Tata Nano Launch & Details

The Tata Nano is being launched today at the Taj in Mumbai. We had posted detailed specifications of the Tata Nano here. I am sure you all must be excited about the car and would want to know more details about the pricing, variants, specifications and booking. So here goes : -
Booking amount for the Nano is Rs. 2,999/-
Booking would begin on 9th April and remain open till 23rd April. 2009.
Deliveries of the Nano will start in July, 2009.
To make the car more easily accessible to people, the Tata Motors team will sell the Nano not just through Tata car dealerships across the country, but also through conventional retail outlets like Westside and Croma.
The application forms will be available for Rs 300 across some 30,000 centres, including Tata dealerships, Croma and Westside.
The Nano can be booked online and payment can be made through netbanking.
The price of 1 lakh will be applicable only to the initial 1 lakh customers.
The first one lakh applicants would be allotted the Nano by a random draw and they would not be given any interest on their booking money.
Tata Motors would pay 8.5% interest to applicants who don’t feature among the first one lakh buyers.
There are 3 variants of the Nano - Nano base, Nano CX and Nano LX.
The base Nano will comply BSII norms and the other variants will comply with BSIII norms.
Nano standard will be available in racing red, ivory white and summer blue. Nano CX will be available in racing red, ivory white, summer blue, champagne gold and lunar silver, whereas the top end Nano LX will be available in sunshine yellow, champagne gold and lunar silver.
Tata will produce 50% of the base variant of the Nano.
The Nano will reach 60kmph in 8 seconds and is electronically limited to 105kmph.
The car comes with a 15 liter fuel tank.
The Nano has a turning radius of 4 meters and comes with tubeless tyres.
The Nano petrol returned a mileage of 23.6kmpl when tested by ARAI.
Tata offers the Nano with 18 months or 24,000kms standard warranty.

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The Tata Nano: World's Cheapest (Electric) Car?

So it looks like the world's cheapest car (the Tata Nano) could soon be the world's cheapest electric car as well.

The price of the Nano is just above $2,500 and Tata's chairman Ratan Tata says he expects demand to exceed supply. Tata's plant in the city of Singur in the state of West Bengal will eventually have the capacity to make 350,000 Nanos a year.

Tata Motors plans to make a second generation of its four-passenger Nano with a diesel engine. But initially, it will have a gasoline engine capable of 50 miles to the gallon.

But the interesting news out of Mr. Tata's talk to shareholders at the annual general meeting last week was that the company is competing for an Eco car in Thailand and looking at other ways to make even more fuel-efficient versions of the Nano.

Tata is working with a French firm in developing an electric Nano. The electric car will use compressed air. Tata Motors also announced earlier this year it is in talks with Chrysler on developing electric vehicles.

According to the Economic Times of India, a diesel engine for the Nano is being developed by a German company and will use a fuel injection system. Sources told the newspaper that the 800 cc, turbo charged diesel engine will be a two-cylinder and capable of at least 30 per cent more mileage compared to 800 cc gasoline powered cars.

It's hoped that the cheap vehicle willenable more people in developing countries to be able to afford their own car. But at the same time, there are concerns about the congestion and pollution caused by more cars on the road. In India, there are seven motorcycles sold for every car, according to the World Bank.

An all-electric or efficient diesel option would certainly decrease from those concerns. However, with India being coal powered, and lagging on emissions standards, it's not clear how much greener these cars really will be.

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Car Is Green: Tata

Ratan Tata believes the new small car will be one of the greenest vehicles around, according to an article published in The Times, UK.

There are eight million two wheelers put on the road every year which pollute more and are more dangerous. If you look at the total population, the incremental emissions will be minisicule. Why are we singled out? he said.

Tata was reponding to fears that the small car, or 250,000 of them on the Indian roads, could herald an environmental nightmare in India.

Tata, which is all set to pick up Fords Jaguar and Land Rover, acknowledged the image disparity it would face in owning one of the automobile industrys most prestigious brands as well as producing the worlds cheapest car at Rs 1 lakh.

How a company manages products in different sectors is the key.

Toyota created Lexus, Nissan has Infiniti. No one is saying how can BMW handle the Mini? but theyve made a huge success of it. So why is it impossible?" said Tata.

Its amusing and ironic because nearly everyone said it could not be done, Tata said. Some have been derogatory, some dismissive, yet all are entering this area themselves. It vindicates what we set out to do, said Tata.

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Q. How many wipers does TATA Nano have?

Ans. Tata Nano has only one wiper. It nearly covers 90% of the mirror. The new cars are having these types of mirrors.

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What is the price of TATA NANO diesel

Ans : The price of TATA NANO diesel is 2 lack approx.

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Technical Specifications or features of TATA NANO

OVERALL DIMENSIONS

Overall Length 3099 mm
Overall Width 1495 mm (& 1620 mm with ORVM)
Overall Height 1652 mm
Wheelbase 2230 mm
Ground clearance 180 mm
Min. Turning Circle Radius 4 m
Seating Capacity 4 persons
Fuel Tank Capacity 15 Liters
Kerb Weight
Nano
600 kg
Nano CX
615 kg
Nano LX
635 kg
Payload
300 kg

Engine and transmission

Engine Type 624 cc, 2 cylinder, MPFI
Maximum Engine Output 35 PS @ 5250 rpm
Maximum Torque 48 NM @ 3000 +/-500 rpm
Maximum Speed 105 kmph
Gradeability 30%
Transmission Synchromesh on all forward gears,� sliding mesh on reverse gear with overdrive on 4th gear
No. of Gears 4 Forward + 1 Reverse

SUSPENSION

Front Independent, Lower Wishbone, McPherson Strut with gas filled dampers
Rear Independent, Semi Trailing arm with coil spring & gas filled shock absorbers

BRAKE TYPES

Brake Type Dual Circuit, Vertical Split operated by tandem master cylinder
Nano CX With Vacuum Booster
Nano LX With Vacuum Booster
Front 180 mm dia. drum brake
Rear 180 mm dia. drum brake

WHEELS AND TYRES

Tyre Type Radial & Tubeless
Front Tyre size 135/70 R12
Rear tyre size 155/65 R12
Spare tyre size 135/70 R12
Wheels 4 B x 12

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More Features

Stylish, comfortable

- Designed with a family in mind, the Nano has a roomy passenger compartment with generous leg space and head room.

- Can comfortably seat four persons. Four doors with high seating position make ingress and egress easy.

- 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.

- Its mono-volume design, with wheels at the corners and the powertrain at the rear, enables it to uniquely combine both space and manoeuvrability, which will set a new benchmark among small cars.

Fuel-efficient engine

- The Nano has a rear-wheel drive, all-aluminium, two-cylinder, 623 cc, 33 PS, multi point fuel injection petrol engine. This is the first time that a two-cylinder gasoline engine is being used in a car with single balancer shaft.

- 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.

Meets all safety requirements

- The 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.

Here is the revolving view of the car...



Environment-friendly

- Tubeless tyres further enhance safety.
Environment-friendly

- The Nano's tailpipe emission performance exceeds regulatory requirements. In terms of overall pollutants, it has a lower pollution level than two-wheelers being manufactured in India today.

- The high fuel efficiency also ensures that the car has low carbon dioxide emissions, thereby providing the twin benefits of an affordable transportation solution with a low carbon footprint.

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Specifications or Features of NANO....

624cc petrol engine
33BHP
20km per litre mileage, upto 26km per litre on highway
30 liter petrol tank
4 door, 5-seater
Rear engine, front boot
4 speed manual gear box
On road price expected to be around Rs. 1 lakh 25 thousand
front disc brakes and drums in the rear
Euro 4 compliant
Top speed 90kmph
21% more space than Maruti 800

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