hour and offered gas mileage of nearly 50 miles per gal lon. The small engine was well-matched to the driving nditions in urban markets in India, which were characterized by crowded streets with an average speed o less than 20 miles per hour. The base Nano model did not include air conditioning, nor a radio or CD player, and access to the trunk was through the interior-there was no trunk door on the outside of the vehicle. Every possible cost saving was implemented: There were only three lug nuts on the wheels, no airbags, one windshield wiper, and the speedometer was in the middle of the dash rather than behind the steering wheel, which saved on parts and reduced cost. A supplier of suspension parts used a hollow steel tube to replace the solid steel tube normally used so as to save on steel costs.