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Spontaneous Combusting Nanos? Another Tata Goes up in Flames
Tata Motors' Nano city car is once again making headlines in India, but not for the reasons you might think. Following three separate cases in 2009 when owners of the Nano in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Delhi reported seeing smoke and flames coming out of their vehicles' dashboard, another Nano caught fire. Only this time, Tata's much-vaunted 'world's cheapest car' literally went up in flames.
According to Indian news sites, the particular Nano was owned by insurance agent Satish Sawant who had just bought the car from a dealership in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, that provided him with a chauffeur as he -surprise, surprise- didn't know how to drive.
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Ja Motorsport's 230hp Super Nano Is The Tata From Hell
Marketed as the world’s cheapest automobile, the Tata Nano doesn’t have many attractive features except its price tag – not that it helps much when it comes to convincing customers. That’s why Tata Motors has promised to build...
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Tata Motors Recalling World's Cheapest Car, The Nano, To Upgrade Starter
Tata Motors, the Indian automotive giant that owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, has issued the biggest ever recall action in India, concerning a little over 115,000 Nano city cars to replace the starter motor. However, the company prefers to use...
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Tata Nano: World's Most Affordable Car Receives A $4.6 Million Gold Treatment [with Videos]
When Ratan Tata revealed the $2,500 Nano mini car in India in January 2008, the owner and Chairman of Tata Motors, made headlines the world over with the world’s cheapest car. Three years later the Nano has faced a spontaneous-combusting debacle...
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Video: Tata Tries To Boost Nano Sales With New Ad
As previously reported, Tata Nano sales in India have dropped significantly in the past few month, with just 509 customers opting for the US $2,900 micro car, down from 9,000 in July. It seems that Indian buyers have higher aspirations and are moving...
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Tata Reveals European Version Of Nano Minicar At Geneva Show
Indian automaker Tata is preparing to launch the world's cheapest car, the rear-engined, four-seater Nano in Europe. In Geneva, Tata took the wraps off the European-spec version of the minicar which will go on sale in India this April, priced from...
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