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The Tata Nano is an Indian-made microcar designed to be affordable and accessible to ordinary people. It became notable as one of the cheapest cars available when it was introduced, making car ownership possible for a much wider range of people in India and other developing countries.
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Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Tata Motors
- Also called
- Tata GenX Nano (facelift 2015–2018)
- Production
- 2008–2018
- Assembly
- India: Gujarat , Sanand ( Sanand Plant )
- Designer
- Justyn Norek, ( I.DE.A Institute ) Pierre Castinel, (Tata Design Studio) Girish Wagh, (Project Manager)
- Class
- City car
- Body style
- 4-door saloon car , 5-door hatchback (GenX Nano)
- Layout
- Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Platform
- Tata X3
- Engine
- 624 cc I2 SOHC MPI petrol
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual , 5-speed AMT (2015+)
- Wheelbase
- 2,230 mm (87.8 in)
Article
The Tata Nano is a city car/microcar manufactured and marketed by Indian automaker Tata Motors over a single generation from 2008 to 2018. It was primarily sold in India as an inexpensive economy car for motorcycle and scooter drivers — with a launch price of ₹100,000 (US$2,500) on 10 January 2008. The Nano has a rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was initially produced as a four-door saloon car with no rear cargo opening, with a five-door hatchback version introduced in 2015.
Tata Motors projected production figures of 250,000 annually at launch. This was not achieved, and various factors led to a decline in sales volume, including delays during the factory relocation from Singur to Sanand, early instances of the Nano catching fire and the perception that the Nano was unsafe and lacked quality from its aggressive cost cutting. Actual sales reached 7,591 for model year 2016-2017. The project lost money, as confirmed by former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and by 2017 Tata Motors management.