Introduced in 2008 as the “one-lakh car” as a direct reference to its original sticker price (100,000 rupees), the Tata Nano is a 7-year-old city dweller. Specially developed to mobilize India’s middle class away from mopeds and motorbikes, the no-frills automobile just received a long-awaited facelift. Ladies and gents, here’s the GenX Nano.
Before all else, let’s talk about pricing. For the cheapest GenX of them all, Tata charges 1.99 lakhs or approximately $3,125 at the current Indian Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate. Curious about the price of the most expensive model? The range-topping Tata GenX Nano XTA can be ordered for 2.89 lakhs, translating to $4,537.
Only the XMA and XTA grades receive the automated manual box Tata baptized Easy Shift. Heck, it seems like Tata’s marketing dep had a blast when they pitched the catchword and visual design of the teaser featured in the first photo of the adjacent gallery. Other than the 5-speed automated manual, less pretentious variants of the GenX Nano get a four-speed manual tranny and three pedals.
Animated by a 38 bhp and 51 Nm (37.6 lb-ft) 624 cc Moulinex food processor, Tata promises that the automated GenX Nano can return up to 21.9 kilometer per liter of gasoline (4.5 L/100 km or 51.5 mpg US). Though the figures are impressive on paper, I am having my doubts regarding that fuel economy, especially in the stop-and-go traffic of India. Anything else that’s worth mentioning?
Why yes! Able to seat five and with a boot capacity of 94 liters (3.31 cuFT), the XTA variant weighs 765 kilograms (1,686 lbs). Equipped as standard with 135/70 front and 135/65 rear 12-inch tires, the braking system employs drums on all four corners. It's got electric power steering though.
To end this piece on a bombshell, guess how Tata, the owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, calls the GenX’s smiling front grille? It’s the “infinity grill.” At the end of the day, we have to give Caesar what belongs to Caesar: the GenX Nano claims the title of most affordable automatic in its segment.
Only the XMA and XTA grades receive the automated manual box Tata baptized Easy Shift. Heck, it seems like Tata’s marketing dep had a blast when they pitched the catchword and visual design of the teaser featured in the first photo of the adjacent gallery. Other than the 5-speed automated manual, less pretentious variants of the GenX Nano get a four-speed manual tranny and three pedals.
Animated by a 38 bhp and 51 Nm (37.6 lb-ft) 624 cc Moulinex food processor, Tata promises that the automated GenX Nano can return up to 21.9 kilometer per liter of gasoline (4.5 L/100 km or 51.5 mpg US). Though the figures are impressive on paper, I am having my doubts regarding that fuel economy, especially in the stop-and-go traffic of India. Anything else that’s worth mentioning?
Why yes! Able to seat five and with a boot capacity of 94 liters (3.31 cuFT), the XTA variant weighs 765 kilograms (1,686 lbs). Equipped as standard with 135/70 front and 135/65 rear 12-inch tires, the braking system employs drums on all four corners. It's got electric power steering though.
To end this piece on a bombshell, guess how Tata, the owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, calls the GenX’s smiling front grille? It’s the “infinity grill.” At the end of the day, we have to give Caesar what belongs to Caesar: the GenX Nano claims the title of most affordable automatic in its segment.