Nano is the biggest Launch this year. All the auto experts in the world were waiting eagerly for the launch of, world’s cheapest car which costs less than $2000!!! Finally it is launched and it is up to the expectations. But as per our Indian tradition, there are people opposing it. Here are few points which have been said against NANO, and its answers
Its Too small: Yes, it is Small, but Spacious. Tata Engineers have built a small car, which looks like a toy, but it still has 20% more space than Maruti 800!! The back seats can easily accommodate 2 persons, without them being uncomfortable. The front of Tata nano has a space of around 80 Lts, which can be increased to 500 Ltr, by folding the back seats. Tata Nano is taller than Santro Zing, making it easy for tall persons also to sit easily.
Its not safe: Tata Nano is not made of fiber or other light material as Reva. Its a normal CAR. Its made of sheet metal, with a strong framing inside. It is as strong as any other car. yes, It lacks ABS & Air bags ( to be provided in future versions), but it still is safer than 3-4 people travelling on a bike.
Its cheap so compromization in Standards : Wrong. Tata has been known for their strict standard adherence. Tata Nano has been built up to standards and no compromise has been made.
It will cause pollution – Again Wrong!! Nano’s emission norms are Euro-4 ready. where as most other vehicles in India are just Euro-3!!
So, how come Tata can build such a car for such a low budget?? here’s the answer:
1 – The engine of car is rear mounted. So there is no load on front wheels which makes it easy to maneuver. so no need of power steering.
2 – Base model of Nano has no AC, No power windows
3 – Engineering, Nano Engineers has designed Nano with some specialties to save money on production. For e.g., the Rack & Pinion system for steering is generally in 2 parts, but Tata Engineers made it 1 unit so that the assembly time & money is reduced.
All these points add to make Nano the cheapest car in the world!!!
And lastly,
1 – Its a Dream Car!! – yeah!! in India every family dreams of having an four wheeler. We cant negelct this dream by giving excuses of traffic! Its the Govt.’s duty to have more wider roads, and proper traffic managing.
2 – We dont say a word, when long, wide, costly cars ( taking up space of 2 small cars) are allowed in India, costing from few lakhs to some crores (Hyundai i10 to Rolls Royce), but you cant digest a car which is affordable by most of the Indians.
3 – Now a days, parking is a big problem. parking Smaller car means small parking area.
4 – Can you imagine, if Nano is replaced with all the taxis & autos, It can be more comfortable, cheap n safe. Tata are going to launch CNG and even battery operated Nano. Its much more safer for kids, makes city beautiful, The foriegners coming to India will feel good about India.
5 – last but not least, We should be proud of India being the first country to produce our very own “The peoples’ Car”. Which every car manufacturer has always dreamt since years!!!
Hi,
Thanks for sharing this post! First timer here, now going through the rest of the posts.
Good shoot outs,
Most of them arent aware that manufacturing costs in India are really cheap. we work on really huge margins.
And as far as pollution is concerned, i am a hard core green person, so i would probably suggest battery cars as the best bet. while tatas are thinking of launching battery based nanos in eurpoe, y not in India? Its high time v move on to other forms of energy…
But anyways nano would not contribute anything less or more to the already dumped planet.
and ya no better people than TATAS to create a revolution….
Kudos to them.
Hmm, I was wondering how they made it so cheap. Thanks for writing the points down so clearly. And yeah, I feel proud that we have made the world’s cheapest car!
Hi, thanx for the comment!!
Yes, people have been talking abt what makes it cheaper, and have been commenting on its performance. but Nano is in no way less than any other car!!!
And yes, we are proud of it and India as well!!!