“A promise is a promise,” Ratan Tata (TATA) has made point here by announcing new `Tata Nano`.
The no-frills, four-door, 33-hp car seats up to five passengers and is powered by a 624-cc, two-cylinder gasoline engine and a continuously variable transmission. It uses 5 liters per 100 kilometers and meets local crash test and emissions guidelines. It is also designed to pass international side offsetand side crash tests as well as Euro 4.
It is 8 percent shorter than the Maruti Suzuki 800 but has 21 percent more passenger space.
Moral of story is “Commitment is Commitment”. And, since I was child seeing TATA is extremely stable in their commitment so they are huge pioneer of industry.
With this announcement and people in India will start thinking of
a) Scooter/Moped owner will move on to this car BUT what about parking space, and driving needs 5 ft space versus 2 ft space on road UNLESS government will build broader roads OTHERWISE don’t be surprise if riot occur due to TATA NANO.
b) Auto-Rickshaw owner will move on to this car and give their customer royal feel BUT Rickshaw driver will miss their proprietarytraffic signal ( left leg for left side & ride leg for right side ) UNLESS TATA NANO give two window on bottom of each side OTHERWISE don’t be surprise if more accident happens.
c) Tata Nano owner will miss music system in 1.0 lakh car BUT what about others on road who always listen louder music from rickshaw UNLESS owner buy Apple Nano with Speakers OTHERWISE no fun seeing romantic rides around.
d) India will come #1 in car population too with this car in market BUT what about mechanic population UNLESS India import mechanic from our neighbor country Pakistan OTHERWISE very soon China will steal this award too.
Happy Eco-Friendly Car is really good for India so Nano will surely create more business boost related with AutoMobile industry.
Jay ho, Tata Nano ki.
Don’t be surprise if China launch “…xyz… Nani” soon.
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i think the pollution levels will increase like crazy now… also the traffic issues as you mentioned will just blow out of proportions…
all i can say now is…. BRACE YOURSELF for all you can!
BTW, forgot to mention… the car is out ONLY by 2009…. so we still have one more year of breathing air left
:p
The “people’s car” is a wonderful example of India’s mid-20st Century mindset and its squandered chance at 21st Century development. My short essay on this can be read at http://memestreamblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/india-going-nowhere-fast/.
MBJ
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Did it pass European crash test?
How safe it is?