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Tata Motors today
took the covers off the world’s cheapest car — the Nano.
Over the past year,
Tata has been building hype for a car that would cost a mere 100,000
rupees (roughly $2,500) and bring automotive transportation to the
mainstream Indian population. It has been nicknamed the “People’s
Car.” Over the course of the New Delhi Auto Expo, which began this
week, anticipation had grown to fever pitch.
With the theme
from “2001: A Space Odyssey” playing, Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata
Motors drove the small white bubble car onto Tata’s show stage,
where it joined two others.
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Nano could sell for around $2,500. (Photo by Raveendran/Agence France-Presse/Getty
Images) “They are not concept cars, they are not prototypes,” Mr.
Tata announced when he got out of the car. “They are the production
cars that will roll out of the Singur plant later this year.”
The four-door Nano
is a little over 10 feet long and nearly 5 feet wide. It is powered
by a 623cc two-cylinder engine at the back of the car. With 33 horsepower,
the Nano is capable of 65 miles an hour. Its four small wheels are
at the absolute corners of the car to improve handling. There is
a small trunk, big enough for a duffel bag. “Today, we indeed have
a People’s Car, which is affordable and yet built to meet safety
requirements and emission norms, to be fuel efficient and low on
emissions,” Mr. Tata added. “We are happy to present the People’s
Car to India and we hope it brings the joy, pride and utility of
owning a car to many families who need personal mobility.” The base
price for the Nano will be 120,000 rupees, including road tax and
delivery.
Higher level models
will cost more and come with air-conditioning. Sun visors and radios
are extra. The nearest priced competitor is the Maruti 800, which
costs roughly twice as much as the Nano. In comparing the Nano to
the Maruti 800, Mr. Tata said, “It is 8 percent smaller — bumper
to bumper — and has 21 percent larger seating capacity than Maruti
800.”
The Hindustan Times
reports reactions from a couple of Tata’s competitors, Maruti and
Hyundai: Jagdish Khattar, a former head of Maruti 800 manufacturer
Maruti Udyog Ltd., says it’s too early to say whether the Nano will
overtake the original. “It’s a good product but it’s still too early
to say whether it will overtake the 800 because it caters to a totally
new market segment,” he said while watching a live telecast of Tata’s
press conference after unveiling of the Nano. But clearly, at least
one other manufacturer was worried. An official of Hyundai Motors,
which unveiled an LPG version of its Santro Thursday, was more circumspect.
“We definitely see it as impacting our sales,” he said in halting
English, preferring to maintain anonymity.
Anand Mahindra,
managing director for Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors’ primary
competitor, said before the unveiling, “I think it’s a moment of
history and I’m delighted an Indian company is leading the way.”
The Nano will go on sale in India later this year with an initial
production run of 250,000 a year.
Tata says it will
offer the Nano in other emerging markets in Latin America, Southeast
Asia and Africa within four years.
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