 The purchase price of this no frills auto was brought down by dispensing with most nonessential features, reducing the amount of steel used in its construction, and relying on low cost Indian labour..This led to reductions like the passenger's side wing mirror, one wiper blade, only three lug nuts per wheel or removal of the fuel filler cap from the tank.. Tata said it was the first time a 2-cylinder gasoline engine was being used in a car with single balancer shaft.At introduction the Nano received much media attention due to its low price of 1 lakh rupees (Rs.