1.बाजार में आने के पहले ही टाटा मोटर्स की ‘नैनो’ लोकप्रियता के मामले में ‘मारुति800’ को टक्कर दे रही है। लेकिन आकार के मामले में यह ‘मारुति800’ को मात दे चुकी है। ‘नैनो’, मारुति800 के मुकाबले बाहर से 20 फीसदी छोटी और अंदर से 20 फीसदी बड़ी है।
2.भारत में शायद ही कभी किसी कार के लिए इतनी उत्सुकता रही हो जितनी टाटा मोटर्स की इस ‘एक लाख की कार’ के लिए। दिल्ली के नौवें ऑटो एक्सपो में ‘नैनो’ को पेश करते टाटा मोटर्स के अध्यक्ष रतन टाटा।
3.टाटा की इस कार की सबसे बड़ी खासियत यही है कि इसे आम लोगों के लिए बनाया गया है। अध्यक्ष रतन टाटा ने साफ किया कि इसकी कीमत एक लाख रुपए से ज्यादा (बिना कर जोड़े) नहीं होगी।
4.ऐसा नहीं है कि इसे केवल भारतीय चलाएंगे। बाजार में आने के पहले ही इसके निर्यात की तैयारी शुरू हो चुकी है। कम से कम दो देशों से इसकी मांग पहले ही आ चुकी है।
5ऐसे तमाम अटकलों को खारिज करती यह कार यूरो-4 मापदंडो पर खरी उतरती है और यह दुपहिया वाहनों से भी कम प्रदूषण फैलाएगी।
6.ऐसे तमाम अटकलों को खारिज करती यह कार यूरो-4 मापदंडो पर खरी उतरती है और यह दुपहिया वाहनों से भी कम प्रदूषण फैलाएगी।
7.इस कार के डीलक्स मॉडल में एयर कंडीशन (एसी) और ट्यूबलेस टायर लगे होंगे। यह कार तीन रंगों में उपलब्ध होगी।
8.नैनो तकनीक से बनी यह कार पूरी तरह सुरक्षित है और इसमे अंदर बैठने वालों की सुरक्षा के अच्छे इंतजाम किए गए हैं। इसका बाहरी आवरण (बॉडी) एल्यूमिनियम से बना है।
9.ये कार इतनी सस्ती है कि बीएमडब्ल्यू या मर्सिडीज की कार में लगे डीवीडी प्लेयर भी इससे महंगे हैं।

TATA'S LAKHTAKIA CAR

The car, he said, is smaller than a Maruti 800, but has 21 per cent more volume or space inside than the 800. He said that the dealer price of the car will be Rs 1 lakh, plus value-added tax (VAT) plus transport charges.

The car's dashboard features just a speedometer, fuel gauge, and oil light. The car does not have reclining seats or radio. The shock absorbers are basic.

It will sport a 30-litre fuel tank and 4-speed manual gearshift. One of Nano's three versions will come with air conditioning, but will have no power steering. It will have front disk and rear drum brakes. The company claims mileage of 23 km per litre.

The Nano, designed with a family in mind, has a roomy passenger compartment with generous leg space and head room. It can comfortably seat four persons. Four doors with high seating position make ingress and egress easy.

Yet with a length of 3.1 metres, width of 1.5 metres and height of 1.6 metres, with adequate ground clearance, it can effortlessly manoeuvre on busy roads in cities as well as in rural areas.

It will sport a 30-litre fuel tank and 4-speed manual gearshift. The company claims mileage of 23 km per litre. The car has passed the full-frontal crash and the side impact crash. If commercially successful, the Tata Nano can alter the passenger car market in India, and perhaps the world, beyond description.
The Nano, designed with a family in mind, has a roomy passenger compartment with generous leg space and head room. It can comfortably seat four persons. Four doors with high seating position make ingress and egress easy.
The lean design strategy has helped minimise weight, which helps maximise performance per unit of energy consumed and delivers high fuel efficiency. Performance is controlled by a specially designed electronic engine management system.
Nano's safety performance exceeds current regulatory requirements. With an all sheet-metal body, it has a strong passenger compartment, with safety features such as crumple zones, intrusion-resistant doors, seat belts, strong seats and anchorages, and the rear tailgate glass bonded to the body. Tubeless tyres further enhance safety.

TATA'S LAKHTAKIA CAR

Tata unveils Rs 1 lakh car, calls it Nano

New Delhi (PTI): Tata Motors today unveiled its people's car, Nano, that meets Euro 4 emission and safety norms.

The car, popularly called the Rs 1 lakh car, will cost Rs 100,000 at the dealer end but would attract VAT and transportation cost.

"Since we started the project four years back, there has been a steep increase in input cost, but a promise is a promise," Tata Group chief Ratan Tata said after unveiling the car - his pet project.



NEW DELHI -

Tata Motors Thursday unveiled what will be the cheapest car to hit the road anywhere in the world, amid much fanfare as thousands thronged for a peek at the vehicle that Tata hopes will coax habitual customers for two-wheeled vehicles to move upmarket.

At the Auto Expo in New Delhi, Ratan Tata drove the Nano, which the company calls the People’s Car, onto the stage and said it would still have the price tag of 100,000 (approximately $2,500) rupees promised four years ago, though commodity prices have since risen. “That’s because a promise is a promise.”

But the vehicle will make a profit for the company, he emphasized. Tata Motors’ shares were up 1.7% on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at 783.50 rupees.

The four-door vehicle, which can comfortably seat four people, has a 33 brake horsepower, 624 cubic centimeter engine in the rear. The basic model has no air conditioning, power steering, antilock brakes or electric windows, though a couple of deluxe models will offer air conditioning. It also has a single windshield wiper and no rear seat belts. The car will be ready for the market later this year.