Touted as the cheapest car in the world at about $ 2,000 in its basic version, the Nano was built by India's Tata will soon be available in a deluxe, fully redesigned by an Indian group for a price approaching that of a Ferrari .
DC Design Group, based in Bombay and specialist car redesigns, announced Thursday that it would completely redesign the city of 3.1 m by replacing the plastic interior trim, small wheels and dashboard dial Single, without touching its general shape.
The deluxe version of Nano will be tailored for a final price of about $ 220,000, the price of a Ferrari or Porsche. A first prototype will be available within two months.
"We want to keep the price of the Nano, but with the technology and the important work that we will achieve it, is a $ 220,000 price is justified," said Dilip Chhabaria, the group leader, told AFP .
"We'll keep the light and the floor, everything else is different. There will be a lot of engineering technology, many high tech equipment," he said.
The standard model with a two-cylinder engine 624 cm3 and a power of 33 horses will be replaced by an engine of 1600 cm3 and have wider roads that the model presented by India's Tata two years ago and launched on Indian roads this summer.
The body will store carbon for lightweight model, weighing less than 600 kg. The group will also rework the brakes and suspension.
"The idea is to show the world what the automotive and high tech can do when they work in synergy," said Chhabaria.
Considering the price prohibitive, DC Design wishes to produce two to five models per year that can be bought by Indian billionaire.
The media launch of the Nano has created a craze among the global manufacturers who in turn swallowed up in the niche of small urban economics.
