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Tara International will launch the Tara Tiny in July. Unlike TATA Nano it has other versions of the car: Tara Titu, Tara Micro and Tara Mini.

Sure TATA must go the green way protecting the environment. Its not late even now.

The best part of Tara Tiny below one lakh car is running cost of just 40 paise per km. And no noise, no extra maintenance like the petrol driven cars. TATA Nano gives 18 km per litre of petrol, which works out to more than Rs.3.00 per km.

Specifications:

No of seats: 4

Net weight: 850 kg

Wheel base: 2,150 mm

Maximum speed: 50 km/h

Maximum grade ability: 15%

Motor power: 3 kW (4 hp)

Battery voltage: 6V*10 Recharge duration: 8 hours Driving charge: 120 km

Ground clearance: 150/mm

Running cost: 40 p/km

Battery capacity: 200/Ah

Tara Tiny details and specifications are better than TATA Nano.

People do not like to change easily. They do not like electric cars. They want to hear the engine run, smell the petrol and see the smoke coming out of the exhaust. Suddenly I do not like charging my car every day but can afford to spend more time in a petrol station waiting in the queue.

Tara Tiny is an electric car to be manufactured by India’s Tara International, in association with China’s Aucma.

The Tara Tiny is the cheapest car, priced at Rs. 99,000 which is less than that of Tata Nano. And the running cost is almost zero compared to TATA Nano, the petrol car.

Tara International will launch the Tara Tiny this August. Unlike TATA Nano it has other versions of the car: Tara Titu, Tara Micro and Tara Mini.

The electric car Reva is already there and it has nice models. It is being used by the postal department of Kerala. I have seen many Reva cars running in Bangalore. But Reva is expensive. It costs around two lakhs.

With the bookings of TATA Nano promoting premium price above one lakh and the rising cost of petrol, I have to test drive Tara Tiny.

Lamborghini Ferruccio a car mad man owned sports cars, including Ferraris.

He was rich and initially manufactured tractors and air-conditioning systems after World War II,

He keenly observed that clutch components of tractors were the same as Ferraris, but not good.

He met Enzo Ferrari with his criticism. Ferrari insulted Lamborghini, saying that a tractor manufacturer was not qualified to criticize Ferraris. Affronted by Ferrari’s reaction, Lamborghini decided to “build better Ferraris than Ferrari”

Video Lamborghini

WW II auto industry depression made Rolls Royce and Bentley, the genius English automobile companies to be sold to BMW and VV, the German companies equally excellent in technology.

Rolls Royce first manufactured Aircraft Engines and was the second largest in the World, next to General Electric Aviation.

The automobile company was separated in 1973. Around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies World War I were made by Rolls-Royce.

Bentley was founded by *Walter Owen Bentley*, known to all as “W.O.” He was a born engineer, but had experience with trains. In 1905, aged 16, he went on his on his bicycle to work at the Great Northern Railway Locomotive Works in Doncaster, northern England.

Being a racer at heart, Bentley’s first products were high- performance open cars that immediately established themselves as winners in the hectic world of European racing between the wars. Bentley cars won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times from 1923.

Bentley had realized that there was a limited market for “sporting” and race cars,

His company would have to make bread-and-butter vehicles that would pay the bills. To this end, his London-based company built rolling chassis that were fitted with very fancy coachwork bodies for wealthy clients. The last of the line was powered by a huge 8.0-liter six-cylinder engine. Bentley had become a major competitor for Rolls-Royce and other British luxury car builders.

But the big Bentley couldn’t have come at a worse time. The Great Depression was on and the privately-funded Bentley Motors, Ltd. was broke.

Yet despite its racing record and public acclaim, Bentley Motors was beset by financial difficulty. By 1931 the golden age was over, but as closure loomed, Rolls-Royce stepped in to save the Bentley name - and a new era began.

World War II devastated the British industrial complex and Rolls-Royce suffered too.

The turbulent financial times of the ’60s culminated with the company becoming part of the Vickers conglomerate which in turn recently sold the Rolls-Royce name to BMW and the Bentley name, factory and assets to Volkswagen.

BMW

No matter what car, van or bike you drive, we’re all looking for great value and quality, but who is the best – who is the cheapest and who offers the great service is what needed today. It’s tough to decide on this issue. All foreign auto companies of the World have entered Indian market.

But TATA Nano has out-beaten them.