Sunday, January 13, 2008

Is the Nano bad news for the M-800? Maybe not

The potential target audience for the Nano does not seem as effusively as the media over the low price tag of the car, discovers Mohini Bhatnagar at the ninth Delhi Auto Expo

New Delhi: The hugely hyped launch of the Tata Rs1-lakh car has led to much speculation on

Maruti Suzuki withdrawing the M-800, or at least reducing its prices substantially to compete with the Nano that is priced at half the prevailing price of the M-800. However, the ground realities may be different.

Walking towards the exit of the Delhi Auto Expo in New Delhi with a brief from my editor to get the views of 'king' consumer, I managed to get visitors at the Expo to talk about their views on the Nano and on the chances of their buying the Tata car.

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