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Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, is coming to Detroit and will be on display for the US audience for the first time next week. Tata Technologies, part of the Tata Group, would put Nano for display on January 14 during a press meet at the Detroit Science Center, where Tata's rivals would display their latest cars at the Detroit auto show. With regional headquarters in Michigan near Chicago, Tata Technologies would "show the car to highlight its end-to-end vehicle engineering and design capabilities to its auto industry customers". "The innovative thinking that brought the Tata Nano to market is...

In the legend of King Canute on the sea shore, it is popularly represented that King Canute was so arrogant that he actually sought to hold back the tides. However, King Canute was actually demonstrating that, for all his power, there were some forces which he could not overcome. As we contemplate the actions of governments around the world, it is possible to wonder whether they have ever heard King Canute's story. In the case of King Canute, he ended up with wet feet. In the case of the world economy, the consequences might not be so mild.

MUMBAI (AFP) – The world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, hit the streets on Friday, as the first customer got the keys to a vehicle that its makers hope will transform travel for millions of Indians. Ashok Raghunath Vichare took delivery of a lunar silver Nano LX model, one of three cars handed over in person by Tata Motors boss Ratan Tata at a city dealership. The 59-year-old customs official from Mumbai said only that he was "very happy" to have got his hands on the car, as he was mobbed by cameras and press photographers. His family, who accompanied...

The Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, has been launched in India. Costing just 100,000 rupees ($1,979; £1,366), the Nano will now go on sale across India next month, with deliveries starting in July. Tata hopes the 10 feet (3 metre) long, five-seater car will be cheap enough to encourage millions of Indians to trade up from their motorcycles.