US To Get Redesigned Tata Nano

The Truth About Cars ^ | 10/15/2012 | Derek Kreindler

[nascarnation]

Tata CEO Ratan Tata has apparently decided to sell the Tata Nano minicar in the United States, even as Tata lacks though proper sales channel.

In an interview with Automotive News, the company namesake said that a redesigned Nano, with features like traction control, a more powerful engine and power steering, could go on sale at a price below $10,000 in three years time.

But a distribution channel is still a giant question mark, with Tata saying ”We have to give a lot of thought to how we would distribute the car,” and little else. Tata’s remarks came at the opening of a New Jersey-area Jaguar Land Rover dealership

[dalereed]

“It looks the whole car is a crumple zone.”

All I see is a fantastic way of eliminating environmentalists!

[montag813]

Awesome golf cart! (Or death car)

[Secret Agent Man]

this is a microcar, not a minicar.

[montag813]

Any guy caught driving that, has nano chance of seeing any tatas.

OMFG...that is the funniest thing I have read on FR in years!

[montag813]

• 37 HP 2 cylinder engine

37...THIRTY SEVEN!!! No, that is NOT a typo!

[Secret Agent Man]

i think the current engine is a 2 cylinder. i don’t knock this car for it’s original intended customer base and locale. us traffic is light years different.

[Kirkwood]

“Any guy caught driving that, has nano chance of seeing any tatas.”

Guys caught driving that have nano interest in your tatas.

[Chode]

and it passes ALL the front side and rear crash tests... right???

[Secret Agent Man]

Crease, crumple, cram! /seinfeld

[Secret Agent Man]

Crease, crumple, cram! /seinfeld

[Secret Agent Man]

the original vw beetle cars didn’t have a lot of hp either.

[The Cajun]

Remember way back when, a guy at the shop had a little Japanese car (Honda maybe???) with a two cylinder motorcycle engine in it.
Look out when he was bucking a strong North wind with a passenger, LOL.

[GreenHornet]

This car is much too small to sell successfully in this country. Americans like large Tata’s

[Secret Agent Man]

yeah, 4th gear was those little bike pedals between the passenger’s legs.

[Little Pig]

It's much more likely you'll get a version of the "Euro Nano", which has a 3-cylinder, a longer wheelbase, AC, and other improvements. The 2-cyl is pretty much an India-only machine. Here's the Euro version:

[VeniVidiVici]

This car is much too small to sell successfully in this country. Americans like large Tata’s

LOL!!

[SledgeCS]

Sorry, but I refuse to drive a car with tires smaller than my lawn mower.

[BlueDragon]

Sort-of looks like

Nanu Nanu

FLY!

[Little Pig]

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!

[Tainan]

I've got shoes bigger than this!"....Arnold...Expendables 2