DELIVERIES HAVE BEGUN of the world’s cheapest car, Tata’s landmark Nano. The car tipped to drastically alter India’s automotive landscape was personally delivered by Tata Motors CEO, Ratan Tata, to three lucky customers at a special launch event in Mumbai India

Overwhelming demand for the car, which has a starting price from just 140,000 Rupees (AU$3590), [...]

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INTERESTING AND UNEXPECTED news from Tata that around 80 percent of Tata Nano orders are for the top-end model.

With 203,000 orders on the books so far, the majority of buyers have opted for the top-end model’s features, such as air conditioning, central locking and front power windows, despite the 40 percent premium they’ll pay on top [...]

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Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata’s dream of revolutionising the way the people of India  move themselves from A to B is set to come true, with some 203,000 paid orders taken and 610,000 booking forms sold in the weeks following the launch of the 2009 Tata Nano.

India’s largest carmaker, Tata Motors revealed the production version [...]

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Chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata comes out of the new Tata “Nano” car in New Delhi, 10 January 2008.

Nano pre-order sales officially began on the first of April and already over 51,000 orders have been registered. The first randomly selected owners however won’t receive their cars until deliveries begin in July.

Waydahminnit, randomly selected [...]

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India’s road-revolution is about to begin, with Tata Motors set to offer the 2009 Tata Nano on the sub-continent from today.

The little people mover – predicted to dramatically transform the driving landscape in India – is slated to go for an even 100,000 rupees (AU$2850).

For your dollars, you’ll get the most bare-bones car the 21st [...]

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