Tata nano: Now you can buy the long awaited and revolutionary cheapest car in the world, nano , from Tata Motors, the leaders in cars and automobile manufacturers from India and a business tycoon.

After all the hurdles and ifs and buts, Tata Nano, the "People's car" is finally launched in India in a grand ceremony in Mumbai.

The base model of Tata nano is the real 1 lakh car. It will have no air conditioning or power windows.

The second model of nano is, nano CX and it will have a powerful air conditioner.

The third model of nano is, nano LX and it will have both AC and power window.

The booking will start from second week of April, 2009.

Facts about Tata Nano:

- Nano is spacious.

- The car is 3.1 metres in length and 1.5 metres wide and is 1.6 metres in height.

- Nano has a rear-wheel drive, all-aluminium, two-cylinder, 623 cc, 33 PS, multi point fuel injection petrol engine. This is the first time that a two-cylinder gasoline engine is being used in a car with single balancer shaft.

- Tata nano has wheel bearings that are strong enough to drive the car up to 45 miles an hour

- The car's top speed is 75 miles an hour.

Tata can produce up to 60,000 Nano a year at its Pantnagar factory. Tata expects to export the car from 2011. First 100 thousand cars or first 1 lakh cars of the base model will cost Rs. 1, 00,000.00 ex-factory, Pantnagar. Ex-showroom prices vary from city to city based on the logistics costs. The price of rs. 1,00,000.00 give nano the name "lakhtakia gaadi" or "the car for Rs. 1 lakh".

Bookings for nano will begin in the first or second week of April and the first delivery is expected to happen only in the first week of June. Draws will be done by lottery system. It is expected that for every 100 bookings, Tata will only be able to give away two to three cars. The ratio of supply to demand is less at the moment until the new tata nano factory in Gujarat comes to operation.

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