Tata nano - cheapest car in the world

[TominMO]

Tata Nano crash test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahw7-KarkWw

Tana Nano spontaneous combustion report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-tNcW51iRQ

Note: a "fortnight" is two weeks.

Cheaper than a Nano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cszJylh_ZQ&feature=related

[Bert]

My understanding of the Nano is that it cannot be produced to meet N American safety standards nor can the drivetrain pass emission requirements. And be forewarned: the Indians have no experience with temperate climates and it's highly likely their cars would fall apart even faster than biodegradable 1970s Renaults/Peugots/Fiats did in Canada, along with 1980s Lladas and Skodas.

If through some fluke the Nano does fly we might be able to start importing Iranian Festys!

[navdoc101]

I love tata's, but not one's that burst into fire!

[Lannis]

My understanding of the Nano is that it cannot be produced to meet N American safety standards nor can the drivetrain pass emission requirements. And be forewarned: the Indians have no experience with temperate climates and it's highly likely their cars would fall apart even faster than biodegradable 1970s Renaults/Peugots/Fiats did in Canada, along with 1980s Lladas and Skodas.

If through some fluke the Nano does fly we might be able to start importing Iranian Festys!

I'm not sure that the "no experience with temperate climates" part is true.

India is a great big country, with everything from steaming lush rain forests to blazing hot deserts to monsoon rains to high mountain country covered with snow.

Their main problem, bless their hearts, is that they have NO experience producing consumer goods to the level of quality that even the cheapest American consumer would expect. People are so desperate for the new experience of buying their own four-door "family" car over there that they will buy ANY piece of tat (pun intended) and be happy with it. It's been a LONG time since we've been there.

I like inexpensive compact cars but I'd never buy one of these things, not if the price was half of what it is. Not even to show how eccentric I can be!

Lannis

[Bert]

Lannis: thanks. The Nano is intriguing to us econobox nuts but for 7 Grand I'll wait until the used 5 year olds come around, and, with the knowledge that the car is still in demand and still being imported.
With great fanfare British Leyland announced the revolutionary-new Austin Marina for N American markets in about 1975. They sold quite a few for the first year or two. But there were none on the road at all shortly thereafter and the Brits had to surrender their market share entirely to Datsun, Honda and Toyota who actually produced less expensive cars, that were also reliable for much more than one week at a time, and didn't disappear in a cloud of rust overnight.

[Safety Guy]

Assuming they can get the redesign for North America right, and the car will last with reasonable care, I'd love to see it over here.

However, $7000 sounds a bit too much. To me, $5999 plus tax and title sounds just right.

I'd still wait a couple years before I bought one, and I'd be more likely to buy it used. That way I could play around with it more!

Karl

[nitrofarm]

We get steel from Holland to make our cans. The old company ( Corus ) recently got bought out by TATA. I'm thinking its the same company. Its really good metal. I hope they dont mess with the old recipie :eeeeeek: