Pretty decent on the highway too. Review on Tata Nano

I got a nano LXi about an year back and have done about 8000 kms till now. Nano is very comfortable for a city ride with easy maneuverability, small size and quite a powerful engine for its size & weight. Parking is very comfortable. But one thing I would like to impress upon in this blog for potential nano buyers is that it is pretty good on the highway as well. I had driven in up & down between Bangalore & Hyderabad & it took an average of 8 hours for the 560 odd kms.

I also twice did it between Bangalore & Coimbatore at an average of 7 hrs 15 min for the 370 kms. But the highlight was covering 850 kms within 35 hours, the major break being for 9 hours. I started off from Bangalore at 10:30 am on Saturday for a small village about 50 kms further from Tanjore through some pretty bad stretches of road (Krishnagiri to Thiruvanamalai, Tanjore to Thiruvarur) and reached there around 12:30 pm, with an 1.5 hr continuous break in between. I started my return at 10am Sunday morning and reached Bangalore by 8:30 pm the same day (this time the bad stretches being between Thiruvarur to Tanjore and Trichy to Namakkal).

I got a mileage of 23 kmpl with the AC on through most of the ride. The only downside on highway was a max speed of only 90 and bit less powerful sound in the horn.

Overall I am happy, & would recommend this car for anyone who is inn dilemma over the negative talk associated with this cheapest car yet.