Nano was launched on pragati maidan by Ratan Tata, lots of people were very eager to see the rupees one-lakh car ($2500). Ratan tata said a promise is a promise and told to the news conference that the car would cost only one lakh rupees(ex-showroom price).
Many people have different points of view that one lakh car would create lot of traffic and there will no parking space in malls, streets and others are worried about pollution, Tata’s competitors are worried about there car market shares, etc.
My frank opinion on above issues would be,
Traffic jams, parking space constraints, pollution etc is bound to happen whether you have one lakh car or not. In growing Indian economy, more and more people are able own cars. Year after year the car sales target is reaching higher limits.Don’t you think in all metros we are already having huge traffic jams? One lakh car will simply replace all 2 wheelers and autos with Tata’s Nano. What’s wrong in it? I feel we can have better patterns and good traffic management if we have only cars on street, rather than having crazy two wheelers or dangerous Autos on streets.
If you take number of fatal accidents happening in any metros majority of them are caused because of two wheelers, Autos, Buses and Lorries. Cars do have accidents but most often it ends up with minor injuries to the drivers and people inside the car. So I definitely recommend Tata’s Nano to Indian street when it comes to the safety of the people who drive in Indian streets.If you are talking about the Parking space, most of the malls, complex have converted the parking space into commercial areas why can’t government stop these illegal encroachments.
From early days of Independent India till the end of 20th century common man could not dream of having a car, telephone or any other basic necessities. He always dreamt of it. All the luxury items were possessed by the rich Indian families.
After the globalization and software boom some middle class people who live in metros are able to afford car, phone, computers, and flat etc. Telecom revolution has bridged the gap between rich and the poorer India, now any body in India can own a mobile starting from vegetable vendor to the rich business man.
Now I feel automobile revolution is started and Tata’s Nano is just tip of the iceberg. It will be interesting to see how other automobile manufactures like Maruti- Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota, and Honda would react to Nano. Watch out two wheelers and three wheelers space also it gets more interesting.
I would finally like to say, to all the Rich Indian people, who owned all the luxuries earlier and looked down on middle and poor class.
“Time has come to give away the throne to common man, be ready to step down”
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