Tata Nano

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BBC News

Tata Motors has unveiled the world's cheapest motor car at India's biggest car show in the capital Delhi.

The vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels.

alias no.9

Looks like a poor copy of the Mitsubishi i

L1011

Read in one of the papers that they admitted the wheel bearings wear unacceptably when used above 70kmh - virtually useless for European driving, then.

unkel

MYOB wrote: »

useless for European driving

It's not meant for here. It's meant to get the hordes from a bike/moped into a car. Same as what happened here 50 or more years ago

Tata wrote:

designed to meet all safety standards and emissions laws

I somehow doubt he meant European safety standards and emissions laws

alias no.9

Indeed Unkle, I doubt they were ever intended for european markets, their main competitor would probably be the tuk-tuk

so expect to see them anywhere you currently see tuk-tuks

L1011

alias no.9 wrote: »

so expect to see them anywhere you currently see tuk-tuks

Along the seafront in Brighton?

niceirishfella

hey,

Shouldn't we be proud here of this innovation?

Afterall, it is an IRISHMAN who owns Tata?:o

unkel

niceirishfella wrote: »

Afterall, it is an IRISHMAN who owns Tata?:o

Eh?

L1011

Sure you're not confused with Lola, the sports car company? Tata are in no way shape or form Irish owned.

barryfitz

Yeah Ratan Tata from Crossmolina. dont tell me you never heard of the Tata's, His wife is Bridget Tata, salt of the earth that family are.

ballooba

MYOB wrote: »

Sure you're not confused with Lola, the sports car company? Tata are in no way shape or form Irish owned.

LOL. Imagine if it was. We'd actually have an Irish multinational!

L1011

ballooba wrote: »

LOL. Imagine if it was. We'd actually have an Irish multinational!

CRH plc. Although Tata could probably buy them before breakfast!

MySelf56

Indeed Unkle, I doubt they were ever intended for european markets, their main competitor would probably be the tuk-tuk

Indeed

This car might be for mighty 1 bn Indian Population I bet it never going set foot on Europe. But Tata is a lead contender to buy Landrover(Yummy Mummy/MILF vehicle) and Jag from Ford.

Tata closes in on Jaguar takeover

ballooba

MYOB wrote: »

CRH plc. Although Tata could probably buy them before breakfast!

It's a discussion for a different forum but any of the Fortune 500 could have CRH for breakfast.

enda1

I know you are supposed to have a lot of fibre and all for breakfast but fibreboard?? That's going a bit far no!?

ToxicPaddy

Tata also make a small comerical 4x4, a pickup truck and a mate of mine's family have some dealerships, his father saw these in the UK for sale and decided to bring them in..

Cant keep em on the forecourt, they are selling for around 10k for a 2 seater diesel.. very basic, but they work and are fairly good on fuel.. lots of small farmers, small shop owners etc buying em..

Somebody obviously sees the value of em..

alias no.9

They also made the last nail in Rovers coffin, the cityrover

which was a lightly disguised tata indica

They'd nearly have been as well off keeping the metro on sale.

unkel

alias no.9 wrote: »

They also made the last nail in Rovers coffin, the cityrover
They'd nearly have been as well off keeping the metro on sale.

Good point. The cityrover didn't sell either and it was just insulting potential buyers' intelligence

G Luxel

alias no.9 wrote: »

Looks like a poor copy of the Mitsubishi i

Is this car for sale in this country? I know it is being sold in the UK.

DonJose

It retails at $2,500 so we get it in Ireland for €5,000

India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled the world's cheapest car, bringing new mobility within the reach of tens of millions of people and nightmares to environmentalists, traffic engineers and safety advocates.

Company Chairman Ratan Tata, introducing the Nano — price tag $2,500 — during India's main auto show, drove onto a stage in a white version of the tiny four-door subcompact, his head nearly scraping the roof.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_bi_ge/india_ultracheap_car

Alun

Already been done ...

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54829714#post54829714

DonJose

Alun wrote: »

Already been done ...

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54829714#post54829714

Ooops

unkel

DonJose wrote: »

Ooops

No worries, threads merged

positron

That 'CityRover' sells in India as 'Indica' for about 8 to 12k euro - and believe me, they are practically everywhere!! I did nearly 2000 kms on one of them this December, a 1.3 diesel version, its a very long way to 60 kmph, but considered good value for money from average Indian point of view, there they compare cars by kmpl (kilometer per litre) not bhp.

Donal94

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Tata also make a small comerical 4x4, a pickup truck and a mate of mine's family have some dealerships, his father saw these in the UK for sale and decided to bring them in..

Cant keep em on the forecourt, they are selling for around 10k for a 2 seater diesel.. very basic, but they work and are fairly good on fuel.. lots of small farmers, small shop owners etc buying em..

Somebody obviously sees the value of em..

Whereabouts are they selling them, do they have a website?

daveirl

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MySelf56

Whereabouts are they selling them, do they have a website?

There are couple Safari Modelss can be found in Carzone.ie


There are couple TL (cab) can be found in Carzone.ie

niceirishfella

I was'nt kidding..............the guy who is the main man behind TATA has irish citizenship..........

so, Technically the main man behind this new car and pricing innovation for the masses, is IRISH.

There, we should be proud...............RAFLMAO.:D

niceirishfella

I wasn't kiddin - found this,


Ratan Tata, (who apparently has Irish Citizenship) chairman of the Tata Group, drives a Honda. Even so, a marque like Jaguar suits him just fine. His hot pursuit of two signature British brands, Jaguar and Land Rover is turning into a nail-biting finale of an aggressive buying spree that included Tetley, Daewoo's commercial vehicle arm and the Ritz-Carlton in Boston. In many ways, Ratan Tata stands for the business of making the impossible possible.

The 70-year-old's business skills are a blend of astute entrepreneurial skills, ability to take swift, tough decisions, and foresight. He is probably one of the first Indian corporate captains who did not hesitate to look beyond the physical geography of India's borders.

Tata thinks global, but at the core of his heart is a proud Indian with a fire in the belly to position India as an equal in the global comity of nations.


So - the TATA NANO is an IRISH INNOVATION - LOL

L1011

I suspect somthing could be found on Google if he had it and it was known.

Nothing can, not even that article...

po0k

Communist Scum.

unkel

niceirishfella wrote: »

the guy who is the main man behind TATA has irish citizenship..........

You need to google a bit better

A quick google threw up these snippets of info. The Tata Group is an old family business led by Ratan Tata. 65.8% of the ownership of Tata Group is held by the charitable trust of Tata. Ratan Tata is an Indian citizen

Pallonji Mistry is a silent stakeholder in the Tata Group. With his 18.5% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largest shareholder in the Tata Group. Pallonji Mistry gave up his Indian citizen ship to become an Irish citizen last year

Rory123

I'd stick with the tuk tuk. Wondered what the story about those Tata pick ups I'd seen was... for some reason I'd imagined that they were an Italian agricultural machinery company who were brand stretching. Because the Italian civil engineers that were putting in the gas pipes around the country a few years ago had some of them (at least they had them in my area in North Dublin). Nasty big wheel hubs sticking 6 inches out past the wheels though... like those cheap asian jeeps.

MySelf56

Ratan Tata, (who apparently has Irish Citizenship) chairman of the Tata Group

Sorry being prick , Ratan Tata is not having Irish Citizenship, you might be thinking Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry who has 18.5 % stake in Tata Group, who has given up Indian Citizenship in 2007 become Irish for the love Guiness.



so it is 18.5% irishness i guess

Donal94

I had a look at the ones on carzone but they seem to be a lot more than 10k new. I'd be interested to hear where your friends dealership is?

JHMEG

MySelf56 wrote: »

Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

Who is apparently Tata's biggest shareholder.

positron

Another Indian company, Bajaj, who have been market leader in Two wheeler segment has also announced that they will be producing cars by 2010, had a prototype on display and rumor is that its going to be around 3 to 4K euro.

Thats not all, there's a new F1 team, Force India, 'think its the old Jordan team, now owned by another Indian business tycoon, Vijay Mallya of United Breweries, old wine, new bottle, united breweries, eh?.. ok I'll get my coat...

AntiVirus

DonJose wrote: »

It retails at $2,500 so we get it in Ireland for €5,000

Closer to €10,000 I'd bet

niceirishfella

Hi Unkel and co,

gosh, your being Pedantic about yer man- I was just kiddin':D

daveirl

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