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 ...

As a final nail in the coffin, Tata told Bloomberg the car "cannot continue beyond 2019." The Tata Nano entered the Indian market in 2008 priced from just 100,000 rupees, or about $1,500.

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 ...

While Tata Motors still stands by the Nano, the decision as to ... setting the benchmark for how not to market a car in an aspirational and young market like India. Whatever little was left ...

the Tata Nano has another hurdle to deal with. From April 1, 2019, all cars made in India need to have an anti-lock braking system (ABS), which the Nano does not – and will not – get.

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 ...

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 ...

Leading Indian vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors has offered free safety upgrades for the world's cheapest car, the Nano, which went on sale last year. The move comes after owners of the hatchback ...

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 ...