Tata Motors plans to strap a diesel engine which is being developed in alliance with German powertrain maker FEV on world’s cheapest car – the Nano.FEV is an independent engine and powertrain systems research, design and development company, headquartered in Aachen, Germany. FEV is already working with Mahindra for the upcoming Scorpio Hybrid.
Tata Motors showcased its petrol Nano with a 623 cc, two-cylinder, MPFI engine with four-speed manual transmission. During it’s launch, Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata had said: “By and large we’ve always been a diesel company so we will have a diesel version that will follow this variant soon after,” referrring the diesel and the hybrid variant are in the pipeline.The car will sport the world’s first 800 cc, turbo charged, CRDi diesel engine. While Bosch is working on the CRDi system and Honeywell Turbo India is working on the turbo charger. This new CRDi engine will be two-cylinder unit and believe to crank out at least 30% more mileage compared to 800 cc petrol cars. The diesel engine powered Nano will probably roll out in 2009.