Minicars

The world's cheapest car, India's tiny Tata Nano mini-car, will be sold in the U.S. starting three years from now, says its maker. Company chief Ratan Tata told reporters at the New Delhi Auto Show, underway today, that it is now adapting the Nano to meet stringent U.S. crash safety requirements and testing a larger engine. The Nano will first be sold in Europe, starting next year. Unveiled in January 2008, precisely 100 years after Henry Ford launched the iconic Model T that set the world on wheels, the Nano was designed to make four-wheeled transport available to tens of millions of Indians...