Fiat, Tata to sell Nano in LatAm: report

A 'Nano' car belonging to one of its first owners,S.K. Thirani, drives through a road after being driven out of a showroom in Mumbai July 17, 2009.

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian carmaker Fiat SpA (FIA.MI) and Tata Motors Ltd (TAMO.BO) intend to sell Tata's ultra-low-cost Nano model jointly in Latin America, the Indian firm's chief Ratan Tata said in an interview published on Thursday.

Tata, who is also a Fiat director, told La Stampa newspaper the two were studying further cooperation to add to existing projects such as a partnership to produce engines in India.

"We have various projects, to take the Nano to Latin America together, to share platforms for new cars, we have projects for (Fiat lorry unit) Iveco and also for us to sell Ferrari and Maserati," Tata said.

"We are talking about a lot of things."

The first Nano, the world's cheapest car, was delivered this month. Tata said the car's production run for the next two years is already sold.

The Nano is being sold in India for 100,000 rupees ($2,053) excluding taxes.

The Nano passed the European "crash test" safety standard on Friday, allowing it to be sold in the Europe market and a launch is foreseen at the end of 2011, Tata said.

Brazil is Fiat's second-biggest market after Italy.

(Writing by Nigel Tutt; editing by John Stonestreet)