Tata Motors' Nano city car is once again making headlines in India, but not for the reasons you might think. Following three separate cases in 2009 when owners of the Nano in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Delhi reported seeing smoke and flames coming out of their vehicles' dashboard, another Nano caught fire. Only this time, Tata's much-vaunted 'world's cheapest car' literally went up in flames.
According to Indian news sites, the particular Nano was owned by insurance agent Satish Sawant who had just bought the car from a dealership in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, that provided him with a chauffeur as he -surprise, surprise- didn't know how to drive.
About forty-five minutes into the drive the car burst into flames. Luckily, both Sawant and the driver managed to escape unhurt.
"I have no idea what happened. A motorcycle rider overtook me and told me that the vehicle was on fire. The engine was behind me and I did not realize that the car was on fire," Sawant told reporters.
Since the incident is currently under investigation, it is not clear if Sawant's car suffered from a similar problem as the three aforementioned Nanos (electrical glitches) or if this is a new issue that Tata has to address.
Either way, if Nanos keep bursting up Tata could end up with a scorching problem in its hands.
Via: Indianautoblogs , Source: Mathrubmhi
17 Comments:
Ouch. I like the honesty and simplicity of the Nano but I suspect it'd wear pretty thin if yours burst into flames. Hopefully it's not a big problem with them.
damn, that car is hot... about 850degrees C
Honestly,is this really news?Are we supposed to be surprised these things just might have a tendency to be fiery deathtraps?
did this car get laid ?
And this is from a company that just brought Jaguar and Land Rover??? OMG...
Hot tatas!
they need to improve the safety....
did they take into account the hot weather of India when they make the car? btw, when you cut cost to make a car, you use the cheapest material you can find.
Looks more like an offering with that flower necklace hanging front its grill/ hood... Hail to the gods! ;-)
This car could be the entry level Jaguar
this is seriously going to frighten all the cows in the road.
When getting a new company off the ground, you try to copy another, Ferrari in this case.
Jay Leno: "And Toyota thought they had problems!" (rimshot)
those chairs came directly from a church hall!
Like many offshore/India IT projects, this one went up in flames.
Relax,it happens all the time, even in exotic cars. Ask the Ferrari big bosses,hehehehe. Perhaps the driver accidentally pressed the "self-combust" button on the dashboard? Maybe the Indian car is the "most practical car in the world",as long as you keep it off the roads?
"Relax,it happens all the time"
No, it doesn't.
Saying it happens all the time would suggest this is such an often occurance that I should be able to leave the house tommorow and see at least 2 car fires on the road.
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