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200,000 Nanos Come Next Year

Indian carmaker Tata is planning to increase the output for its low-cost Nano to 200,000 units in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, five times more than the 40,000 units expected to be built by the end of the ongoing year.

Starting with December 2009, output at the Pantnagar facility will increase from 4,000 units/ month to 5,000. The new plant in Sanand will begin production in February 2010, with an output of 1,200 units from March.

"Effectively, there will be nearly 40,000 cars produced from the two plants this fiscal with Pantnagar accounting for a lion's share. Sanand will come into its own from 2010-11," inside sources were quoted as saying by the Hindu Business Line.

The end of the next fiscal year will see Nano volumes of 60,000 from Pantnagar, while Sanand is expected to grow to no less the 110,000. Prospects look good at the moment for Tata, as the number of Nanos to be produced is expected to grow significantly in the years to come,
reaching even half of a million units in a few years.

Separately, Tata is reportedly working on a diesel version to be added to the range. According to just-auto.com, the diesel in question will also be a small displacement one, namely a 684 cc. The new version may enter production as soon as the end of 2010. The diesel is regarded as a prerequisite for future high volumes of the Nano.
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