tata nano

The much anticipated Nano has been launched by Tata. Following is the information you might want to know

Booking starts on April 9th 2009. Deliveries will start in July.

There have been many reviews already of the cars from many magazines and forums.

These are the highlight of the car

• It is definitely a car
• It looks cool
• Its a real wheel driven car.
• Better than Maruti 800 in many areas which is priced more than a lakh above Nano
• It has a huge interior rivalling bigger hatches like i10 and santro
• It has somewhat loud engine
• It has very good peppy engine for the city
• Its mileage should be above 20 kmpl
• It scores its point in drivability
• It has ok gearbox which is of cable type
• Ride is bumpy
• Good Handling and better stability in higher speed
• Performance is Good for its price
• 0-60 in 8 seconds (claimed), in 9.1 second achieved by autocar

Performance numbers:

• 0-60 – 9.1seconds
• 0-100 – 29.7seconds 
• Top speed – 106kph 
• 20-80 (3rd gear) – 20.45 seconds 
• 40-100 (4th gear) – 46.38seconds 
• Braking (80-0) – 33.66m 3.07seconds

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