Thanks. Although from what I remember, Tata Motors has 34 patents for the Nano car. Nano is designed in a way that it uses less steel than other cars - making

Thanks. Although from what I remember, Tata Motors has 34 patents for the Nano car. Nano is designed in a way that it uses less steel than other cars - making it lighter and cheaper. Also, the wheel placement is done in a way that allows the car to be very small - yet the seating space be a lot more than other compact cars like Hyundai's Santro etc. And also - Tata Nano innovated on the assembly line model. The car is designed in a way that the car parts can be built separately and assembled in various locations. Thus, smaller plants are needed. (Sure, computers are built the same way too. But cars are not built that way by other companies. Tata replicated the computer manufacturing model and made cars available in "assembly kits.") I agree with you that the cheap labour helped in keeping costs down. But that was not the only thing. There is some really good innovation behind the car too.