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How Tata built the Nano

Tata Nano
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By:
Jesse Snyder
January 14, 2008 05:00 AM
Teeny Tata

How tiny is Tata's new Nano? Here are the numbers.

Length: 122.1 in.

Width: 59.1 in.

Height: 63.0 in.

Seats: 5

Engine: 2-cylinder, 624cc

Horsepower: 33

Top speed: 64 mph

Fuel economy: 50 mpg

Curb weight: 1,278 lbs.

NEW DELHI — Tata Motors' celebrated $2,500 minicar — rolled out here last week to global fascination — pools the clean-sheet, cost-cutting ideas of dozens of suppliers, and might be a blueprint for how to design low-cost cars in America.

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