Monday, January 28, 2008

Roger Bannister and Tata Nano

I know the obvious question you have is, who is Roger Bannister?

In athletics, the four-minute mile is the running of a mile (1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes.
It was once thought by some to be impossible, but since it was first achieved in 1954 by
Roger Bannister the 'four minute barrier' has been broken by many male athletes,
and is now the standard of all professional middle distance runners. In the last 50 years the mile record
has been lowered by almost 17 seconds. Still, four minutes remains the standard by which all male amateur milers
are measured.

I am hopeful that Tata Nano will do the same to auto industry what Roger did to athletics.
Already Renault has announce that it will produce a car to compete with Tata Nano.
Let's see if in years to come 1 lakh car would be in stable of every car maker.

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