In this article i could an auto in the picture but no Nano. Rediff atleast could have lifted a picture of the Nano if it was in the book and then publish
It is possible to retrofit whatever you want in a car as add on. On basic price what NANO is offering is worth for the money. If you want fancy go for airbag,octance fuel for long engine life, hydrogen gas filled tyres etc., to have comfort. For information of readers toyota engines has a life of 2 lac KMs and nobody in the worl rebuilts the engines except we indians. They simply replace the engines to drive trouble free. Instead of riding scooters and bikes better ride in a closed vehicle comfortably in city/townships and not to venture on highways due to mindless drivers of heavyvehicles.
Re: First photo caption
by Dev on Aug 30, 2013 10:55 AM
taking some influences from other cultures is always good. the vietnamese for instance have really taken to breadmaking from french colonisation.and now they sell this french bakery stuff wherever they migrate
nano should have survived 10,000kms easy. but did she have any mech problems and what were they? anybody know? and how many kms does the average nano engine blow up at? (i heard that at one stage the now-tata owned landrover freelander engines used to need replacing at 100,000kms which is really terrible..as most modern cars can do about 180,000kms )
Re: nano
by Jagdish Rapata on Aug 30, 2013 11:03 AM
Only nano owners know everything real about the car. I am an owner having done over 20K km in a little over one year. As for the engine, It is as good as any car if not better. I cant comment about how much the engine will last but given its current condition, I am pretty sure it should cross 1,00,000 kms. Anyway, its not going to be used past that mark. It has the ground clearance of a scorpio and the one of the best pickup for 0 to 60 kph. The mileage you get will full time AC on is 18 in the city and 22-23 on highways. This is when pushed really hard without the so-called mileage efficient driving etiquettes.
Now for the parts where you have to compromise. I wont talk about the image part, as that is the only genuine problem Tata Nano has. Its only to do with sick Indian mentality. Agreed, It wont offer you the comfort of a car costing 5 lac but under that category it offers the best space. Dont let the small car factor fool you. Compared to Alto, it has HUGE space and also a 4-star NCAP safety. (FYI Alto has 0 stars and failed the NCAP). Let companies like Maruti Fool you, unless you are spending a good amount you wont really get a complete car. For that matter, all entry level cars - nano, alto, eon, i10, a-star and the like belong to the same league - BUDGET CLASS.
Re: Re: nano
by Dev on Aug 30, 2013 11:18 AM
thanks very much for info.looks like its a good car.they have to improve the looks but its pricing is quite fantastic
Re: nano
by Jagdish Rapata on Aug 30, 2013 11:05 AM
Only nano owners know everything real about the car. I am an owner having done over 20K km in a little over one year. As for the engine, It is as good as any car if not better. I cant comment about how much the engine will last but given its current condition, I am pretty sure it should cross 1,00,000 kms. Anyway, its not going to be used past that mark. It has the ground clearance of a scorpio and the one of the best pickup for 0 to 60 kph. The mileage you get will full time AC on is 18 in the city and 22-23 on highways. This is when pushed really hard without the so-called mileage efficient driving etiquettes.
Now for the parts where you have to compromise. I wont talk about the image part, as that is the only genuine problem Tata Nano has. Its only to do with sick Indian mentality. Agreed, It wont offer you the comfort of a car costing 5 lac but under that category it offers the best space. Dont let the small car factor fool you. Compared to Alto, it has HUGE space and also a 4-star NCAP safety. (FYI Alto has 0 stars and failed the NCAP). Let companies like Maruti Fool you, unless you are spending a good amount you wont really get a complete car. For that matter, all entry level cars - nano, alto, eon, i10, a-star, swift and the like belong to the same league - BUDGET CLASS. Have you seen the inside space in swift? Compare that to Nano! Only having a powerful engine and more metal does not make you safe. Its the metal that hurts you and mosty structural dynamics matters