Exide, a very reputed and India’s largest lead acid storage battery manufacturer, has claimed that they would provide battery solutions for the upcoming small car. Reports suggest that the Kolkata-based company will begin commercial supply of batteries for the world’s cheapest car at the Indian automaker’s Pantnagar facility in Uttarakhand, where the first batch of Nanos will roll out from.
Autocar UK has published a post giving more information on Fiat’s low cost brand for developing countries like ours.
The website says the low cost car will come with a “super frugal 2-cylinder engine” but nothing about the displacement or power is mentioned. Now, could this possibly be the same engine that is used on the Tata Nano ? We earlier heard that there could be a possible hand in this venture from Tata Motors.
Italian car maker Fiat is planning to launch a new low cost brand in Europe and bring to the market, three models under a new low-cost brand tag.
Pricing would be lower than current Fiat models, which have moved marginally upscale. An example: Fiat 500 was once (in the 60′s) the brand’s cheap city car, but the latest generation is more of a lifestyle vehicle. Fiat would make something similar to the 500, but would cost a lot lesser.
First Automobile Works Ltd, a Chinese company, is ready to invest in West Bengal along with an Indo-Russian Joint Venture, Ural India Ltd. Ural India is a joint venture between Uralaz of Russia and Kolkata based Mitijug group. They plan to launch heavy duty and high performance trucks. The West Bengal Chief Minister has announced that the state government is will be formally announce the new project for Singur shortly. [ Read More ]
This car will will meet all emission and safety requirements Tata Motors is in the final stages of making yet another big investment on a new and welcomed innovation- A eco car for the citizens of Thailand The BOI (Board of Investments) of Thailand had looked into the project and given them the green signal back in April this year. As per the agreement, the vehicle will meet all the [ Read More ]
Before reading this article, why not read Chinese Copy Cars part 1? The Chinese market is often called ‘The Gray Market’, simply because of their stunning replicas. Here we have two cars as examples. But hey! These are very good copies of the originals! China Automobile’s Chika vs Tata Nano The Chika was showcased at the Paris Motor Show, as an attempt to show to the world that China has [ Read More ]
Tata recently said that the Nano would be launched on Ratan Tata’s birthday December 28. But Tata is now struggling to start Nano’s production at its Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand (48,000 units capacity). Tata has already made arrangements to get the right number of components from the individual manufacturers(for 4000 cars per month). Tata’s main concern is quality control. They do not want to release the Nano in a hurry [ Read More ]
It has been exactly a week since Tata pulled out its Nano project from Singur. In the mean time the Bengal government has already made agreements with an ‘anonymous automobile company’ to fill the void left by the Tatas. This information was supplemented by the Transport and Sports Minister, Subhas Chakrabarty in a private TV interview. The MoU will be signed between the Government and the ‘anonymous company’ before October [ Read More ]
