Are you looking for a new car, which does not cost much and is very comfortable and nice?

You may like Tata nano, it’s the People’s Car, the cheapest car in the world, with a starting price of 2,500$ or the equivalent of a DVD player in a Lexus.

Citing moments in history including the first manned flight by the Wright Brothers and man’s landing on the moon, Ratan Tata, the chairman of the company, revealed a cute, compact car designed to appeal to first-time car buyers in one of the world’s fastest growing car markets.

It was designed and made in India. The car is the culmination of about five years of research and input from designers across the world. A team of 500 people worked on creating the Tata Nano.

It is a little over 10ft long. There can seat four passengers comfortably. It has reached speeds of 65 miles per hour. The aluminium car contains a rear-loaded 33 horse power, two cylinder petrol engine and weighs about half a tone. It is 3.1m long, 1.5m wide and 1.6m high and has four doors, a four-gear manual transmission, seatbelts, locking and a steering wheel. A small boot allows enough room for a duffle bag.

Ratan Tata said: “I hope this is a car that changes the way people travel in rural and semi rural India. We are a country of a billion people and most are denied connectivity, this is a car that is affordable and provides all-weather transport for the family.”

The car will be sold first in India, with an initial production run of 250,000 a year, but is expected to be made available in other emerging markets in Latin America, south-east Asia and Africa within four years. It will launch commercially in the second half of the year.

The Nano is about half the price of the cheapest car available.

References:

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message486762/pg1

http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Episodes/Tato_Nano_in_the_Hood