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| Cheapest car launch set for March | Cheapest car launch set for March |
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| Indian firm Tata Motors has announced that it will be launching the world's cheapest car next month. | Indian firm Tata Motors has announced that it will be launching the world's cheapest car next month. |
| The company said the launch would take place on 23 March at a function in Mumbai (Bombay). It will start taking orders in mid-April. | The company said the launch would take place on 23 March at a function in Mumbai (Bombay). It will start taking orders in mid-April. |
| The Nano is expected to cost about 100,000 rupees ($2,130). It was due to have been launched last year. | The Nano is expected to cost about 100,000 rupees ($2,130). It was due to have been launched last year. |
| But this was delayed after Tata pulled out of its factory in West Bengal in a row over land acquired from farmers. | But this was delayed after Tata pulled out of its factory in West Bengal in a row over land acquired from farmers. |
| The "mother plant" for the Nano was relocated to Sanand in Gujarat state after the authorities there offered about 1,100 acres for the site. | The "mother plant" for the Nano was relocated to Sanand in Gujarat state after the authorities there offered about 1,100 acres for the site. |
| Tata Motors said in a statement that the company is making arrangements for the "widest possible network" to order the car. | Tata Motors said in a statement that the company is making arrangements for the "widest possible network" to order the car. |
| The Gujarat plant will initially make 250,000 Nanos a year, rising to 500,000, Tata said last year. | The Gujarat plant will initially make 250,000 Nanos a year, rising to 500,000, Tata said last year. |
| A number of other car firms also plan vehicles to compete with the Nano but have not yet begun production | A number of other car firms also plan vehicles to compete with the Nano but have not yet begun production |