Auto News India - Nano production to begin at Sanand

By Anoop Kumawat 26 Nov, 2009 at 12:48:06 PM

Tata Motors said on Tuesday that the upcoming Gujarat factory for the Tata Nano will start it's trial production in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year. PM Telang, India MD for Tata Motors, said work was on at the new factory site for the Tata Nano at Sanand (near Ahmedabad) where the company decided to move late last year after it had to vacate the Singur land in West Bengal, following protests over land acquisition spearheaded by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.

PM Telang said full-scale production at Sanand could begin in 6 to 8 months. Tata Motors plans to set up an initial annual production capacity of around 2.5 lakh units at Sanand, which can be expanded to 5 lakh units.  The company had moved to Sanand in October last year where it will set up a mother plant for the budget car, apart from vendor park, on an area of about 1100 acres. Volkswagen Beetle and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X are the upcoming cars in India.