Tata Nano Cabrio is a Giga Nonsense

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The Tata Nano is one of the products that come natural in our modern society, with people taking a logical decision and accepting such a vehicle thanks to the financial benefits that come with it.After all, the car was born from the desire to offer mobility to the people, with a marketing-flavored story told by Tata, which said that the Nano was created to offer a safe transportation alternative for families who used scooters for their journeys.

It seemed like a fair decision to offer people the possibility to take their kids from a scooter’s rear-view mirror, taillight or wherever they used to sit during a family drive that included at least three persons and place them within the shell of a car.

But here is where the logic ends and the one million kitsch stars Bollywood-wannabe status begins for the tiny vehicle. Believe it or not, Tata has built a convertible version of the Nano, which comes with body vinyls and shiny step bars. The car was revealed by the Wheelospere website.

The company is using topless Nanos as tour vehicles, allowing visitors to get a window-less look of its Sanand production site in India. Let’s hope the car will just fulfill Tata’s weird fantasies and won’t become a public threat.

The drop-top Nano is wrong in so many ways. First of all, all the Jaguars in the world might want to wear a paper bag if the Nano-nonsense hits the streets, and that would be the last thing we want. Then, there’s another, more rational point of view: we can’t imagine how the Nano’s body was “engineered” to cope with the lack of the roof...

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On 15 June 2010 at 05:46 UTC, Godspeed said:
Dear Mr.TUTU,

With due regard for your concerns, you & many others may rest easy with the thought of 'nano convertible' causing safety concerns for our fellow citizens. for two reasons:
a) at TATA Motors plants it is customary to have 'visit vehicles' made of current running versions without roof. Indigo & winger are used in Pune plants in similar fashion since these models came into being & never hit the roads till now. so with nano...
b) Indian citizen without nano have highest fatality rate in road accidents in the world, nano may actually reduce this number, considering the fact that it has passed all Indian as well as US safety norms & is anyway safer than two wheelers.
On 15 June 2010 at 08:28 UTC, DIPAK said:
It seems these anti-nano writers are getting paid by Tata competitors. How else can one disegard a massive effort by Tata Motors to bring car within middle class family income. May be the competitors are just unable to match the effort so they are showing this sick attitude.
On 23 August 2010 at 03:55 UTC, Dude looks like Ratan said:
If someone can come up with a better car in terms of being inexpesive,then they should.Lets see what they've got!
Dear Mr,its very convinient to critisize someone,You dont no squat about india.Come visit ,and see the Jugar,and you will forget all about Jaguars!

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