Duchess wants to be first to drive Nano - Team-BHP

HuseinZS · 14th November 2008, 15:15

An interesting piece of info for the team to chew upon...

"Italy may be the world’s auto design capital and Milan Europe’s fashion capital. But when it comes to flaunting a cool set of wheels, the Duchess of Milan would much rather pick up keys to Ratan Tata’s small wonder car — Nano"

Source The Economic Times
Duchess wants to be first to drive Nano- Automobiles-Auto-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times[

Swifty2008 · 14th November 2008, 16:28

After all that's the cheapest car in the world. But safety and quality will remain a question since its a TATA vehicle.

harry10 · 14th November 2008, 16:31

IMO its an honor for Tata motors and an achievement both for them and India. Really shows how much an Indian Automaker has grown in the last decade. Keep it up

anachronix · 14th November 2008, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swifty2008

After all that's the cheapest car in the world. But safety and quality will remain a question since its a TATA vehicle.

The Safety & Quality from Tata has always improved and better these days than MSIL who are in the industry for over 20 Years since 1983!

Being in the Passengar Car manufacturing industry for only over 10 years its a great acheivement from Tata Motors. I think we need to appreciate a purely Indian manufacturer on that front.

vikram_d · 14th November 2008, 17:00

She probably wants to use it to drive around one of her huge estates.

rawnak · 14th November 2008, 21:21

If she does do that, huge PR for Tata. I hope she does not use
in place of golf carts. BTW is Nano convertible on the cards?
would be interesting.

Path_Finder · 15th November 2008, 09:22

I really wouldn’t think that the Duchess driving it is anything great publicity for the Nano. For one, Nano already has awareness. Secondly she would use it on private roads which do not connect it well with the target buyers or their usage.

CtrlAltDel · 15th November 2008, 10:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swifty2008

After all that's the cheapest car in the world. But safety and quality will remain a question since its a TATA vehicle.

are you aware that all Tata cars are crash tested in international conditions are proven to be safer than most Maruti cars?

dadu · 15th November 2008, 10:48

You cant sell a car in Europe if it doesnt meet their safety & emission standards which are one of the toughest and set a benchmark for others around the world.

srijit · 15th November 2008, 14:08

Wow, did the stock market crash affect her that much?

All joking aside, its nice to see the Nano being accepted by non-Indians.

14th November 2008, 15:15	#1 (permalink)
HuseinZS Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mumbai/Pune Posts: 8	Duchess wants to be first to drive Nano An interesting piece of info for the team to chew upon... "Italy may be the world’s auto design capital and Milan Europe’s fashion capital. But when it comes to flaunting a cool set of wheels, the Duchess of Milan would much rather pick up keys to Ratan Tata’s small wonder car — Nano" Source The Economic Times Duchess wants to be first to drive Nano- Automobiles-Auto-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times[ __________________ Cheers! Current Car Used Honda-City (1999) Current Bike Yamaha-YBX (8years+) Cars earlier 2003 M-800 AC Bought New, Maruti-1000 (1994) Used Last edited by HuseinZS : 14th November 2008 at 15:24. Reason: Removed extra formatting

14th November 2008, 16:28	#2 (permalink)
Swifty2008 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 234	After all that's the cheapest car in the world. But safety and quality will remain a question since its a TATA vehicle. __________________ Driven by Dreamz......

14th November 2008, 16:31	#3 (permalink)
harry10 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Faridabad(Home), Weekends-(Delhi,Noida,Gurgaon) Posts: 1,440	IMO its an honor for Tata motors and an achievement both for them and India. Really shows how much an Indian Automaker has grown in the last decade. Keep it up __________________ Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records! Regards HVJ

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vikram_d Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,603 View My Garage	She probably wants to use it to drive around one of her huge estates. __________________ Been there. Done that.

15th November 2008, 10:48	#9 (permalink)
dadu Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,880 View My Garage	You cant sell a car in Europe if it doesnt meet their safety & emission standards which are one of the toughest and set a benchmark for others around the world. __________________ "I cannot be fair with everyone in Life" - dadu, 2001

14th November 2008, 21:21	#6 (permalink)
rawnak BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 38	If she does do that, huge PR for Tata. I hope she does not use in place of golf carts. BTW is Nano convertible on the cards? would be interesting.

15th November 2008, 09:22	#7 (permalink)
Path_Finder BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 610 View My Garage	I really wouldn’t think that the Duchess driving it is anything great publicity for the Nano. For one, Nano already has awareness. Secondly she would use it on private roads which do not connect it well with the target buyers or their usage.

15th November 2008, 14:08	#10 (permalink)
srijit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 596	Wow, did the stock market crash affect her that much? All joking aside, its nice to see the Nano being accepted by non-Indians.

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