We must not forget that the Nano is first and foremost a car for India, a country of about one billion people where fewer than two percent own a car. It was instigated by Ratan Tata, the chairman ...

for the Nano when it goes on sale in India in July. Tata wanted the car to be an affordable alternative to a motorcycle. At this price, mission accomplished. What will Indian families get for ...

MUMBAI, India When it was introduced in early 2009, the egg-shaped Tata Nano was billed as a modern-day people’s car, an ultracheap vehicle that would bring greater mobility to the masses of ...

Strong initial orders for Tata Motors’ new ultra-cheap car, the Nano, have boosted the struggling Indian carmaker’s finances while prompting competitors to launch their own low-cost models.

I've been wanting to drive a Tata Nano, the Indian city car billed as the cheapest car you could buy new, ever since I heard that a brand-new $2,500 car existed. Somehow, though, the Nano has ...

Ratan Tata, one of India’s most respected industrialists ... One of his most ambitious undertakings was the creation of the Tata Nano, a car designed to bring affordable mobility to millions ...

Over 30 years later, the Tata Nano finally picked up the mantle of an Indian-designed car cheap enough for nearly any Indian family to afford. Kulkarni's family wanted to be one of the first ...

The first Indian car, whose initial sketches were ... The Indica was Tata Motors’ first commercial success. The Nano was a streamlined version of that vision, aiming to bring mobility to those ...

With the drop in gas prices also came a decline in small car sales. So this begs the question, if Tata brought the Nano to the U.S. would it sell? Given the overwhelming interest in the Smart ...

Many people have fond memories of the Nano, but can Tata bring it back as an electric car with modern updates? Let’s find out Tata is the leading brand for affordable EVs in India thanks to ...