The Vehicle with the smallest turning radius in India

moralfibre · 14th April 2006, 22:19

Thats a typo. Thanks for the correction.

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Originally Posted by SLK

Thats the diameter... radius should be 5.1m.
I guess you can have a bus turn in a 10.2m radius.

islero · 14th April 2006, 22:37

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Originally Posted by jat

The shortest turning dia for a car in the world as per Guinness book of records some time ago, was Dolphin made by Sipani Motors.

RK

Really? I wasnt aware of that, comes as a bit of a surprise, even though it sounds pretty logical....that car is as small (if not smaller) then an autorickshaw.

Sujith1100 · 21st July 2009, 20:00

Turning Radius of Premier PADMINI ???

meghan · 21st July 2009, 20:13

Incidentally, I remember one of the Tempo (Force motors now) Traveller ads in the 90s advertising its turning radius as 5m, which is quite good for a vehicle its size IMHO!

anupmathur · 21st July 2009, 20:17

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Originally Posted by meghan

Incidentally, I remember one of the Tempo (Force motors now) Traveller ads in the 90s advertising its turning radius as 5m, which is quite good for a vehicle its size IMHO!

Indeed! Specially when you remember that the Gypsy has a turning circle diameter of TWELVE metres!!

gaurav_chopra04 · 21st July 2009, 21:52

Cedia turning radius 4.9m

Ravveendrra · 21st July 2009, 23:19

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

The Octavia has an amazing turning radius for a car of its size, anyone notice this ? can someone let me know the figure ? I can take the tighest of u-turns in complete comfort.

For the Laura, the official turning radius is 5.425 M, not bad considering the car is 4.572 M long. It must be about the same for the Octy (you can check your owners manual).

On checking this thread, I realised how misleading figures can be. A Palio which has a 5.1 M turning radius on paper does not turn where a Laura with a 5.42 M radius on paper can!

Cheers,

suren181 · 21st July 2009, 23:34

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Originally Posted by Ravveendrra

For the Laura, the official turning radius is 5.425 M, not bad considering the car is 4.572 M long. It must be about the same for the Octy (you can check your owners manual).

On checking this thread, I realised how misleading figures can be. A Palio which has a 5.1 M turning radius on paper does not turn where a Laura with a 5.42 M radius on paper can!

Cheers,

Ravveendrra, naughty you, have been using the hand brake a lot na???

govigov · 22nd July 2009, 03:45

if we are going international with the discussion, i would like to put in the reliant robin.

sanagg1 · 22nd July 2009, 06:13

Can we also have some figure for TATA nano . I believe it must be less than 4.4.M. Can some mate confirm?

vinaydas · 22nd July 2009, 06:32

as mentioned by others .. the palio has pathetic turning radius.
i have to some times take the path taken by big busses for turning the car in a u turn!!
and in bangalore they have made provisions for taking u turns very very narrow.Its hell for palio owners/

akj53 · 22nd July 2009, 07:50

Yes I had the Matiz and it had a very small turning radius. Gave me sterling service of nearly 10 years. Did not breakdown on road even once in covering more than 1 lac kms. More reliable than Mercedes and other German / premium brands.

My Altis also has a very small turning radius for a car of its size.

14000rpm · 22nd July 2009, 08:02

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Originally Posted by jat

The shortest turning dia for a car in the world as per Guinness book of records some time ago, was Dolphin made by Sipani Motors.

RK

+1 to that. I've driven one briefly and its a dream going around in circles where other cars needed a 3 point turn.

aerohit · 22nd July 2009, 08:49

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Originally Posted by mithun

Why Omni is having the lowest turning radius ?

And what kind of design is incorporated in it for it's smaller turning radius ?

It's longer than a M800, then why it's having a smaller turning radius ?

Being RWD helps.

Less biryani infront. (khichadi)

schitre05 · 22nd July 2009, 09:42

According to TATA MOTORS the NANO turning radius is 4m.

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vinaydas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,399 Thanked: 148 Times	as mentioned by others .. the palio has pathetic turning radius. i have to some times take the path taken by big busses for turning the car in a u turn!! and in bangalore they have made provisions for taking u turns very very narrow.Its hell for palio owners/
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akj53 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NOIDA, Manchester & Cardiff Posts: 585 Thanked: 92 Times	Yes I had the Matiz and it had a very small turning radius. Gave me sterling service of nearly 10 years. Did not breakdown on road even once in covering more than 1 lac kms. More reliable than Mercedes and other German / premium brands. My Altis also has a very small turning radius for a car of its size.
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schitre05 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 457 Thanked: 176 Times View My Garage	According to TATA MOTORS the NANO turning radius is 4m.
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