Tata Nano Poised to Take Over the World at 56 MPG

by Benjamin Jones on March 23, 2009

Tata Nano

The Tata Nano finally released commercially in India today. It’s been a long wait for the little car, which has been upset by protests, among other things. For about a year now people have been excited to see how this little car would change the automotive world by getting a whole new class of drivers on the road, and in fuel efficient style.

The Tata Nano will cost $1,985 dollars. For that price you get a 624cc, 2-cylinder engine that is capable of putting out up to 56 MPG (US). Of course, those are not EPA specs so you can’t compare them directly to what the EPA says about cars in the US, but nevertheless, they are impressive numbers.

No doubt this release will trigger the alarms of many environmentalists and safety advocates. India has become notorious for both dangerous driving and issues of environmental pollution, neither of which will be lessened by a flood of cheap cars onto the marketplace. However, no one can yet predict the lasting impact this car will have on India or the global auto industry.

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1 ASIM BHAUMIK,Kharagpur July 16, 2009 at 11:16 pm

Dear Sir,
I have been alotted a Tata Nano to be delivered at Kharagpur(W.B) with a schedule delivery date betwwen April’10 to June’2010.The same booking has been financed by U.B.I who has taken Rs.3,960/- as booking money and adjusted thesame against interest of 3 months starting from April’09.They will also take Pre EMI interest of Rs.1200/- p.m till delivery and conversion the loan to a vehicle loan.The entire cost will almost Rs.15000/-(approx.) which will be levied extra on my Car Price of Rs.1,80,774/-.Then the cost of the Car before Vehicle Loan will be Rs1,96,000/-.You are requested to make early delivery to save my pre EMI interest and protect customer’s interest

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