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Old 14th July 2008, 13:19   #106 (permalink)
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What the hell is the matter with TATA and M&M? Why do they have to choose the same suppliers to work on their engine? First AVL and now this! Can they not find separate suppliers in the whole wide world?
The credit here must go to Bosch. They have the expertise and convincing power to get the orders from both these companies.
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(Safty my first concern)
I wil read it as safety. Nano is not a highway car and driving in city requires some basic safety of requirements and not ABS and Airbags. Tata has managed to provide the same.

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What the hell is the matter with TATA and M&M? Why do they have to choose the same suppliers to work on their engine? First AVL and now this! Can they not find separate suppliers in the whole wide world?
How does this matter? Both would have signed different confedentiality aggerements with BOSCH...We do have same suppliers suppling the same parts to different auto makers (Of course the design will be different)
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The credit here must go to Bosch. They have the expertise and convincing power to get the orders from both these companies.
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How does this matter? Both would have signed different confedentiality aggerements with BOSCH...We do have same suppliers suppling the same parts to different auto makers (Of course the design will be different)
Guys, I'm not talking about Bosch, they're the undisputed leaders & most companies now developing CRDI's have very few options to choose from.

I'm talking about FEV who are developing the diesel engine for the Nano & the hybrid for the Scorpio. Remember how both the 2.2's of Tata and M&M were developed by AVL, Austria? My comment was in reference to that!
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Guys, I'm not talking about Bosch, they're the undisputed leaders & most companies now developing CRDI's have very few options to choose from.

I'm talking about FEV who are developing the diesel engine for the Nano & the hybrid for the Scorpio. Remember how both the 2.2's of Tata and M&M were developed by AVL, Austria? My comment was in reference to that!
Tata are probably aware of the proverb once bitten twice shy, since their work with Delphi produced a Dicor which is not great shakes.

My guess is that both are privy to inside information from each other and are therefore queueing to the same guys
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I wil read it as safety. Nano is not a highway car and driving in city requires some basic safety of requirements and not ABS and Airbags. Tata has managed to provide the same.

I have heard it that they will have a Air bags (In top model which will cost more then 1 LAK) in the car. (No. - 2)
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read in times that Tata is coming up with Nano with Compressed air version in 2009.
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read in times that Tata is coming up with Nano with Compressed air version in 2009.

Wow. Do you mean that they will have an engine which will work on air and not on petrol?
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Wow. Do you mean that they will have an engine which will work on air and not on petrol?
here is the article
tata nano - Jalopnik
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here is the article
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This would be great for polutation.

We can go green with this right?

WOW.
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Here's one more update on the Nano for the international markets :

Nano's foreign jaunt likely to be licensed
16 Jul, 2008, 0057 hrs IST,Sutanuka Ghosal, ET Bureau


KOLKATA: Tata Motors, which has been awash with Nano-related queries from across global markets, is mulling the licensing route for mass manufacturing the Nano overseas.

The company has received enquiries from undisclosed in the US, Latin America, Europe and South-East Asia for manufacturing and marketing Nano in these countries.


Nano's foreign jaunt likely to be licensed- Automobiles-Auto-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
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I have heard it that they will have a Air bags (In top model which will cost more then 1 LAK) in the car. (No. - 2)
Cheapest airbag per pop seems to be on the Estillo @ 6k
Tata's aim is 10$ and they need to have it as standard equipment if they have to sell it abroad.
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I saw a white Nano with MH temp plates being driven around in Coimbatore - Was a crowd puller wherever it went. It was peak rush hour - and I was driving and hence could not take a snap.

It had already met with its first shunt - there was a noticeable dent in the rear already!
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Some more news on the compressed air car CAT

2009 Tata Air Car MiniCAT

"The Air Car, called the MiniCAT could cost around Rs. 3,50,000 ($ 8177) in India and would have a range of around 300 km between refuels.
The cost of a refill would be about Rs. 85 ($ 2). Tata motors also plans to launch the world's cheapest car, Tata Nano priced famously at One lakh rupees by October."
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The Nano is all set for the commercial launch. 25 Nanos are expected to hit the road in September.

Nano Technology: Pilot batch rollout to begin by Sept 15- Automobiles-Auto-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
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"However, the spokesperson remained tightlipped on the number of Nanos that will initially roll out from Singur in early-October. Tata Motors plans to roll out 50,000 cars between October 2008 and March 31, 2009. "

In the above ET article.

Prospective Nano customers want to own a 2009 model
Prospective Nano customers want to own a 2009 model- Automobiles-Auto-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times

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