Tata Nano coming in the U.S. by 2011

As an update to earlier reports concerning the Tata Nano’s future presence in the States, Ratan Tata has now set his own timetable for the car and has marked the year 2011 as the year when the Nano will hit US shores. Tata’s schedule is reminiscent of its intention to offer the inexpensive and no-hassles car in Europe, of course, after it has revised the car to pass EU crash and emissions regulations.

Tata may also equip the car with some creature comforts. The same revisions are expected for the US-bound Nano, and the Indian carmaker estimates that they can do this in two year’s time. There also some expectations that the carmaker substitute the quite small rear-mounted 0.6-liter two-pot unit with something of more potent configuration.
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Joe_Limon - 6/8/2009 1:18:39 PM

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Not surprising really. Although it is a little sooner then I expected.

PlanB - 6/8/2009 1:42:15 PM

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Looks like the Smart car is gonna have some competition, as if it really needed it.

800over - 6/8/2009 2:23:17 PM

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this car won't compete with the smart car....it'll be way cheaper. As a runabout or a third car it's probably fine. But very few smart car shoppers will look at this thing.

topneuro - 6/8/2009 2:34:11 PM

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Already with malfunctioning reverse light.
Indian automotive technology omen.

Whelan - 6/8/2009 4:17:01 PM

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Just what we need to see on the US roads, more golf carts. I guess Mythbusters is going to have to redo the episode where two trucks smash into each other with a car in the middle. I bet using either a Smart or Nano they could get the car to disappear and fuse into the trucks.

Whelan - 6/8/2009 4:18:08 PM

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One last question, since Smart cars are 10pts to SUVs, will these be the same?

commander104 - 6/8/2009 6:14:04 PM

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now all they need is the car that turns into foam when it crashes just like in "Demolition Man"

doctorproctor - 6/8/2009 6:47:17 PM

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Seriously, I can't see anyone driving one of these things....deathtrap on wheels! While the american auto industry implodes .... we're gonna be swamped with cheap junk from China and India...and the Obama government will make it all possible!

WorldofLuxury - 6/8/2009 6:59:58 PM

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Wow... that picture tells me two things.
First, the car really has come a long way.
Second, this car is very easy to facelift, which is a thumbs up for Tata.

It's weird how, despite the Ariel Atom being a track car without a crumple zone, I'd probably feel safer in an Atom with a helmet and a protective suit than I would in a SMART.