The fire hit Nano to undergo investigation. The boastful low priced car in the world, Nano, had an unpleasant run some 10 months back. There was a fire broke to the car involving a family of a software engineer, his wife and a 5-year old son. The nightmare experience forced his wife to withdraw from choosing any sort of car. But Nano is to be produced from the new plant next month despite hue and cry over the safety aspects.
Tata’s initiative was to drag the millions of two wheeler riders to access the cool and safe car at an affordable price. Tata sells Jaguar and Land Rover in India and is on the offshore verge of Nano in 2011- Europe and in the US later. The company spokesperson claimed that the incident was a freak and off-stray one and has nothing to do with the manufacturing fault. However the company does not leave any tables unturned and is investigating the cause of the fire. But two more such incidents have been reported by the customers last year and Tata acknowledged the incident related to the electrical flaw and specifically the switch problem.
Now Tata has rectified that flaw and is on the verge of focusing more on safety aspects, he said. Nano can be deemed as one of the most safest cars on Indian roads, he added. Yet the industry analysts feel the other way- the third largest car maker in India has to analyze the problem at length before deriving any fruitful result. Here it is to be remembered that Toyota, Honda and other global car makers had to recall their cars for the faulty conditions. Tata has to go a long way to attain the safety standards, said an analyst of HIS Global Insight.
As on date there are 30000 Nano on the roads, but the problem rate is higher compared to the percentage basis. Tata’s initiative was good and the car is a fine product, but Tata shall assure quality and safety aspects. In a bid to formulate these flaws, the company has pressed the service of former head of GM in Europe, Carl-Peter Forster. He is the pick of the person for the right job and there will be more changes from Tata. But the time frame is yet to be known.