If chinese can why not indians?

Come 2009 and chinese car maker Chamco Auto is waiting to storm the market and grab market share as they may have their production at mexico and rolls cars into US with price tag of $12k+. If chinese can position themselves to work on strict US auto standards whats keeping the indians away? Tata can go in for the kill with a pricing of $5k+ with production at mexico, research in India and sales in the US. Advantage of Tata Nano is that it will give you value for mileage and can keep the speeds low in the cities which will translate to huge savings and lesser accidents. Somehow Tata is more interested in buying out rover than pushing in its Nano. If chinese can work out the design to clear US standards then they can storm anywhere, but i dont think that they can bring the value down to $5k or so. Only Ratan Tata can answer my question of "If chinese can, why cant indians?"