The Nano from India's Tata Motors is the biggest news in small cars for a long time. Made in India, for India, Tata Motors want to allow everyone in India to buy a car if they want or need one. It is small though, and so we bring you: Top 10 things you shouldn't try to do in a Tata Nano.


#1 The horizontal mambo

Good luck getting horizontal in a Nano: unless your feet are sticking out the open door, you'll have a problem. This may be less of a problem in India, where people are generally not as tall as some other places.

#2 Get away after a bank robbery

Sure, the Tata Motors Nano has a top speed of 75 miles per hour, so you could outrun foot police with ease, but put them in just about any other form of transport and they'll probably catch you, particularly if there is more than one of you. Maybe get one each, split up, and hope that most of you escape?

#3 Go on a date

Not everyone is a car snob, but we somehow can't see a ride in a Tata Nano being a good first step on the long road to love. If you own one, take our advice and don't reveal the fact straight up. Riding the bus to the movies may be a better option.

#4 Waste petrol

Sure the Nano is small, but there is of course an upside: very good fuel economy. At 51.7 miles to the gallon, you can keep driving on just the idea of an oily rag for quite some time.

#5 Attempt a three-point turn

Attempting a three-point turn in a Tata Nano will make you look very silly indeed, because you'll never need to. With a turning circle of only eight meters, it's hard to imagine a road narrow enough to need this particular maneuver. Taking a driving test in a Nano would give your instructor fits trying to find a good place to have you do one.

#6 Crash

While the Tata Nano is equipped with such safety features as seat belts and crumple zones, we still think crashing one could leave you looking a bit the worse for wear. With no air bags and a body that resembles an egg shell, you're unlikely to get up and walk away from a head-on in one of these.

#7 Drag someone off at the lights

Well, this one is probably fairly unlikely to come up, but we'll include it anyway. If you pull up beside a hot rod at the lights, don't rev the engine and give them a tough look. They'll laugh at you.

#8 Cruise the strip

Two problems here: while cute, the Nano from Tata Motors doesn't really have the looks to turn heads for the right reasons, and it doesn't even have a radio!

#9 Take part in a demolition derby

See #6, above.

#10 Avoid glare on a sunny day

Unfortunately, particularly for India, Tata Motors decided that sun visors would add too much to the sticker price of the Nano. Sunglasses not included.