Ratan Tata did it with Nano- to provide inexpensive motoring to masses. But is he the first one to have such a dream? Decades ago, Herbert Austin and Andre Citroen did the same- resulting in Austin 7 and Citroen 2CV. After a few years, Adolf Hitler gave birth to Volkswagen, the people’s car.

Ledwinka, an engineer, discussed his with Porsche, another engineer, and came up with what is known as Volkswagen beetle. So the idea of OLC(one lakh car) is not new. And finally there were two people’s car: the Citroen which was front-engined and beetle which was rear-engined.

And this was followed by Fiat 500, Suzuki Coupe, Mitsubishi Minica, Renault 4CV, Mazada 360 Coupe and many more. And this year Tata is coming up with the Nano which is expected to rock the Indian car market with its OLC status!