The upcoming Nissan Ultra Low Car (ULC) to compete with Tata Nano
Mar 12, 2010 | Comments 10
After Tata introduced the Nano in the Indian market which is priced in the one lakh bracket, there are many other companies following suit to tap the growing small and economical car market in India. To compete against the Nano in the low cost vehicle segment Bajaj has tied up with Nissan- Renault to introduce a new car. Bajaj will hold 50 % stake wile Nissan and Renault will share 25% stake in this venture. It is expected that this new edition would be available in 2011.
This new upcoming edition is internally coded as ULC (ultra low car) and will be manufactured at an all new unit in Chakan, near Pune. It is expected that this edition will initially be produced in the Petrol version and later they may add the diesel variant. Important feature is like add into this ULC edition will sport a front engine and offer a maximum speed of 80kmpl.
According to earlier reports it would be powered by highly efficient two cylinder engine and will be teamed with manual transmission and offer an option of automatic transmission.
It is expected that the Nissan Ultra Low Car will be approximately priced at 1.03 lakhs.
All auto fans that are looking at economical four wheel vehicles which can be run on city roads will positively wait for the launch of this new edition.
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If Nissan removes such car then the market is going to be crashed! Everyone will go for this car only.
After Tata Nano was launched, the Indian car industry, bike industry and even public transport using people were in a dilemma!
Tata had got a revolution in automobile. People were stunned when they heard a car in just rupees One lakh!
If Nissan launches this car its going to be a boom!! Amazing engineering from this brand.
The shape of this car is almost similar to Tata Nano. Hope its not that small as Tata Nano is.
What a great move by Bajaj. Its already gaining success in 2 wheeler industry and now targeted 4 wheeler vehicles!
Price won’t make much a difference since they are getting a better brand. Tata is good but Nissan is better.
nissan is known best for it engine…and launchiing such a car after tata nano… other car mfgs need to be very carefull coz its going to be great time for nissan motors
Great news. When will this jewel be available in Mexico?
It is absolutely great car. Hope the engine of the Nissan ULC is in the front and has a better crash-test result than maruti 800 and at the same time the promise of 35 km per litre under city condition is kept. The engine cooling system has to be perfect to avoid similar scenes of burning nano on mumbai and pune streets. If these features are kept in the mind then Tata Nano has to re-work the entire process of manufacturing the present model.