“While electrical fires are never a good thing” – DUH ya think?

Let the comments begin!

Surprise, surprise! I hope this death-trap never makes it to North America. In India, where they have a population problem, that’s another story…

^ According to some people, we have a population problem here, too. ^

I’m not one of those people.

Still, electrical fires?

Speaking of recalls… if a Nano was ever victim to unintended acceleration do you think the driver would even notice? Maybe Toyota could swap issues.

Those cars have electricity?

Must have been the fully loaded model.

At least they’re not MULLING over electrical fire

LOL johnny, if the nana had acceleration problem people can just hop out of the car, its not like it can go fast…

Sounds like North America will be saying, “Ta ta” to Tata, before it even gets here. And Robin Williams will say, “Nano nano, Nano.” And none of us will be saying, “Nice Tatas” at the showroom. Help me out, here, johnnycanuck. I’m fresh out of funny.

No kidding… The worlds cheapest car has a tendency to catch on fire?

The electrical fires are not caused by onboard electricity but rather by static generated when kids pick up the Nano, rub it on their hair, and stick it to the wall.

you get what you pay for. What do you expect for $2500.

So when someone driving a Nano gets pulled over for speeding (…work with me here kids) and the cop says ‘where’s the fire’ boy is he going to be surprised.

I can see the US marketing launch campaign now. Maybe Lutz can join the company and help out

“Put a little spark in your life. Buy a Nano”

“Nano – An electrifying ride”

“Announcing the new Nano Tata RutRoh edition”

Or the new Tata Customer Support hotline

Press 1 to report a fire ………….
Press 2 to report ever hitting 50 MPH

Johnny, speeding in a Nano is entirely possible…

…in a school zone.

That’s the stuff I was looking for! Thanks, fellas. I knew you’d come through.

Seriously, though: what a hot car.

I think it is a family trait: Jaguar and Rovers were notorious for electrical issues. Apple does not fall far

How the hell do you fnck up wiring when there are only like 2 feet of wiring in this thing all together??

@ idrin, Where are you? I thought for sure you would have posted on here that the “Nano is the best small car you’ve driven in your life”!

I’m sorry. I just can’t take a car that has seatbelts as an option seriously. Could you imagine this car in the states? Like if Tata came up with the crazy idea of selling this beefed up go-kart in the United States. I think only……..waitaminute…….who would buy this car? I don’t even think the bums here in New York City would buy it if they were given the money.

The term you get what you pay for applies aptly in this case!

Zesty,
If I could have my way with this thing, I could turn it into a monster! Say hello to my Hayabusa Tata =)
People who buy this thing won’t be buying it for the same reason that people in india buy them, they will get them to beat them up and have fun! 2500 for a car is nothing! thats only 300 bucks more than my MBP!

This has got to be the funniest page in the last year ! Keep’em coming.

I really hope none of the “engineering” that went into the Tata trickles over to Landrover or Jaguar. Bean counting mentality always screws things up in the long run.

an electrical fire with the ignition off…that’s impressive!

more electrical tape? the whole car is made out of it anyway.

LWA, that’s been done before.

Zingo: “…beefed up go-kart…?” What did a go-kart ever do to you to deserve that kind of derision? You’ve insulted go-karts everywhere!

if it was a beefed up go-kart I would expect some form of performance….. its more like a closed in shopping cart

johngalt – LOL

leftwingagenda – agree, so you park itin the garage turn “off” the ignition and it will burn your house down, truly impressive.

footdoc67 – don’t worry Jaguar’s are use to “electrical” issues, their wires have built extinguishers.
Landrover – it will only burn off the skin which will be a opportunity to create something that looks good.

Even with my limited understanding of women’s anatomy, I know tatas aren’t supposed to catch fire!!

Ok…that was bad.

Mrs. Doubtfire’s did. And so did the Fembots.

@idrinor….I’m going to buy one and pimp it out. Put some spinners on it!

If a Tata fell over in the woods, would anyone hear it?

23″ phat spinners, underglow, purple headlights, green tail lights, hydraulics, interior LED bars, a double spoiler, some ground effects, four screen DVD player, a PlayStation, a Wii, an earth shaking stereo and a fart can. Oh, yeah, Tata Nano is hitting the aftermarket, baby! Just the stereo system would cost more than the car. Nice.

http://www.justsharethis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tatananotuning.jpg

I’ve actually driven go karts with a higher top speed, and probably safer too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDU5BU_qSJU

i see rallying in smart’s future, or maybe monster truck sponsorships

I mean for what your paying for your lucky it runs for 6 months to a Year before needing to be replace and that is if you survive. I think its a death trap underpowered motor, THE NANO could be squashed as easy as a Tin CAN. a MotorCycle is better at safety than this thing and that is not saying much

Tata motors is sounding like the toyota of today.

This would be the ultimate pizza delivery vehicle….it will keep your pizza nice and toasty warm!

That’s India for you. Absolutely very little to no safety standards over there. Doesn’t surprise me that something like this would happen over there.

Of course, it doesn’t help matters much that India is an absolute haven for corrupt politicians, policemen, and businessmen.

The owners were probably trying to install stereos…so they could actually listen to music while driving.