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The world’s cheapest car Nano will soon be going green. Tata Nano is soon getting a hybrid version, meeting the environment-friendly norms. According to its Chairman Ratan Tata there is more scope for low-priced goods than high priced goods in India, the trend which is likely spread globally.

The India’s biggest car maker Tata believes that the car industry would decide the future of economic-friendly models. However, no detailed picture could be got about the cheap hybrid versions. Nano spread the revolution at the price factor of $2000 and entered the roads in last July.

Mr. Ratan Tata briefed that his company has plans to export the light truck Ace to South Korea and also assembling and manufacturing the truck in South Korean plant. By promoting bio technology and bioengineering, he said the company wants to play on the nutrient-enriched food market.

Tata is exploring its potential in Vietnam and the US markets before making any active participation. Simultaneously, the company is assessing the investment in automobiles, software and hotel lines along with bio fuel in South American belts like Brazil and Argentina.

India's Tata Group says it is planning to produce hybrid versions of its Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car.

Ratan Tata, the chairman of both Tata Group and Tata Motors - the biggest vehicle producer in India - made the comments on a visit to South Korea.

A hybrid vehicle typically uses two or more distinct power sources to move it, usually petrol or diesel and a battery. Mr Tata also said that low-priced goods would drive sales faster than high-end ones in India.

And he predicted this so-called price revolution would also continue to spread across the world. The chairman did not provide any further details on the possible launch of cheap hybrid versions.

The Nano, whose basic model costs 100,000 rupees was first delivered in India in July this year.

 On July 17 the Tata Motors rolled out the first Nano to the people. The people’s car proved every car critics wrong and came out with cheapest price tag in the car market.

The lucky owner of the car is not yet revealed but Nano will be soon seen on the Indian roads. The car which is available in three variants Base, CX, and LX sports a 624cc engine with an output of 32 bhp. The rear mounted engine is mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox offering smooth ride. It is pretty abnormal to expect more features with a price tag of One Lakh. Though it does not have any addition features, the Nano is equipped with basic and necessary features that a car is required.

Among it’s all the three variants it the LX version which received the numerous number of booking. With is attractive colours, Nano is all set to give a tough competition not only to the small cars but also to the big players.

Tata Nano has come till here fighting all the evils. The world’s cheapest car has every right to be the centre of attraction. Sp just wait. May be you are one among the lucky customers to drive home your Nano.

Tata’s ultra cheap car Nano has experienced many problems related to its launch in India. Nano which was which was supposed to hit the roads by Diwali this year has postponed its launch for next year. We are still unaware of the latest launch date.

 

Tata was planning to roll out the diesel version of Nano sometime in 2009, but now we hear that people will have to wait a little longer for the diesel Nano. Nano would be also seen in more powerful version with turbo charged, 800 cc, CRDi diesel engine that will carry two-cylinder and is expected to give 30% more mileage compared to 800cc petrol cars.

 

Many cars as well as two-wheeler buyers even postponed their purchase, keeping in mind the Nano launch this Diwali. Hope Tata will soon roll out the Nano to the Indian roads

Indian auto giant Tata Motors is in news again with the launch of the new generation Tata Indica in India, adopting the name Indica Vista.

The new Indica Vista which is fitted with the Fiat engine is powered by Saffire- 1.2-liter petrol engine, Quadrajet - 1.3-liter common-rail diesel and also Tata’s own 1.4-liter turbo diesel engine.

This new Vista is the result of Tata-Fiat venture and will be manufactured at Tata-Fiat’s Ranjangaon facility which holds the annual production capacity of 200,000 cars and 300,000 engines. Tata also has few more launches in its list like the ultra-cheap Tata Nano, Indica V3 and also new Indigo.

Tata Motors, the Indian car makers are offering more and more to the people by rolling out new variants and models. They have already attracted the customers with their upcoming Tata Nano and now will be introducing all new Indigo in India by 2009 end. The car is undergoing tests and details are yet to be revealed by the company.

But the vague information says that Tata Indigo will have the similarities of new India V3 (which was unveiled in 2008 Delhi Auto Expo and will be on Indian roads very soon). It is also said that the new indigo will carry the Fiat's 1.3 litre Multijet diesel engine. It will fall into the cheapest sedan class and will be competing Mahindra-Renault Logan.

Many car manufacturers are entering the small car market segment. The companies with big names like Maruti-Suzuki, Honda, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford and Toyota which are anticipated to hit the car market restoring the record for as much as 75% of car sales by 2010.

In order to help the buyers the car manufacturers are offering bulky discounts to ease their existing stocks and for the easy entry of new cars in India.

The forthcoming new cars would have variants loaded with most advanced features like ABS, automatic drive, and airbags. These elite cars come in the range of Rs 3 lakh - Rs 5 lakh (excluding the Rs 1 lakh marvel Tata Nano).

So to avail the benefits of the subsidized excise duty for small cars, the car models under-4m would sport engines below 1200cc in petrol and below 1500cc in diesel.

There is going to be a sizzling competition between the car manufacturers in the small-car sector. Whereas Maruti-Suzuki is set to roll out Splash and A Star by year-end and Hyundai is set to introduce i20 at the same time. Even Fiat Grande Punto is expected before the end of the year and Tata Motors is also ready to hit the Indian market with its new version of its Indica, which has been one of the popular cars in the market.

Tata Nano is ready to hit Indian car market by this year-end. The auto maker is getting flooded with its cheapest car Nano related queries from universal auto markets.

Tata Motorsis thinking over the licensing path for heap manufacturing of the Nano overseas. It is getting enquiries from anonymous car makers in the US, Latin America, Europe and South-East Asia for manufacturing and marketing Nano in these countries.

However the auto maker is casting to issue licenses to specific car maker in offshore markets who would essentially manufacture Nano there. The technology-transfer and manufacturing related awareness issues would be communal only by Tata Motors.

The auto maker is yet to make a decision on the method of sourcing and in which countries it is going to market its super-cheap car Nano. Tata Motors believe that the company’s imminent spotlight is India, and worldwide marketing will take place only after a few years.

Even with so many fluctuations happening with the Indian car market structure there is one more automotive company that has established its plant in India. The German automotive major, Continental AG, has set up a Greenfield plant in India's IT focusing to manufacture electronic components for the growing automobile market in the sub-continent.

However this plant is located in the Bommasandra Industrial Area on the outskirts of the Bangalore city and has made an investment of Rs 2.2 billion high-tech facility, with a research and development centre.

This centre will manufacture instrument clusters for cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers, electronic control units for power-assisted steering and body control units for interiors, immobilizers and engine management systems for diesel and gasoline engines.

The company senses that the flourishing Indian automotive market has become deliberately important for them to expand their business in the sub-continent. However the Continental AG is catering electronic components and systems to Indian global OEMs like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra, General Motors, Ford, and Skoda.

Everyone is eagerly waiting for the launch of the Tata Motors marvelous cheap car Nano. Many of the engineering companies are making great efforts by supplying the best components for this small car project. One such company is the Kinetic Engineering which is all ready to supply components for Nano within the next 2 months.

Tata Motors is mainly focusing to be successful and complete the facilities expansion for manufacture of transmission gears for the Nano as soon as possible. However Nano was supposed to be rolled out from the Singur plant in West Bengal by Durga Puja this year and was anticipated to start trial production during July or August.

Kinetic is setting up an assembly plant within Singur plant factory and within the Ahmednagar factory to build the power train components manufacturing. It is also setting up gear manufacturing facilities fee-tailing an investment of close to Rs 50 crore.

Kinetic Engineering is putting up an with an investment of Rs 55 crore and setting up a factory within the Ahmednagar factory for ramping up power train components manufacturing and laying out gear manufacturing facilities entailing an investment of close to Rs 50 crore. However the small car project of Tata Motors would add significantly to Kinetic Engineering's best quality in the coming months.

Kinetic has diverted its two-wheeler business and has just made a comeback trial after the extensive reformation taken by the company during the last two years. Now it’s only paying attention on its business replica towards automobile components with an extraordinary hub on power train assemblies and components.