: 3100 mm (122 in)
Width: 1500 mm (59.1 in)
Heigh: 1600 mm (63 in)
Kerb weight: 580 kg (1,300 lb)-600 kg (1,300 lb)
Fuel capacity: 15 L (4 US gal; 3 imp gal)
Designer : Girish Wagh, Justin Norek of Trilix, Pierre Castine