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Tata Motors could have struck headline gold in 2008 with its one-lakh car, but the ride for the Tata Nano has been terribly bumpy. As reports of fires have not died down, customers are prompted to think twice about the safety aspect before signing on the dotted line. Nevertheless Tata Motors is pushing forward with plans to take the Nano overseas. One such market that has caught its fancy is  [ Read More ]

We hope to increase our market share in Russia, China and countries in Africa to widen the passenger car and the commercial vehicles range.

Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group said during an interaction with the press yesterday in Mumbai

Source – Economic Times

The current range of vehicles has seen resurgence in demand, and the challenge before the company today is to deliver enough vehicles to meet market demand

Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata group expresses his thoughts on the current market situation in the company’s annual report.

Wishes of common man answered!

My Envisage

The dream that was vision in 2003 from the glass of the back bench of the ultra luxury car, seeing a family of 4 souring in the rain on the scooter has been realised on 18th July 2009 when Chairman of Tata Motors, Ratan Tata hands over the key of the first “Nano car” or “People’s Car” or “The world’s cheapest car” to Ashok Raghunath Vichare in Mumbai.

That indeed is one of the greatest achievements in Indian automobile Industry and auto Industry across the globe. This engineering marvel depicts a part of a “new breed of 21st-century cars” that embodies “a contrarian philosophy of smaller, lighter, and cheaper” and potentially portrays a new era in inexpensive personal transportation.

“Don’t we owe a salute to Mr. Ratan Tata getting the wishes of common man answered”

Behind the Steering

This weekend while driving my Chevy Optra Magnum Diesel 2.0 LT I was wondering, what is the reason behind this car not having the sale number it deserves?

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At the 4th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit (VGGIS) 2009, held on 12th & 13th January 2009 at Science City, Ahmedabad, the ‘World’s Cheapest Car’ – Tata Nano was on display- in a bid to manifest one of its greatest achievements (by being home to Tata Motors’ mother plant) till date. Ratan Tata’s Rs 1 lakh car Nano, was among the 227 stalls which were a part of the exhibition.

Tata Nano will most likely roll out of assembly on December 28 – Ratan Tata’s birthday, just as the ‘Indica ‘ was launched a decade ago when he turned 61. The Nano will currently be bulit in Tata’s sattellite plants, so expect only a few numbers of the base model to be sold initially. However, Tatas insist that they will try and squeeze in the higher-end variants of the Nano  [ Read More ]