Tata Motors is planning to engineer a version of its Nano world car to meet European crash and emission standards before 2012.

Tata Nano project manager, Girish Wagh, told German newspaper Focus: "We will develop a follow-on model in four years that will fulfill the Euro V emissions standard and pass European crash tests.”

Wagh said the principal objective was to reduce the Nano's fuel consumption. The company will focus on reducing consumption from five litres per 100 km to three litres per 100km.