Does the Tata Nano pass US specifications?

Question

I've heard a lot about this car, with it's excellent gas mileage and its dirt cheap price (I think something like $2500 , no joke). For obvious reasons, I have a feeling that the oil companies and car manufactures will do anything in their power to keep it out of the US. So I'm wondering when it comes out, will it be street legal?

Answer 1

Yes, barely, as a golf cart!  LOLOL!!

But seriously, it is way short on safety and emissions specifications, and cannot be made to meet US or Canadian specifications in present form.  If they ever hope to market it in those markets, it will require re-engineering, and probably be $10,000 by the time they are done with it.

I expect, if Tata does come to North America, it will be with a new and different model.

Answer 2

not in US

Answer 3

it will never come hear and is very very far from street legal i think it dosent even have turn signals the biggest thing is its lack of safety devices of anysort it will be good for areas like india but would be a horrible deathtrap in the states

Answer 4

Not yet. That is the price USD in India---it's not quite ready for the United States, but from my research, Tata (who just bought Land Rover and Jaguar from Ford, btw), are "working on it".

check out Tata, they seem to be quite the multi-taskers!

www.tata.com

Answer 5

Probably not.  It doesn't have airbags and other safety features.  And it probably won't pass crash-testing.