Tata said that he plans to export an upgraded version of the Nano to eastern and western Europe, the United Kingdom and possibly, the United States as well.
Exports to Europe would begin sometime in 2011 as the car has to meet certain requirements, he said.
"It is more of validation rather than re-designing" as some safety norms particularly in the rear were to be met, he said.
He also made it clear that there is no upper limit for the number of bookings.
Asked what could be the demand for the car, Tata said that the demand for two-wheelers was in the range of 6-7-million units and he expected demand for the Nano to be around 1-million.
When asked if the company would be expanding the production capacity beyond half-a-million by adding capacity in different locations, Tata said that if the demand was positive as expected, then the company would look at it.
The company had originally planned to set up assembly units at various places with quality controls in place so as to make the car available at an affordable price.
Image: Interior view of Tata Nano. | Photograph, courtesy: Tata Motors
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