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March launch for 'cheapest car' | |
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India's Tata Motors has said its Nano, billed to be the cheapest car in the world, will be launched next month. | |
The company said the launch would take place on 23 March in Mumbai. It will start taking orders in mid-April. | |
The basic model is expected to cost about 100,000 rupees ($1,984, £1,393). The car 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. |
class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7431881.stm">Exclusive look at the Tata Nano | |
The "mother plant" for the four-door 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 was 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, which was unveiled in January 2008, but have not yet begun production. |