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Tata Motors is looking to triple the production of the Tata Nano by March 2011. Tata’s Sanand facility which is fully operational right now has an annual capacity of 2,50,000 Tata Nanos. This capacity would be achieved in phases and currently the plant is producing 10,000 Nanos a month. Tata is looking to triple this number to meet high demands.

A Tata Nano vendor to PTI -

At present, vendors are supplying components for an average of about 10,000 units of Nano a month. They have been told to scale it up by three times by March 2011.

Tata Nano is in huge demand and with Tata already having and order backlog of near one lakh Nanos, it is only wise for Tata Motors to ramp up Nano’s production to clear delivery backlogs and start delivering the car to new customers at showrooms without a long waiting period.

Tata is also looking to export the Tata Nano to Nepal and sources say there is heavy demand for the Nano in Nepal even without the car being officially launched there. This could also have led to Tata planning to ramp up production.

Tata Nano is also manufactured at Tata’s Pantnagar plant and this plant is producing 50,000 units annually. Tata Motors would be looking to have a combined output of 3,60,000 units from Sanand and Pantnagar facilities by 2011-12.

The first units of Tata Nano will roll out from Tata’s Pantnagar facility by the end of February this year. While the engines and gearboxes for the Nano will be built at Tata’s plant in Pune, the final assembly will take place at the Pantnagar plant upon shipment.

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.

As 2008 draws to a close, all eyes will be set on the much-awaited Tata Nano, reportedly to be launched in the last quarter of this financial year (Jan-Mar’09). The company dealers however are still left clueless and are not in any position to tell customers when ‘the people’s car’ will be launched. Tata motors is taking a defensive by not revealing much about the Nano. IAB to the reader’s rescue!