2011 Tata Nano: Regular Car Reviews
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- We drive and review the once cheapest new car in the world: The Tate Nano. What is one of these doing in the USA?
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Rear engine, rear wheel drive? Goddamn it's a Porsche.
Well 911s engine is behind the rear wheels, Boxter/Cayman are midengined indeed.
@@spacegh0st177 i think that qualifies for a dePorshe
But it's a open diff
More like a 1960's VW beetle..........
Its more smart car.
Tata Nano: You are the crumple zone
this deserves to be the top comment
Just like Fiat Cinquecento
@@piciu256 YES yes yes.
Yess
@@piciu256 Or a 60's Ford Econoline!
They cut so many corners that it's just a circle now.
Im stealing that one. That was great.
At least it rolls.
@@MickeyD2012 ...into to a fucking drain, in this case.
Lol. Now that was some joke
@Rero Pelo
and accurate on purpose . this is the documentary I found that explains this car the best ; to me :
shreyans jain : Making of Tata Nano - NatGeo (English) ; youtube.
They talked about the whole process system designing it.
physically it's stylish, but engineering wise everything was cut to the bare minimum necessary to make it reliable and usable in indian standards. which is very different than in America. unfortunately , it was too unreliable and it was meant to end up with a non-negotiable price of $2,000. it ended up at around $3,000 and still broke down to soon and had a severe " catching on fire" problem.
I'm just a science loving geek , but in my opinion they came so close to success that I think they would have succeeded if they had taken their time on engineering.
this is the kind of car that doesn't need affluence. That is not at all the point of buying this.
This looks like a Prius that came out of Chernobyl
Gawd don’t compare a prius with this curry sh*t.
Prius is like a lambo in front of nano
This looks like a early 200s Toyota Yaris crossed with a soda can
It actually came up from india 😆
Bruh you had me busting up laughing XD XD XD
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This makes the Mitsubishi Mirage look like a phantom.
Can confirm, I worked for Mitsubishi and thought the Mirage was the biggest shitbox on the planet until my cousin's girlfriend was given one of these.
@Constitutionalist Libertarian Where I live, they rice out and modify those more than Honda's.(the previous gen of Mirage).
Tata nano was brain child of ratan tata,he once saw a family on a motorbike & they fell ,that time cheapest car in india was maruti alto (around 2,50,000INR base model in 2011)so he decided to make a car ,which people can switch to,& doesnt cost much (compared to motorcycle,leave the cars here)
For indians Tata nano represent the innovative minds of our engg,you can say alot bad things but two things always cheared indians about this car
1 ) our auto company tried to solve our problem,doesnt go just with market trend(build bigger faster expensive one)
2) this car is an example how far you can think,making car such cheap is tough( the ideas were extreme)
Yes it was a failure & instead if tata would have tried to cost cut on indica(around 3,50,000INR base model in 2011) & indigo(around 4,80,000INR base model in 2011) that would have sold more.
Why nano failed?
1) Tata with idea of making people switch moterbikes & scooter was over estimated .The thought all motor bike & scooter owner will switch but the reality was this car only attracted old people who love to drive slow on road & doesnt really required much power or speed and dont give you space.
2) Utiity of car was limited(way to limited),speed of only 100kmph(with whole body vibrating & engine tearing apart itself) wasnt good for highways(70-90kmph) or expressway(90-120kmph).The car at best was when driven on roads in city at 30-40kmph(indians city roads are designed for 40-50 kmph only)
3)Safety the motorbikes have strong body(with helmet,leg guard),have greater power (135cc,150cc in 2011)..driving nano infront of a truck was really a daredevil task or in situation when you need power was tough,acceleration was slow & the fear of being hit by something(body was weak ) ,body roll was wooo
4) storage..there was no boot space for luggage ,the car at best could carry 1 mid size suitcase which wasnt good for anyone .Other option was to put all stuff on backseat of car(if you dont have kids).
5)Appearance:Costmetic is necessary for any product, it looked like egg shell ,have the tagged cheapest ,and people have tencency to attach car with their status symbol,so the practicality of nano even faded more
6) indians are young:50+% of indians population are below 18,another 35% are in age group of 18-35,so of 1 year 1 an can cough 1,00,000INR ,waiting 1 more year meant he can get maruti alto which way to better than nano,another 1 year meant you can now buy sedan(entry level or more high variants of compact) or at 1,00,000INR ,you can buy bajaj pulsar or tvs apache or royal enfield which are great sports bike(youngesters loved them) ,this also played downfall
WHO LOVED THIS CAR?
1)If you are a retired person who loves to drive in morning slowly & block everyone's way to office or college,this was your car,fuel wasnt the issue it has best economy of 22-36kmpl in city.
2) if you are bachelor & just started the entry level job & managing you expenditures,and are tired of getting drenched in rain(it rains heavily in india) ,or getting frozen on winter (5 - 18degree celsius(cool from indian standard) or melting in summer(35 - 48degree celsius)
3) if you own a expensive car which can do 0-60 in 6 second,but you had to sit in traffic ,crawling for hours ,which makes you think why have i even purchased this thing,it would be better to buy a cycle or just walk,then this was also a good option .
One can say alot of bad thing about it but one has to think from the angle of idea which let to creation of this vehicle,build a car which is comparable to a bike,targets the city only utility,doesnt make you bankrupt then this car fits the bill.Tata nano was a success a it was made of ideas which were stretched to their extremes.
@@rajuseth1683 The Nano was a failure; good intentions don`t matter if the end product doesn`t measure up. No one bought it, the family that fell off their motorbike probably didnt buy it either.
SI0AX let me guess. Australia?? They rice them a lot there
Damn this shitbox makes the Nissan versa look like a f**ing Rolls Royce.
Makes any random Chevette look like a BMW M3!
you could buy four of these for a versa! LOL
It makes a 70s Lada look like an Audi RS XD
Have you seen the 2020 versa tho
@@grapefaceofficial yeah I love how they redesigned it, added cool safety tech to it. But it still has that clunky CVT transmission though
Initial Reaction: “Oh, so it’s like a modern Yugo.”
Halfway through: “Actually, I think even in 2011 I’d rather have bought the Yugo.”
The Yugo is: Safer, Better Fit and Finish, More Fun, More Prestigious, More of a Meme Car, Has the potential to 2JZ or Hayabusa swap.
Yugo all the way
I'd rather have a Fiat panda or a Lada Niva, that are actually good cars and also quite cheap
I think a golf cart with rippled siding attached with self tapping screws is safer
Modern Trabant
My grandfather owned a red tata nano.
He just went out one day drove back in a nano without telling anyone.
Even though the car was underpowered and used to break down all the time, it was very close to my heart because I learned to drive on that thing.
Glad you survived the experience.
The Tata is to cars what Hi-Point is to firearms...
"How didn't the Nano Tato sell?"
I just watched a low-mileage museum piece overheat in their driveway. I think some things played a factor.....
A low-mileage museum piece that is already rusting in several spots, I might add.
In a country not nearly as hot as India
Rust is probably just indicative of the much saltier, more humid conditions, than anything.
@@TCShaddix001 India have monsoons
@@TCShaddix001 The only salt in Tennessee is from the flop sweat from the guys driving this POS in traffic.
"I want to die legally"
Salesmen: say no more.
Tata nano
Various Engineering this crap buckets are incredibly shitty. All of them, they’re as safe as going down Niagara Falls in a pickle barrel.
I lost a friend because of this cars build quality. Real shitty excuse for a vehicle.
@@devilidol damn, I'm sorry.
@@devilidol Sorry that happened to a friend of yours.
Except that it's not even legal, because it doesn't meet UN safety standards.
Honestly, at that price I would have gladly bought one as a city beater.
thats kinda what happned, tata thought people would buy it as their first car but most of the sales were people who already had one who bought it as a second car, my family bought one so me and my sister could learn to drive without having to mess with dads bmw
@@leftblank3112 same with my family. We had a scorpio but bought this as a second beater.
You can’t beat the city in that thing, the city beats on it.
You could get so many used cars for the same price that would be better city beaters in every possible way
"The Tata Nano denies its occupants' sovereignty."
So it's the British colonial subject simulator.
Indian caste system: car edition
Andrew Paris he's talking about the cast system of social hierarchy in India
Tata Nano: we cut so many corners, me made a circle and turned that into your spare tire.
(optional)
When that fucking billionaire from india dont give a fuck about how he's people died .he said lets make some profit.because its own by the richest man in india
Finnish Car Guys where would a spare even go? In the garage? Towed behind the car by bungee cord (maybe attached to a roller skate to reduce drag)? On the hood like a Land Rover in the savanna? I’m genuinely curious now
@@RobCamp-rmc_0 on the frunk. Go to 5:37 in the video.
Spare tire? Not at that price point!
Imagine going to pick up your date in a Tata Nano
Girls love something... different! All you'd need is a good story to go along with it.
95 speech check
She'll immediately dump you
If she gets in, she's a keeper.
If she wants you it wouldn't matter
I used to own a nano as a second car. Loved the car. It was peppy upto 60km/hr when there was just 1 person in the car. The turning radius was insanely small so perfect for cities. I have gone at 90km/hr with 5 people on board. I used to travel to my uni 40 kms away for exam days with friends. Fun times.
90km/hr isn't even the speed limit😂
@@Bdynysusin india its 80kph to 120 kph
20 years from now and THIS will be the yugo of generation z
Except the yugo is better in every concievible way. And that is not an exaggeration.
Honestly that’ll probably be the Kia Soul. A rolling mess that everybody’s got a sort of warm nostalgia for.
Some may even call it legendary coz they used it before
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 true, it was made 35 years ago and is faster, more robust, somehow, more powerful, bigger and more comfortable than this tractor
Customer: how good are the safety ratings?
TATA: No.
Euro ncap -5stars
You idiot check tata nexon ratings
And tata bought jaguar
We die like real man or broke man, that depends
Try the "TATA tiago JTP",have 5 star of EURO NCAP safety rating, suspension from LOTUS and a engine producing "110 bhp @150NM torque",fuel consumption is "56 MPG" but price is only "10136 USD" .just imagine,a trac ready sports car is that much cheaper.
"on a long enough time line every thing gets an LS' this would be an interesting swap
This might be the exception that proves the rule.
Where would you put one tho?
pretty sure the torque of even a 20 year old 4 cylinder would rip the rear frame to shreds
@@darthfikus5206 in between the panel gaps obviously
Eshraq Raihan Ahmed god, the idea of even an Iron Duke being too much power is frightening
It is still amazing that the Indian engineers were able to build a four-passenger car for $3000 new. They can probably build something pretty good for $6000.
actually it launched at 2000 usd.
Kids: can we stop for a Prius?
Mom: we have plenty of Prius at home...
Prius at home:
Not even funny
Me: can i get a prius
Mom: we have prius at home
Prius at home:
@@NICKYGUNNO boooooo you SUCK
@@KenshinNX60 at least i can spell
@@KenshinNX60 choke on your 4 subs
I’ve seen a Tata Nano take 42 seconds to get to 60 mph, then followed by a check engine light 😆
There isn't one
That would cost money.
Someone cut corners at sufficient cooling.
Sounds just like the i-car
no engine light, just explodes
I suddenly want to make a Tata Nano only racing series come 2034...
that actually seems like a good idea
Those insurance premiums would be astronomical! But do this lol
Weight Reduction + Larger tires (16-17 inch if possible) + A bike engine (Hayabusa, CBR1000, S1000RR, etc) =
FUN
The world needs it.
t3HW41ru5 The first one to break down wins
"We grasp our thin steering wheels, hang one arm out the window, and command our V8s to Valhalla"
This makes my Buick Encore look like a damn Bentley flying spur
A "0" crash test rating? Motorcycles are probably safer, at least you're wearing a helmet.
Well no, this car has enforced crumple zones and it can't get really fast, so this is safer than a motorcycle
@@Driziationz At least you're less likely to be killed, but you're probably not walking away from a crash either.
Try the "TATA tiago JTP",have 5 star of EURO NCAP safety rating, suspension from LOTUS and a engine producing "110 bhp @150NM torque",fuel consumption is "56 MPG" but price is only "10136 USD" .just imagine,a trac ready sports car is that much cheaper.
First of all this car is not ment for US . This only for india and city only. In india people did not buy this .As a car is kind of status simble for lot and thay dont look for good cheap or cheapest car . Alto this car have lot of potential in but still . As this car was created as dream project or MR Ratan Tata . He want a cheap and convince car for all. People who can not afford a car and have to drive on 2 whiller with family can get affordable transport. But it was marketed as cheap car as in cheap quality. That is not Truth. I think most of you don't know about TATA group. World richest man in Charity . This group donated 60℅ to Charity as there there motive is to service society. By the way this company own Janwar and Landover. And many other company. This is no employer in UK. Africa and even in US . Please Google about tata group and Ratan Tata.
@Jose Martinez that is only available on the top end model.
After staring at the nano for 10 minutes, that tercel looked really good.
Thats just what I was thinking
At least the Tercel actually a car
I have a tercel . Love it.
@@sneakerfreak2002 me too!, I'm putting a turbo on it
The Nano is not a great car by any stretch of the imagination but I like the way it looks.It’s cute.Not reason enough to buy this car though
I used this for 15 months In India, I drove continuously 370 km in single stretch, no overheating issue. Very comfortable for tall people.. everything manual and less maintenance..
Good for you...
Cap
@@guycha0s380 i can assure you its not,10 years since i own a nano ...people who bought the car know how good it is....check on the internet how much off roading has been done on it....
In India most of Nanos were sold as second car for city use only rather than a main car. I have one in CNG option and it runs 35 km in one kg gas. It's like a four wheel bike with ac.
They have air conditioning too? Thats honestly impressive.
On a plus side, if it ever needs tires or the engine blows just make a quick stop at Harbor Freight and you're back in business.
Or just buy a box of cereal and unwrap the wrapper
@@Mikey-ym6ok 😂😂😂looool
Honestly a predator engine is probably more reliable than stock. This is coming from someone who HATES the predator engine. Mine wont even work if you're not 100 percent throttle.
@RedneckSpaceMan Thank you. I feel so enlightened now that you corrected a minor typo. Whatever shall I have done.
@@mysock351C I am enlighted as well. What other wors of wisdom can this man provide us?
This is perfect to keep in your glovebox incase you break down
Just so you could overheat and break down again
@@fluorine7575 I bet you drive a pt cruiser.
@@trevorcollum6883 lmao triggered Tata nano owners incoming... Saab 9-3 2.0t btw
@@fluorine7575 lmao exactly. You can just tell he's a fan of the nano.
@@Vgp-rp4iu just think: nano is seen as the "peasent's car" in India.
I remember an engineer from Tata contacting me online in very early internet trying to convince me that it was truly a very safe and wonderful vehicle. Put lights on your shoes, poke holes in the front for night driving..
Needless to say I managed to hold on to my then lack of money and avoided buying one..
"We command our V8's to Valhalla" epic asf
This thing is an egg, you're the yolk
This egg is not very hard to crack.
😂😂😂😂
That's really fuckin smart
Actually eggs are supposed to be very strong for its size and the thickness of its shell (the structure helps)
@@theunion2021 r/whoosh
@@kaverixp8562 right back at you my friend right back at you
The Nano is basically someone's failed Automation experiment.
mine always end up being Corvair lookalikes made in 2012 which can't pass safety in in game safety regulations
I made a 450cc turbo i3 with 130hp in a hatch body
Look up the wildfire 3 wheeled vehicle. How the hell did that death trap sneak past US safety regulations?
@@Membrane556 it's not electric. It has a 5 speed and a motorcycle engine.
200mph Kei car with an V6. Ovonuzzi at it's finest.
The Nano WILL be the next Trabant, and thus Aging Wheels 2030 wet dream
It's his wet dream right now I guess.
With all of this talk about my hairy undercarriage, I feel like he's gunna bust in with that Manscaped sponsorship
Yammie noob moment
This car is the automotive equivalent of buying a no-name MP3 player at CVS/Walgreens in 2019.
Hold my beer
You're being nice lol
Or a combined extension plug and USB hub from the middle aisle in Lidl.
Ashley Pomeroy LOL 😂
I've actually seen a really good use for these in Australia... they replaced golf carts for site access vehicles inside of an industrial building. Somehow all of the shortcomings just didn't matter in that role. Rear access was easy, it didn't have a rear window. Nowbody wore seatbelts or expected airbags, but you only ever where allowed to go 15kph if you wanted to keep your job so it didn't matter. Likewise I couldn't tell you the highspeed handling, and it had already had its key lost and was hotwired to a push button start. Yet despite daily use, it got filled barely more than once a month, and despite one or two always being in a low proirty pile of the maintenance shed, there was always a few on hand.... when the entire fleet of cost as much as a single heavy duty pickup. The Tata Nano, it can move a 6m steel beam much easier than a moped... it stores both the tools AND your lunch.
Not a bad idea, to be honest.
I mean, i kinda like how unique this, despite i agree that Nano is nowhere to being a good private owned car (which older cars seems a better deal). And because of it, maybe it can use for other purpose.
I would think its combustion engine would be a deal breaker vs. a golf cart inside a building.
@@maninredhelm technically, if its converted to LPG the only thing that comes out of the tailpipe is CO2 and water vapor.
who is doing pick up truck duty on a moped or in this thing?
@@digitalrailroader I drove a truck that used Liquid propane. The range sucks and Think 100-150 miles depending on speed. Even though technically its supposed to get 200 miles. it wastes fuel every time the engine is turned on or if you gun it too hard. ou can tell when you waste guel because it smells like rotten egg farts when the propane leaks out. they mix it with another gas that smells like ass.
I remember some grad school friends from India telling me about this car. They liked it from an idea standpoint. It was cheap and it got you around. Tata was such a known name it was hard for me to understand how ubiquitous that company is in India.
Tata 2008 - Nano
Tata 2019 - Harrier
Chevrolet 2008 - Cruze
Chevrolet 2019 - (Error)
Toyota 2008- Corolla
Toyota 2019- Corolla still runs without issues.
Both Tata and Chevrolet are shitbox brands.
The Plastic Metalhead Shitposter at least my 2005 Chevrolet Silverado diesel duamax truck actually still works like new unlike this lunch box
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Guess you havent seen the recent tatas🤦♂️
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 tata own Land rover , jaguar etc. Ffs
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 They have come a long way since 2008, really impressed with what they offer now.Maybe because they have the R&D from Jaguar and LR? Possibly. Have a cookie.
When you guys were pushing it, I couldn't see anything other than a Fisher Price Cozy Coupe. Might as well paint it red and yellow.
Damn it *does* look sort of like one!
Someone HAS to do that.
@@DukeOnkled People have done it with Smart Cars.
Xactly my thoughts.😂👍
just looked it up and it must be the most accurate description if the tata
"will be only interesting to weirdos"
*Roman gives a thumbs up to the camera*
10:11 Yep uwu
Roman is so good, he can anticipate the voice-over and react to it.
That door closing action by rebound should be a feature on every car, looks for the perfect and fun relief on a bad day. I predict that will come as an option with some fancy name on the extra-list in the next Mercedes S-Class lineup.
The Tata Nano might not be of the best quality, but the physical appearance makes up for it. Look at the fog lights in the front bumper, the crease in the frunk?, the intakes or, well, intake-looking things by the rear doors and all the rear bumper bottom with a rise in the middle, the tail lights aren't too bad either. They did quite damn good in the aesthetics department.
Tata engineers: how many corners should we cut to make it cheap?
Tata Exec: yes
we shall use only the hypotenuse
chop out the airbags?
These Reviewers are absolutely nuts. I mean the fact that they have given air conditioner and power windows in a microcar for 2500$ is an amazing feat in itself. And it was the second highest selling car for the first 3 years and failed after due to Absurd taxation policies which almost doubled the car price.
Not sure how these Hobos managed to overheat it. There are a dozen Nanos in the subcontinent running almost 200 thousand miles without major issues.
If it was really pointless then it would not have been kept in the museum along with alfas , minis and fiats.
Jalopnik says its an engineering masterpiece.
And cnn delivers trustworthy unbiased news. K
@@rps5952 If your only options are a new car. However due to savage depreciation It is possible to get a much, much better used car for 2500. Maybe the used market in India is smaller since car ownership is rarer so the nano could make sense but not in U.S.
Stay in school kids or youll be driving this
@@patrickyell309 it failed miserably in India too
@@2URLex u cant jog fast dummy. jogging can only be if it are slow
or i could spend that 3 grand on a used mid-2000s sedan that wasnt made of cardboard.
I have a scooter, it's maybe worst in winter.
or a PT Cruiser. :-P
Great first impression, vid is off to great start
Lol the Ganesh keychain is a nice touch
What a GREAT means of transportation! Thanks for giving this beautifully engineered, exquisitely executed driver's dream car such a compelling review! I'm lookin' to buy one!!!!
The fact you couldn’t sell “the cheapest car ever made” in India says so much about the quality.
I need more video reviews roasting this car. Every other one on youtube is positive, even though the sales clearly weren't there.
Less about the quality, more about the image. People prefer suzuki eco boxes with the same quality.
It failed not because of the price or the shitty quality, but because Indians love status symbols, and this thing does not carry any credibility. Imports for example carry far more cred. The idea would've been great if people thought with their heads instead of their egos or dicks. If you would release, for example, such a car as an EV with safety features that would make it street legal in Europe, with a good price point ofc, it would sell there. Germany recently launched a car somewhat like that called the E.go Life with basically the same core concept, with the exception that sales projections for the E.go Life are through the roof.
@Constitutionalist Libertarian That is really... weird. And uncomfortable.
@Constitutionalist Libertarian From your perspective, definetly. I sure do not want to be in such a position...
“The automotive equivalent of Blues Brothers 2000”
Priceless.
I blew up laughing at this. My wife...didn't get it.
The perfect analogy. Original - comedy classic. BB 2000 - total "turd in the punchbowl".
I picked one of these TaTa's up for $800 us, put an LS3 in it, had to modify transmission and take out back seat but it runs beautifully. I love it.
Started watching this guy and now I can't stop😂
"It does 0-60.. probably"
27 secs
@@sauravallen 0-60 mph, not kph
@@PacMacDo i know. It does look like it wont cross 60mph but it does. It takes 27 seconds to reach 60mph. It takes 9 seconds to reach 60 kmph. I have it.
@@sauravallen oh ok i didnt know thanks for the info
@@PacMacDo i dont know if that was sarcasm or not but honestly, i dont care.
Projected sales: 250,000
Actual sales: 7,000
Imagine being the poor corporate jabronie who came up with that 250k figure?
70000
HITESH ADHIKARI still a shitty estimate
Nobody can project future sales.
@@shredder_mang3211 70k a year isnt bad.
Yes their vehicle lost public intrest in 6 years and in 6 years they managed nearly 3 lakhs sold but thats still 50 k a year.
Yes expected earlier was 250 k for first year
@@hiteshadhikari its 7000 per year dude. Check sales figure
I love that ending shot, seeing it next to the i3.
Like one final comparison next to a will built tiny car.
Thanks Mr Regular, its because of this video that I went and saw the Lane Motor museum and it was an absolutely amazing experience.
Indian here! All the things you said are absolutely right, even with Indian standards. CEO Invisioned this shit when he saw a family of three riding on a scooter in heavy rain, and thought India needs a extreme cheap vehicle to at least put roof over the family on a road. That was the aim. Make a roofed vehicle as cheap as possible. When it was launched it was advertised as equivalent of $1500 priced car. That was the opening statement and the statement written on its tombstone. It got the CEO enormous amounts of awards and recognition. Made TATA a brand which covers the highest range of price (Tata bought JLR that's how). But it gave its buyers a death machine and forever sense of shame.
Launched CEO into stratosphere as one of India’s greats so car was a great corporate stunt
So it's actually a fake car. A car that screams "my owner is too poor to get a real car". Better buy a good motorcycle if you can't afford a real car. People have a sense of pride. They are proud of their motorcycles. They would rather ride in the rain on their proud motorcycle (looking forward to the day when they can afford a car) then be dry in a car they are ashamed of.
@@rolfen Nobody is ashamed of the car if they buy it, that’s for sure.
Lol dumb section of the comments section
@@rolfen let me tell you about my boss, he is a vice president of our department his monthly earning would be 15,000$(atleast)+ incentive
He comes office in tata nano +cng..
Son there are majority of people living this world that doesn't care about what other people thinks.
Crumple zone also known as the driver and frontpassengers legs.
Do you mean by the crumple zone the car behind Tata Nano?
That's why you should never skip leg day.
Stolen
It probably gets a better rating with a front passenger ;)
I would drive this for an hour in a heartbeat over a Ferrari. This thing looks hilarious.
It was made for people who were riding quadruple on flimsy cheap bikes because owner of TATA promised a car in bikes price ( by the way the owner of TATA donates most of his income or he will be in top 5 richest man in the world)
I thought the self shutting doors were a good idea. Just like a fridge, but lighter.
I can see why Tata motors today have completely changed their entire range and actually offer some decent safety into the Indian market. Failures are lessons learned I guess.
I wouldn't hang out for the grey import qualifications - there won't be any left by then with that (lack of) build quality.
I COULD PUT IT IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK I COULD PUT IT IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK I COULD PUT IT IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK
You could toss it in the back of a Ford Ranger and haul it without breaking a sweat
OK
@@abou824 ok
NothingTooSpiffy RRRR CRRRRD PRRD RRD RRN THRR BRRCK RRRF MRRR PRRRCKRRRPTRRRRCK!!!
You could toss in the back of a festiva then that into the back of a pickup truck!
Mr. Regular, this channel's work will not be complete until you review perhaps the most unnoticed regular car: the Grumman LLV USPS mail truck!
cjoutdoors1991 those are cool little trucks! What sucks about them is they don’t have AC so if you live in a hot climate it feels like your riding around in a 4-wheeled filled hot tub with a roof.
Take a Chevy S10 frame and running gear, fit a steel shed on top, and deliver mail! They are kinda cool little things, I’ve always wanted to get my hands on one. But I guess the USPS doesn’t sell them like they did with the old DJ Jeep.
@@66tinindian Yeah I don't think they've sold any, but Mr. Regular has gotten his hands on some museum cars and maybe one has a running example. Of course, there's a USPS processing center near my house with a parking lot full of them and there could be an RCR fan working there.
I’ve always wanted an LLV so I’d love to see that.
I would also like to see a mail truck review.
The building nxt door to the lot you drove around in, cantilevered front entrance and says “lane auto museum” ? What a beautiful building ❤️
4:20 🍾😅 that is the funniest thing I've heard since 90's Letterman!
"What if we made a Smart Car, but somehow worse in every conceivable way?"
yep. and I thought the for two was a pos.
The Smart car got 5 star crash rating. This got 0.
The Smart car is unique and cute. The Nano? A kindergarten arts and crafts project on wheels.
I disagree. There is no compelling argument to ever buy a Smart Fortwo. At that price, you could get a better car for cheaper. The Nano will always have at least one positive argument in its favor: It is a new car that costs less than a used car. You can forgive a lot of faults for that. Is the Smart car better than the Nano? Yes. Does it make more sense to buy one? No.
Notmi Relnam well in European cities it kinda makes sense. Not many parking lots. The smart fits anywhere, has great gas mileage and good for traveling cities. No point of buying in the us tho because you have giant parking lots for trucks and shit
Dude when they made this car in India, ppl were like "no thanks we'll just save up a few more and get an actual vehicle"
Literally- yes that's what they said.
Actually waiting period was more than a year but this lasted for few years
with $3000 you can buy so many good, used, actual cars, instead of this... cart
@@Ragna___ See now people think that NEW is the best. Well it aint.
@@tino897 exactly
It's fascinating to learn how much you have from when it's taken away
I would rather get an old Harley for that price
At least I’ll look cool
probably a better chance at survival in a crash as well 😂
Reliability is pretty similar, at least the Harley is faster and looks nice.
I dry shave my sac with the cheapest razor available at my local Walfart. Its all about technique and finesse.
Good lord just buy an electric razor, aaaaaggh
But why insist on doing that at Walmart? You're pretty hardcore.
I use scissors
@@mattsmith7962use a shard of glass. Man up, do it at a gas station.
@@kingofthepod5169 gas stations are for pussies. Real men sneak into a port a potty in a construction site
Buying a used car for the same price is 100 times better, that was the problem.
And even if you could make the excuse of "new car reliability", it doesn't even work with this car because even knew it's not reliable.
I still have this car, it was the first one I bought. I love it. It is brilliant in city driving conditions here in India - for the kind of speeds, distances, and spaces we have on our streets. They are still driven by some people.
The engine placement and style reminds me of the range extender in my i3 Rex
TaTa, the company that now owns Jaguar and Land Rover. Maybe they should change their name to Reliable Motors.
Google the company: from IT Consulting to industrial cleaning sodium carbonate, there's literally nothing that Tata doesn't do.
I wish they changed their name to "Boob". Tata sounds silly.
@@FinnishCarGuys I even drink TATA tea, they own Tetley.
Bobs and vegene
Bryan whichever will it be?
"The rock bottom expectation the car still fails to meet"
Wow, the car is below rock bottom. It is straight hell.
dont give it that much credit
Dude you are getting it wayy too much credit trust me
It looks just like a 2008 Prius cartoon/caricature.
Exact same headlight shape too.
you sir earned my subscription with that cowboy bebop reference.
Even for us Indian's, this car is too cheap and it's true, nobody asked for it. Most people just prefer a used car for that price.
yea, about $3500 too expensive.
what kind of used car does $3500 buy in india?
@@PlaystationMasterPS3 a Hyundai or Suzuki city car, nothing too fancy but at least they're real cars instead of this embarrassment.
@@sac6400 It's a shit that nobody asked for. And everyone think so as well.
@@sac6400 It's a craptastic car that got way too much praise on it's release. It's a $2500 in the exact way anyone could expect. It has basically no redeeming features. What's the point of a "new" car that is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than it's used competition.
FFS this Museum piece is rusting and overheating and this is running in the most ideal conditions with smooth roads and fair weather.
“Corners being cut like 8th period Spanish.” 🤣
Tata sells new city car: fails
Suzuki :sells a 25 year old car without ac and any thing : rich
My first car was a Lincoln ls and the driver's side door was broken so it wouldn't stay held open. Kinda sucked but when I was parked in a driveway I would have a self closing door which is pretty cool unless you don't like your legs getting taken off every time you get out
I wonder how long till Doug Demuro reviews one and Hoovie buys one... 😂
Is it an endless money pit, Scotty?
Too reliable to hoovie
Q U I R K Y
Its doug score is -17
Till 2034
Tata nano: the official car of "I should had kept taking the bus"
I shot just a little bit of milk out of my nose on that one :)
Sadly, In Pittsburgh...The Nano seems a viable option to the Port Authority.
And people complained about the Yugo. Yikes!
saw you driving at the start and was like wait that looks like nashville then it said lane motor museum and I was like woe!!!!
Kinda miss my 89 subaru justy fwd mt. Was a small car but still felt like an actual car. Had red and green shift lights like need for speed.
Completely necessary for a 1.2 liter inline 3 cylinder.
Despite all the ridiculous cost cutting, you can see at 5:39 that it has a full size spare. An extremely useful item that many luxury cars don't have.
Well all the tires are pretty much spares
wait a minute. that spare is the bumper. It is not for replacing a flat 😂
@@FoxtrotGolfLima 😂
Company CEO: I bet you can't attach wheels to a disappointment.
Head Engineer: Hold my curry.
You'd think with all the engineers and doctors they raise they'd make a safer car.
All those scammers and corner shop owners you mean.
@@chrisg7011 Don't forget tech support. Lots and lots of tech support.
This car was built in a telemarketing call center. By a bearded dude named Peggy.
@@SiamHossain7, they just come to the US.
New viewer, subscribing. The essay at the end was awesome.
Well after Nano, Tata did learn from its mistake and created a whole new design and engineering team. The reason for Tata to buy JLR was because they wanted to use their design labs.
They upgraded their dealerships and also service centers. Earlier the after sales service was provided by Fiat. But tata took it over from them. I can say that after using tech and engineering from JLR, their present model lineup is a good one. Earlier they were seen as Taxicab makers. Today they compete with Suzuki and Hyundai pretty well.
I remember the whole Nano fiasco. The senior management was left red-faced after all this. Also lot of managers lost their jobs after this. Tata recruited lot of young people starting from 2010s. Previously most employees of Tata were in their mid 50s and 60s. They were somewhat a Government owned Company!
Damn, a Daewoo Matiz is like an s class compared to this...
Yeah I don't know what the Indian used market is like but I know they have license-built Suzuki Altos and stuff which all seem a lot more pleasant than this bad boy.
It does resemble the A though… worst Benz ever.
@@boheyo The Alto's has a history in India and people have a nostalgia for it and a factor of why it outsold the Nano even when it released and for consecutive years afterwards
The indian market is wayyyy different than america
Lmao!!
finally a car that a geo 3 cylinder can increase performance in just imagine the 55H.P. in that unstable little car.
Probably, wait no that is too generous, it will twist the frame
Elijah Wittasek this car needs to be in forza so we can throw an upgraded motorbike engine in it😂😂😂
Had a 96 metro 2 door, and it topped out @ 92MPH. Aerodynamics matter when you have no motor to speak of.
Whatever happens, happens. I didn't realize I needed to remember that episode right now
Your research is spot on....as far as your interpretation of the thought process of prestige is concerned
Mercedes-benz: *Spends 1 billion dollars designing the w140 sclass nearly bankrupting the company*
Tata Motors: Imma pretend I didn't see that.
THE LEGEND 27 Development cost.
I thought you were smarter than this, thelegend27.
W140 is a BEAUTIFUL car though. Trouble is they're getting too cheap as they age and I must just have a bad day then buy one on a whim one weekend. They were my favorite car as a teenager.
I love how these guys are judging and generalizing an entire company by reviewing its cheapest car, which btw was the car's whole damn purpose 🤦♂️
If you really care, check out Tata H7X, Harrier, Nexon, Tamo Racemo..
Lol Tata is in profit they even bought Jaguar Nd land rover Nd profit has been raised
As an Indian automotive engineer, this video is absolutely accurate about why nano failed. This was one of the biggest debacle of tata motors. For comparison, its biggest rival Suzuki Alto sells 20000 units per month!
Fortunately, there current lineup looks pretty great with top of the line safety features.
Even its predecessors the Maruti 800 is a better buy tbh.
But the image of Tata is damaged. So hard that they had to pull out from my country's market and we love cheap cars. This means they're on cooldown for a dozen of years before everyone forget about these road abominations. Just yesterday I saw Tata Indigo - rusted like it was kept in a salt lake. People who buy *new* cheap cars in my country are considered uneducated and easy-falling for commercials (or seller's corpo-talk). Meanwhile my borther's Golf mk4 is holding on strongly. Only problem is a little bit of a rust on the rear hatch. Cheapest way to fix that is to just replace the hatch from a crashed doner.
I think the whole idea of producing a people's car in the 21st Century is flawed because the world is now flooded with cars. Why buy a brand new shitbox when you can buy a moderately comfortable and reliable used car for the same money?
@@MajorKlanga just to give you a little bit of context. Back when Tata launched this monstrosity of a failure, the used car market wasn't that big in India. It's still in it's growing phase, where one can now get a used car from around 2010 - 12 at a good value
The Suzuki Alto has always been a good little car. Tata seemed to forget about the “good” part of that when making the Nano.
13:15 Bebop reference priceless!
The song that you all came up with describing this car in this video is hilarious 😂
A car that Probably even the poorest of the poor looks down upon.
Idk why but I kinda want one. It's so hilariously bad that it activates my inner automotive masochist
I'd get rid of the roof and modify it slightly to turn it into a go kart.
There's no reason to get one of these in India over a used Premio
I ride a rust, stripped down, one speed, coaster brake bicycle from 1991 that I found in the garbage, but would rather walk than be seen in this car.
You could have bought a motorcycle or rickshaw but instead you purchased this junk. *I say in an Indian accent*
When the guy on a moped with his 10 children looks over and laughs at your car, you KNOW it's bad.
Leaning tower of Indian children.
They don't laugh at you when it's raining
Just picked up a 2010 Tata Nano It is super fun and sporty!
The piston in my Harley Drag Bike is bigger than that car. Do you sit on the roof ?