Tata's Nano : Boon Or Bane?

Tata showed the way ... now other world car makers are following. Others are also launching such "small cars".

What does it mean ? That they are the pioneer - world is ready to accept this fact. Being an Indian ... we may equally be proud. Only one person in India .. ( in WBengal ) thinks opposite. But ... she may not ignore Tatas alltogether - might ask Tatas participation in Rly projects.

If, any way, there remains hurdles for Nano in India ( like ... good roads, congestation on  roads, fuel scarcity and cost, people's earnings, donation to political parties  etc etc ), this car is in great demand in other countries equally. India may export whole lot of Nano.

i think it is boon ,because some middle class people as well as marginal peoples whose interest takes car is fulfill by NANO so as point of view tata focusing on lower segment people to attract them

Right , but i feel ( dont know if we would come to it) , infrastructure and things will change as more or less with ULCC and LCC it becomes a necessity. Many will definitely love what they can afford and will come to stand up the necessity as demand. Being in a democratic country it is not impossible , though a slow process.

energy efficiency, transportation and traffic jams
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TATA  NANO  600 KG  33 HP      110 KMPH   20 KMPL   CO2e 116 G/KM     $ 3000
ANDY  NANO  600 KG  33 HP      220 KMPH   67 KMPL   CO2e 34 G/KM       $ 3000
ANDY  NANO  600 KG  16.5 HP   110 KMPH  220 KMPL  CO2e 10.5 G/KM   $ 2800

well ofcourse a boon, i appreciate people coming out with some negative concerns related to nano like pollution, traffic, parking etc.

let me explain it some how like this, look in the history looooong back, people didn't plan their future rather they adapted, if 5000 years of human civilization is getting along with the scientifc measures, and entire genome og homosapian is following that, then lets accpet this.

1." Need mentors adaptation" we often hear people talkign about natural imbalnce of our ecosystem, simultenously we do listen scientifc expeditions overcoming this imbalance, i mean man is taking care when ever its needed, and if there need develops for issues like, traffic, pollution those i am sure will be curbed.

2. "Diminishing social gap" our indian society if suffering several consequences of irelevent differences like religion, cast etc, unnoticingly one more gap which is most severe and dangerous to our sosical and economical growth is the gap of rich and poor, and car symbolises that affluency, there for nano will definitily reduce this gap, and will help people to stand together and confident.

3." Acumen ship to indain industries" we are considered as developing nation, which states we are behind soem developed nations, to elaborate that reflects our inability to produce first but here in case of nano, we are the first to produce car at this cost, therefor it will add to indian prestige of producing better and before

This is a novel concept, which will bridge a gap beteen two wheeler & car segment.

It will revolutionize both segments, and will force the players in both segments to think hard, innovate and do something different, if they have to be in reckoning in this competitive age. In long run, it will prove beneficial for industry as well as for customers.

This will also add as a export opportunity.

However one word is a caution. Simlutaneous to Nano revolution, problems of road traffic, inadequacy of infrastructure and enovironment pollution should be addressed. 

The Nano is certainly a breakthrough in the automobile sector bringing the car within the reach of the common man. It was earlier tried by maruti also in 1984 when the peoples car was priced at Rs.40,000. However one should try to analyse as to how much power is required to transport 4 passengers. We see normal scooters and bikes with only 100 cc engines having a side car and 3 to 4 people easily commuting in the same. The performance of the vehecals also with this load comes to around 40 to 50 kmpl. which is not bad considering the cost and fuel consumption of the nano or any other small car for that matter. The emphasis should be on light weight body.aerodynamic design and minimum resistance to wind pressures. I am sure that with alloy wheels fiber glass body and the shape of a egg which has the strongest impact resistance on the nose the floor curved to give maximum lift a car can be designed with a 300cc engine max at a price of not more than Rs.50,000. It is possible only we have to apply ourselves. The problem with the Tata brand of cars is that they come out with a model which if it fails commercially or due to a faulty transmission the model is discontinued leaving the customer with a car with no resale value due to nonavailability of partsIs Ratan Tata listening.

The Nano could be a common man's car in the future of India, I believe. In Indian conditions our aim should be to have car and fuel at affordable costs to the Indians in general.

As our workforce get younger (can afford car early in life), offices sprung up in suburb (thus requiring longer commute), fuel get dearer and less in availability (India inport a whole lot of it), It makes sense for a second people CAR to hit the market (post Maruti Suzuki) phenomenon.

Also it will help popularize, car ownership in the tier 2 cities.

Though in future if the phenonmenon, which looks like becoming a hit....they have to consider about alternate fuel technology also.

DO  YOU  KNOW  THAT

TATA NANO IS CONSUMING   5.5 Lit FUEL/HOUR'

WHEREAS NORMAL USE FOR 630 CC ENGINE IS ONLY   3.15 Lit/HOUR

HENCE WASTING 5.5-3.15= 2.35 Lit/HOUR    AT 5 HOURS, 360  DAYS RUN

TATA  NANO  IS  WASTING 2.35*5*360 = 4230 Lit/Year  FUEL

COSTING@40/L = Rs 1,69,200 PER YEAR

AVOIDABLE 

CO2e  IS   4230*2.325/1000=  9.83  Ton/YEAR/  TATA  NANO CAR

AT   5,00,000  PRODUCTION    PER  YEAR

EXCESS   CO2e  BY  TATA  NANO   9.83*500000 = 4.9  Mn TON/YEAR

....TATA  NANO  IS  WORST  DESIGNED

 TON*KMPL  

TATA  NANO   0.6*20 = 12   ;   M 800       1*16= 16  ;   ESTEEM  1.3*16 = 20.8

AMBASSADOR  2*14 = 28  ;   BUS      20*5 = 100

FUEL  5.5  Lit/Hour  AGAINST  3.15 L  FOR  630 CC @ 5 Lit/Hr/1000 CC NASP

TATA  NANO   FUEL  Lit/KM/TON = 5.5/12=0.46  AGAINST   3.15/21= 0.15  NORMAL

CO2e   G/KM/TON   2325/12= 194   AGAINST  2325/21=110   NORMAL

Having being part of Tata Group, I could be little biased in stating argument in favor Nano. The single more important achievement for Nano even without coming on streets is  - it has put India Auto industry on Global map. One of my friends during his recent visit to US was surprised to hear an immigration officer saying - "So.. you come from Nano country".

From business perspective, its a leap of faith to develop and design products which break price points by miles. Do we know Tatas are now rated as one of top 10 companies worldwide on Innovation. My heart goes out to those engineers (all of them Indians) who have spent days, months and years designing this product and now praying to see it come out of factory. The issues of poor  / marginalized farmers are not specific to Singur - are we forgetting Vidarbha and many other villages where dirty politics only create noise but rarely solve any problems.

..............NANO      M800         A200

KMPL       20              16          110

..............Ton-kmpl      12              16            66 

..............Ratting        POOR      MEDIUM    BEST

It's another revolution in automobile (car industry) now similar to what we saw few years back in Telecom. Tatas made the lower and middle class people enjoy luxury to some extent.

it's really a achivement only. Because now A days bikes are costing near to that rate. So people's in middle level will love to buy it.

its good cheap and well known example of engineering goods used in human life

Well technologically, I feel Nano is a wonder car. No doubt it has redefined the way we look at small cars but the same time I am skeptical that the Nano will spawn a new debate about manufacturing methods, use of materials, energy efficiency, transportation and traffic jams. What do you think...