The world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano, will soon be displayed at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. A yellow coloured model of the Nano will be showcased at the museum from February 18, 2010 to April 25, 2010, along with diagrams and a short film explaining its concept. The Curatorial Director of Cooper-Hewitt, Cara McCarty, said that the people’s car would be displayed at the museum in keeping with its mission to showcase the world’s latest developments in design and technology.
Tata Motors won the coveted ‘Bronze Lion’ award for the Nano’s innovative advertising at this year’s Cannes advertising awards festival. The car is currently being manufactured at the company’s Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand. The new plant in Sanand, dedicated to the production of the Nano, will be operational from mid-2010 and will have an annual capacity of 350,000 cars.
