In recent days, I am only hearing about the Nano as the first small car to hit the auto market in the world. How can it be called the first small car when Fiat had already launched such type of a small car long back? Going down memory lane, one of the biggest auto manufacturing companies, Fiat, tried its luck in making the world’s first small car and had launched the “Fiat 500” with much fan fare in 1957.
This car had created so much flutter in the auto industry, especially in the European market, that within a span of a few months after launching this small car, the sale of two-wheeler had come down drastically in
As far as the Nano is concerned, it should not be called the first small car ever made in the world with people in mind. However, it might be the first car in the world to hit the roads with as low as a Rs 1 Lakh tag. The Nano can be credited and labeled as the first 1 lakh car in the world not as the first small car in the world.
At first sight, the Nano looks like a replica of the Fiat 500. The shadow of the Fiat 500 can be noted in various parts of the Nano. In terms of design, style, a rear-end engine, and fuel efficiency, one cannot see much changes between the two cars.
Nano is undoubtedly the pride of the Indian auto industry and it will definitely become an integral part in shaping India's car market history.
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Labels: Auto market competition, Fiat, Small cars market in India, Tata
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May be Nano has borrowed cues from fiat 500, it has made Indians proud across the world. The design of the two cars are certainly distinct. Fiat 500 could have changed the way europeon families travelled, it is now time for Indian families to taste the same success.
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