Comments on: The (Fiat?) Nano Report

By: capeplates

capeplates — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:46:40 +0000

Holiday in India every year. Looking at this ugly looking contraption and knowing the driving conditions in India there is no way you could tempt me to enter one of these death traps. Every India is a budding F1 driver. Built for Indians this is no vehicle for any western country

By: Nicodemus

Nicodemus — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:27:14 +0000

to sitting@home:

Tata actually own the Rover name as well as Land-Rover and Jaguar. It is quite possible they will use it on certain models.

By: folkdancer

folkdancer — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:25:14 +0000

Note to Tata:
IF the Nano can be beefed up to meet our safety standards, go 80 mph, and be sold for around $5,000 PLEASE sell it on eBay, Amazon, or Craig’s List. Sell it through any channel except our damn car dealers.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:31:10 +0000

“thanks to rising steel costs”

They got steel in that thing?

By: John Williams

John Williams — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:53:17 +0000

This car was never meant for American consumption. It’s basically a gap between cheap three-wheel runabouts and scooters, and the more expensive foreign fare. It’s sort of the modern Model T for Indian households.

Not too many people push hard for a car of that size anyways, the reason becoming self-evident the moment a 18-wheeler nearly knocks you off the road with only its gust.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:40:42 +0000

hltguy Says:
July 25th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
This is the car Al Gore envisions all Americans (except himself) be required to drive.

Agree, unless there is a limo version. :D

Now does it also come with pedals?

By: TEXN3

TEXN3 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:21 +0000

I don’t think the US is a destination market at this time. Too many regulations and requirements would increase the size, weight, price, and many other factors of what makes the Nano the Nano.

Sure would seem like an Apple iPod line-up though:

Mini
Nano

Nevermind, that’s all I’ve got.

By: faster_than_rabbit

faster_than_rabbit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:39:30 +0000

What’s more, Michael Moore is fat! Ha ha!

By: hltguy

hltguy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:17:13 +0000

This is the car Al Gore envisions all Americans (except himself) be required to drive.

By: sitting@home

sitting@home — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:12:43 +0000

Didn’t they already try something like this with the City Rover ? Couldn’t they bypass all the talks with Fiat and just stick a Land Rover or Jaguar badge on it, if you’re going to badge engineer you might as well use a badge that (some) people aspire to.

By: JuniorMint

JuniorMint — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:08:09 +0000

I’m waiting for GM’s announcement that a rebadged Nano will be sold as the 2nd-gen Aveo.

No, seriously, since this thing is clearly built to the same rigorous engineering standards as Malibu Barbie’s Dream Car, at least we can count on it never making it stateside. At $2,500 a pop, there’s no way this thing will pass strict American safety requirements…though for that price, crash-testing them would sure be convenient.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:00:27 +0000

Could it be worse than a Zap? For the cost of a Zap, I guess I could get a Tata Nano and put a real transmission, driveline, and wheels in it that would allow me to go faster than its currently reported 45 mph top speed; oh, and still save money. Come on Tata, do all that for me; I can afford $5,000. Seriously, if they want to enter the western markets in meaningful numbers, they need to build a car that can leave the city.