Tata Nano; World’s cheapest car

The vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels.

The four-door five-seater car, which goes on sale later this year, has a 33bhp, 624cc, engine at the rear. It has no air conditioning, no electric windows and no power steering, but two deluxe models will be on offer. Tata will initially make about 250,000 Nanos and expects eventual annual demand of one million cars. The price will be slightly more than the 100,000 once tax and other costs are taken into consideration.

The Nano release comes as India’s domestic car market is predicted to soar in the coming years on the back of the country’s fast-growing economy and increased consumer wealth. They are calling the car “peoples car”

Nano features a 624 cc engine, which will give a mileage of 20 kilometers per liter. As per the safety norms, it has passed the full frontal crash test, the offset and side-crash test to meet the international safety norms. The legroom is expected to be 21 per cent more than Maruti 800. The car meets the Bharat 3 (Euro 4) emission standards.

Nano is 3.1 metre long, 1.5 metre wide and 1.6 metre high, half a ton car is loaded with 33 horse power cylinder petrol engine with the usual feature four doors, a four-gear manual transmission, seat belts, locking and a steering wheel.