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Tata's Nano (2008)

By SIMON ROBINSON
The Tata Nano car is introduced at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi, India
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Launched in January 2008, India's "people's car", as it is already dubbed, is intended to put motoring within reach of Asia's masses. At $2,500 it's hard to see it how it won't sell, but even if it doesn't it will become the poster car for a new, stripped back style of engineering — glue instead of welds! — that could change the world.

See 10 things you should know about the Nano.

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