Indian Cars, Bikes

Tata Motors To Give First Upgrade To Nano

9. November 2009

Tata Motors is set to give the Nano its first major upgrade. Although the changes are minuscule but they are important as it shows Tata’s commitment to improving its vehicles. The Tata Nano now has a higher rev limit at 6000rpm, up from 5000rpm to quicken acceleration in the first two gears helping in making [...]

Faulty Switch Causes Tata Nano Fire

22. October 2009

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Three cases of fire in the Tata Nano have been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad after a faulty combination switch triggered smoke and burning of plastic parts. Thankfully there were no injuries or loss of life in any of the incidents. However Tata Motors may undertake a pre-emptive check [...]

Tata Nano Owner Wants Mercedes As Compensation

15. September 2009

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A Tata Nano parked in a housing society in Ahmedabad caught fire due to a technical fault in the car battery. The owner of the Nano started blackmailing the company when he went to Cargo Motors, a Tata Motors dealership in Ahmedabad, and demanded Rs. 5 lakh compensation. On denial, he demanded a Fiat [...]

Tata Nano Tuned By Abarth

14. September 2009

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While the Tata Nano is most certainly a good looking car, it can’t be termed exactly as hot. However Theophilus has managed to work with his photoshop skills to transfer the people’s car into one hot looking mean machine. As can be seen, the Nano Abarth has been edited in such a way that it [...]

Photojournalist Cancels Tata Nano Booking

9. August 2009

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India’s first woman photojournalist Homi Vyarawalla, who was offered a Tata Nano on priority basis, has decided to cancel her booking after it was not delivered on time. The 96-year-old woman was upset to learn that the company has already delivered 16 cars in the city and her name did not figure in this list. [...]

2475 Tata Nano Delivered In 15 Days

4. August 2009

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Tata Motors has delivered 2,475 units of the Nano within 15 days of its commercial roll-out. The Tata Nano carries an ex-factory price of Rs. 1 lakh for the base variant and costs upto Rs. 1,75,000/- depending on the model.

Tata To Deliver 60000 Nano By July 2010

3. August 2009

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Tata Motors will deliver up to 60,000 units of the Tata Nano by July next year while remaining committed to handing over the first one lakh cars by 2010 once its mother plant in Sanand goes on stream. The new plant in Sanand is likely to be ready by the end of this financial year. [...]

Fiat & Tata To Sell Nano In Latin America

24. July 2009

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Italian carmaker Fiat SpA and Tata Motors Ltd are making plans to take the Tata Nano to Latin America. Brazil is Fiat’s second-biggest market after Italy. Ratan Tata, who is also a Fiat director, said that both the companies are studying further cooperation to add to existing projects such as a partnership to produce engines [...]

Tata Nano To Worsen Traffic Problems

21. July 2009

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The Tata Nano which recently hit the roads, could worsen road traffic by adding to the growth of private vehicles in the coming days, according to a Delhi High Court Judge. The Court made the remarks while delivering its verdict in the BMW hit-and-run case involving Sanjeev Nanda in which his sentence was reduced to [...]

Tata Motors Delivers First Nano In Mumbai

18. July 2009

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The Tata Nano has finally hit the streets as the first customer got the keys to the cheapest car in the world. Ashok Raghunath Vichare took delivery of a lunar silver Nano LX, one of three cars handed over in person by Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata at a dealership in Mumbai. Deliveries have begun [...]