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www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-23 13:26:19 Print
MUMBAI, March 23 (Xinhua) -- India's Tata Motors group is due to make history by launching Monday Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the world, in the Indian financial capital here.
The car promises an affordable, comfortable and environment friendly vehicle to millions of Indians and foreigners who want to have a car of their own but find it beyond their financial grasp.
The snub-nosed, 4-seater 623cc rear engine car is an idea and dream project of Tata group chairman Ratan Tata, who seeks to place his car as a milestone in humanity's auto history like Fords Model T, Volkswagens Beetle and the British Motor Corps Mini, said local daily The Times of India.
Ratan Tata promised in 2006 that he would make a car with a cost of only 2,000 U.S. dollars.
The project bumped into a political controversy in West Bengal, eastern India, where local politicians opposed giving land for constructing a Nano factory.
Tatas withdrew the project to Gujarat, western India, late last year and planed to produce cars in one year's time there with an annual production of 50,000-60,000 units.
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