Apparently the Indian car firm Tata Motors is to launch a ’souped-up’ version of ‘the world’s cheapest car’, the Nano.
The world’s most laughable car is about to become even more laughable.
The current Nano looks like a Ford Ka that got into a fight with a bus, and lost. However it’s not even as luxurious as Ford’s entry level vehicle. It costs just £1400 – and it shows.
But fear not… actually be afraid, be very afraid – Tata have come up with the concept of a Super-Nano. And bloody awful it is too.
The engine will be enlarged from 642cc to 1600cc which will apparently allow it to reach a top speed of 124mph. Why the Indians think this is so amazing, after all the average hatchback will do about the same, is 
beyond me.
My 1900cc Golf will probably exceed that, if I cared to test it out, and yet cost a fraction of the proposed price tag for the new Goodness-Gracious-Me-mobile. Tata expect to sell each of the new cars at a staggering £133, 000 each.
Remember this is the company that after acquiring the British company Landrover went about replacing the head gasket with what was essentially a piece of cardboard. This resulted is mass gasket blowouts and the occasional twisted cylinder to go with it . So with that engineering track record, it would be understandable if you were less than eager to spend such a fortune on such an ugly little car.
It’s even more understandable when you consider what you could buy with that kind of money. You could buy a house, a public school education for your child or any number of supercars that are actually supercars.
Given the choice of a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Ferrari California, a Maserati GranTurismo (which all cost about the same, or less that what Tata are proposing) or a Nano, which would you choose? For me it would be anything but the Nano. Not only do the others vastly outdo the Nano in performance with a top speed of around 200mph but they carry kudos and don’t look like a Little Tikes toy car.
I have no idea who Tata are aiming this new car at but I have to hope that they are blind and stupid, with exceptionally deep pockets, because no one with any sense will part with so much cash for an such an ugly vehicle.
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