The period after six months from now will see a changed outlook of Nano, as necessitated by the market feedback. Tata Motors is greasing its mind to enhance the efficiency of Nano by increasing the conventional 5000 rpm rev limit by 1000rpm for fast acceleration, particularly in the first and second gears. There will be a 5-speed gear box (for export units) which may be absent in India where top speed is not highly feasible (restricted to 105km/h) on safety grounds. The Indian road will not facilitate the drivers with gear change at this speed of 105km/h. A 5-speed gear will be ideal for the European roads.
The Indian units will have a modified outside rear view mirror (ORVM) assembly, which will be less cumbersome as the movement is done within and it will be introduced once approved by ARAI. The new mirror will facilitate electrically-powered mirrors in future. The current OVRM needs entire movement. There will be a ‘check-strap’ for sustaining the door opening.
Further, the refined Nano will have a tail-gate differing from the current sealed rear glass unit. The conventional way of getting into the luggage area is to fold the rear seats amidst much inconvenience and difficulty. To maintain the purity of Nano’s design, as directed by Ratan Tata, the engineers at Tata Motors have brought this tail-gate. The relatively low production at Uttaranchal plant has enabled to experiment with the current Nano and is finalizing the design before getting into the new plant in Sanand. Once this unit starts production by the end of 2010, the production will shoot up to 20000 units a month from the current 4000 units.