World's cheapest car- Nano car bursts into flames !!!

[manglasiva]

GM recalls 5,000 SUVs due to engine fire risk

 

[Musalman]

Actually Adam motors made the Revo back in early 2000s...............

Yes but Revo was not a People car concept like Volkswagon of Adolf Hitler or Nano of Tata. Although Revo was a good car, it makes me sad that it is no more same happened to Windmark in 80s.

 

[Arik]

Damn, world's first car to catch fire!!!

What do u mean.Cars catch fire every where in the world.

 

[Arik]

Pakistan does manufacture cars. Did you do some looking around or are ill-informed responses now your default choice?

Just curious to know wether Pakistan has its own car company(if so what is its name).

 

[Arik]

He meant it like that TATA has made it too affordable and now people will have too many cars and that will result in more emissions........
Prior to the Mumbai attacks, TATA said they would be launching the Nano here in Pakistan too..
That would have signaled the beginning of trade between Pakistan and India on a massive scale, but alas....................

Exactly .More cars means more pollution.For India the problem is even greater because of the deplorable condition of road infrastructure at various places.India must concentrate more on public transport systems.

Maybe the nano will end up being responsible for the disappearance of another New Moore .

 

[Musalman]

Just curious to know wether Pakistan has its own car company(if so what is its name).

At the moment no original manufacturer, last car indigenous manufacture Adam got bankrupt last year. Since many major car manufacturer have plants in Pakistan therefore unless they get Govt protection initially local companies can not survive. Infact Govt of Pakistan gave protection to Suzuki of Japan for many years. Resulting in local brands going out in 80s like Windmark, Nishan etc

 

[Musalman]

Add to my post

Marg bar Pakistani Govt Policies

 

[Gazzi]

Oh man, TATA better sort this problem out.........no doubt it would have the Western markets by now, and God forbid, if that happens here in Europe, TATA will be sued for billions.......better get rolling with making amends

 

[jbond197]

Oh man, TATA better sort this problem out.........no doubt it would have the Western markets by now, and God forbid, if that happens here in Europe, TATA will be sued for billions.......better get rolling with making amends

There will be different model of Nano for US and European Market. The car would need significant overhauls to make it road-worthy under U.S. and European safety standards and with air conditioning included the car will not cost $2500 in US for sure

 

[Windjammer]

Pakistan's 100% Home-made cars: Revo

Pakistan on Monday launched the first locally made car 'Revo', marking entry of the country into the car manufacturing countries.


The Revo can also be fitted with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) kit and the price of 800 CC standard version has been fixed at Rs. 269,000.

“There were only 16 countries in the world that manufactured their own vehicles and now Pakistan is now part of this exclusive club,” Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday told the launching ceremony.

“It is a historic day as a vehicle designed in Pakistan will now ply on the roads,” Mr Aziz said and described it as a very good example of self-reliance.

The Prime Minister himself drove the Revo within the premises of State Guest House in the port city of Karachi.

“It is a very good experience to drive this car and is also easy to drive it,” the Prime Minister said when asked how he felt driving the newly launched vehicle.
He said Pakistan is also producing motorcycles so that the people get some more products at a right price and at the right time.

Aziz said the government is set to make a regulation that will require every new car in Pakistan have a tracker installed. He said this has to happen at the assembling stage.

The Prime Minister said that with the installation of trackers, it would be easier to determine the whereabouts of the vehicle if it goes missing for some reason and it could be tracked promptly.

 

[indian_musing]

Pakistan's 100% Home-made cars: Revo

Pakistan on Monday launched the first locally made car 'Revo', marking entry of the country into the car manufacturing countries.


The Revo can also be fitted with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) kit and the price of 800 CC standard version has been fixed at Rs. 269,000.

“There were only 16 countries in the world that manufactured their own vehicles and now Pakistan is now part of this exclusive club,” Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday told the launching ceremony.

“It is a historic day as a vehicle designed in Pakistan will now ply on the roads,” Mr Aziz said and described it as a very good example of self-reliance.

The Prime Minister himself drove the Revo within the premises of State Guest House in the port city of Karachi.

“It is a very good experience to drive this car and is also easy to drive it,” the Prime Minister said when asked how he felt driving the newly launched vehicle.
He said Pakistan is also producing motorcycles so that the people get some more products at a right price and at the right time.

Aziz said the government is set to make a regulation that will require every new car in Pakistan have a tracker installed. He said this has to happen at the assembling stage.

The Prime Minister said that with the installation of trackers, it would be easier to determine the whereabouts of the vehicle if it goes missing for some reason and it could be tracked promptly.

It is very old news. FYI it is already closed. Adam Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BTW what search engine you are using to find the news?

 

[Windjammer]

It is very old news. FYI it is already closed. Adam Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BTW what search engine you are using to find the news?

The company was taken over by another set up.


d-8 News: Pakistan's 100% Home-made cars: Revo

 

[indian_musing]

The company was taken over by another set up.


d-8 News: Pakistan's 100% Home-made cars: Revo

Pakistan pioneer passenger car bites the dust


Pakistan pioneer passenger car bites the dust
Saturday, September 06, 2008
By Saad Hasan

KARACHI: The odds were seemingly stacked against Feroz Khan when he was born to homeless migrants from India, but the span of 59 years has changed matters. Khan grew up in Lalukhait, one of the lower income areas in Karachi, but has nonetheless travelled far and wide, working in Saudi Arabia, England, and the United States.

After returning to Pakistan, he later became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Adam Motor Company Ltd, maker of Pakistan’s car, the Revo. This plant was forced to close down, but adjacent to it stands another one of Khan’s factories: Omar Jibran (OJ) Engineering Services, the largest supplier of original car parts to Toyota, Honda and Suzuki in Pakistan.

OJ Engineering is the result of a lifelong struggle for Khan.

“I had a very humble beginning,” he says. One of six siblings, Khan studied at a government school. He earned a scholarship to DJ College, and then another to NED University, from where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. After a bad job experience at Karachi Port Trust, Khan decided to move abroad.

Borrowing $300 from a sister, in 1972, he began an arduous journey to Germany by bus. On the way, he paid a visit to shrines in Kabul, Herat, Mashhad, Tehran, Kirmanshah, and Baghdad in the hopes that it would get him a job. However, this was when members of Israel’s Olympic team were killed by Palestinian militants, causing Germany to stop issuing visas. Four months after being on the road and with only $100 in hand, Khan had to come back to Beirut.

Eventually, his luck turned for the better. Without having anyone sponsor him, he managed to get a visa for Saudi Arabia, and got a well-paid job in Saudi Aramco. By the time he left Saudi Arabia in 1978, Khan has earned enough to buy 42.5 per cent shares of a company in England that made thread protectors for oil pipes.

After two years in England, he moved to Houston, Texas and set up a company called Tubular Protection of America. He has not looked back since. He eventually returned to Pakistan, and in 1990, established OJ Engineering, which manufactured car parts for Pak Suzuki Motors. His reputation started to grow and soon, other car assemblers became his customers.

“Pakistan’s auto industry has come a long way,” said Khan. “There was a time when we used to make only tyres, car batteries, seats, and wiring harnesses. Now, we make everything except for the transmission and engine.”

The auto industry, however, is facing a slowdown, and according to Khan, the government needs to bring political stability for it to make a turnaround. Had time remained on his side, he believes he would have taken the country a step further by making engines.

“I am not defeated,” declared Feroz Khan. “What does not break you makes you stronger.” Three years ago, Pakistan launched its first car, the snub-nosed Revo manufactured by Adam Motor Company Ltd, but deteriorating law and order, inconsistent government policies, and a bad business decision forced the plant to close.

Launched in 2005, the Revo had an edge over its competitors. With the exception of the engine and transmission system, all its parts were manufactured locally, rendering it the cheapest car in the market and the pride and joy of Feroz Khan.

The then finance minister Shaukat Aziz had inaugurated the plant in 2003. Even today, outside the closed factory gates of Adam Motors in Bin Qasim Industrial Estate, there is still a plaque carrying the announcement of the inauguration. Three months before the launch of the Revo in 2005, Shaukat Aziz, who had become Prime Minister by then, promised Khan that the car would be on list of the government’s purchases.

“And since it would have been the cheapest, the government would have been able to buy 5,000 to 10,000 cars a year,” recalled Khan ruefully. However, before even the first car was rolled out, the roads became crowded with more efficient imported vehicles.

The Revo was not purchased by the government, and the plant where it was manufactured eventually had to close.

One of Khan’s mistakes was that he did not arrange for a financier before the car was launched. He had believed that the word of the Prime Minister would be enough. “I have learned my lesson. No one should ever trust a political appointee,” said Khan in an interview with The News.

With no investor and few orders in hand, Khan had little money available for aggressive marketing. Eventually, he found a Kuwaiti investor willing to help. However, this was when the ongoing political crisis in the country with suicide bombings and assassinations began.

“He waited for two years for situation to improve,” said Khan of the investor. “The same thing happened to another investor from Dubai. Why would anyone invest here when Pakistanis themselves are shifting their capital abroad?” Today, Khan is still searching for someone who will buy the plant that closed down, but he has been able to come to terms with its closure.

“Looking back, I feel that to have a dream, to try it and fail is much better than to never have tried at all,” he said.



Can you point me any showroom in pakistan selling Revo?

 

[Hyde]

burning a car like that is seriously a matter of concern. It is going to seriously effect tata nano sales if a version of Nano is exported to Europe in 2012 (as per news)

 

[xenon]

burning a car like that is seriously a matter of concern. It is going to seriously effect tata nano sales if a version of Nano is exported to Europe in 2012 (as per news)

Yeah, the burning may be a stray incident, but TATA has a reputation and I hope they are working on it .
Some info aftermath the incident.

Nano Car Fire | Tata Motors Apology | Not For Sale | Pre-Production | Burning Incident - Oneindia News