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When Ratan Tata, the head of India's Tata Motors, said the company was planning to build the world's cheapest car, he could have had in mind Maruti Jaywant Bhandare as his ideal client. The 42-year-old said he had been saving hard for seven years, squirreling away 50 rupees (one dollar) a day from his business mending shoes in a battered money box for a 60,000-rupee motorcycle. But when Tata said the Nano would cost just 100,000 rupees, the roadside cobbler in northeast Mumbai decided to wait and spent the next two years saving the extra cash to upgrade to four wheels instead. Now Bhandare ... Read Full Story

Next year, the Tata Nano will be launched in NigeriaTata Motors will launch its Rs one lakh wonder car – the Nano – in Nigeria next year. ‘Tata Motors will make the Nano available in Nigeria in the next one year to one and a half years,’ says Sudeep Ray of Tata Africa Nigeria.The Nano will cost around Naira 360,000 (Rs 1.16 lakh) in Nigeria, which is said to be significantly lower than most used Read Full Story

Click above; for a high-res galle;ry of the; Tata; Nano Europa Ever since; Tata Motors announced; plans to build a $2,500 car , speculation has been rife ab;out whe;the;r the; car would eve;r make; it to the; U.S. At the; annual meeting of the; company this week, Ratan Tata made; it clear that the; little Nano will indeed come to America if he; has anything to do with it. The; Nano is curre;ntly undergoing modifications and testing to meet U.S. safe;ty and emissions standard;s. The; U.S. ve;rsion will like;ly be based on the; Nano Europa that was shown at the Geneva Motor Show in ... Read Full Story

Tata Motors' new world truck range... Tata Motors has unveiled its new range of world standard trucks. The range comprises multi-axle trucks, tractor-trailers, tippers, mixers, and special application vehicles. Besides India, these trucks will also be introduced, in a phased manned, in South Korea, South Africa, SAARC countries and the Middle East. ‘The developing infrastructure in India makes it possible for transporters to reap the benefit of trucks with higher power, speed and carrying capacity. The new range from Tata Motors will meet those needs. It will also help us penetrate international markets more effectively and competitively,’ said Ratan N Tata , Chairman of ... Read Full Story

Tata, the Indian company that recently released the world’s least expensive car, has plans to bring the Nano to the U.S. According to Financial Times and Jalopnik , Tata plans to import the Nano to the United States in the 2011 or 2012 calendar year. Tata believes that with the U.S. economy in rough shape, car buyers will be receptive of an ultra-budget model. The Indian Tata Nano costs about $2,000 USD, but the American model will most likely be priced closer to the European model, which costs about $4,000 USD. The extra cost will pay for the additional equipment needed to comply with ... Read Full Story