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Home » SWOT articles » SWOT analysis of Tata nano and why it failed to deliver

SWOT analysis of Tata nano and why it failed to deliver

February 7, 2020 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: SWOT articles

NANO which is a brain child of Ratan Tata raised hope for a lot of Middle class families by giving them the status of owning a car. Expectations were increasing amongst the customers regarding the product features and its efficiency. Competitors were eagerly waiting for its arrival to find “what’s inside NANO?”. The only factor the customer knew in advance was its price tag of 1 lac as conveyed by Ratan Tata. But why was it not a big hit and why is it still lagging to grab the market in spite of its good and convincing features? We probed into the health of Tata Nano as a brand and as a product and carried out a SWOT analysis on NANO.

SWOT analysis of Tata nano

SWOT analysis of Tata nano

Table of Contents

  • Strengths in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano
  • What made the brand weak? – Weaknesses in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano
  • Threats in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano
  • Opportunities in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano
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Strengths in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano

Price itself was a major strength factor for the mini magical vehicle which created a sensation all over the world. Even US president Obama was all praises for the Nano during his Indian visit, an appreciation which soon spread across the world. The five seater car Nano from Tata finally arrived in the market. The strengths of the product included its small size, ease in handling and good mileage efficiency. It directly took on the motorcycle market and tried to attach a status symbol to itself such that customers prefer the Nano above buying a motorcycle. Thus they get a four wheeler instead of a two wheeler. However, sales did not happen as expected and Tata Nano lagged behind.

What made the brand weak? – Weaknesses in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano

The launch price came in two variants ranging between 1.2 lacs to 1.5lacs. It was 20 – 50% higher then the proposed rates which was a major setback to customers. Within a few months of initial sales, technical problems were found in the product and there were a few reports of Nano catching fire, which further weakened the trust for the brand ‘Nano’ as a whole. Tata also faced political problems and had to shift the plant location which led to production delays. And now due to inflation, Nano’s prices have further increased due to increase in the prices of raw material such as steel, rubber and others.

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Threats in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano

After the launch of Nano there were many manufacturers who wanted to take advantage of the hype of the Tata nano, and started working on manufacturing an alternative for Nano. Upcoming cars like H800 from Hyundai priced around 1.6 lac, Maruti Cervo 600cc priced around 1.7 lacs to 2lacs were imposing threats to further growth of Nano’s market share. Vehicles like Alto, Chevy Spark and second hand vehicles were major substitutes for Nano. People were looking for alternatives for the main reason that it cannot be much used for driving in highways or long distances as the engine cc is low. The main threat was from an indirect competitor – Motorcycles. Nano was in between motorcycles and car and it was proving to be unreliable due to technical glitches. Thus some people were going for the cost effective solution of buying motorcycles thereby affecting Nano sales.

Opportunities in the SWOT analysis of Tata nano

Though Nano is considered to be a boon for middle class people ,it is most often bought by the people who already own one or two cars!! Nano is considered to be a vehicle of convenience to drive in metro traffic. Nano 2012 is a new ray of hope in increasing number of sales and making many satisfied customers. The increase in buying power of the younger generation is a major factor for India’s automobile growth. Tata Nano diesel priced at 3.5lacs has already created a hype among its customers as Tata is known for its diesel products with high mileage efficiency like Indica and Indigo CS

Even Rata tata has admitted that they were wrong in the positioning of the Nano and that the initial marketing effort was poor. Instead Nano should have been marketed as a utility car rather than a “cheap car”.

Many manufacturers are still striving hard to compete with Nano, even they will have many drawbacks and failures and it should be a better product than Nano. Certainly revolutions aren’t usually neat and tidy to start with; hence Nano too is a revolution in Indian Automobile history.

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About Hitesh Bhasin

I love writing about the latest in marketing & advertising. I am a serial entrepreneur & I created Marketing91 because i wanted my readers to stay ahead in this hectic business world. You can follow me on Facebook. Let's stay in touch :)

Comments

  1. pradeep says

    good work arun….nice content too

    Reply
  2. makrand says

    Sir , Can you write your views based on studies you have done so far on NANO that what could have prevented NANO failure from point of view of external and internal factors of TATA MOTORS as a organization.

    Reply
    • Hitesh Bhasin says

      As Ratan Tata said, they showed Nano as a poor mans car which is why he was angry with the Marketing department. As per him, Tata did not market the product correctly and it should have been shown as an alternative to bikes or as a safe traveling option as compared to 2 wheelers. Which is exactly what TATA is doing now and you can see the spike in the purchase of Tata Nano

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