The hyped Tata 1 lakh car was launched earlier. TATA is yet to announce the bookings for the car publicly and the TATA website to does not have any information on that same.
Good luck with booking the TATA Nano and feel free to post your experiences in the comments section.
Here are some pictures and the Nano car specifications:
- 624cc petrol engine
- 33BHP
- 20km per litre mileage, upto 26km per litre on highway
- 30 liter petrol tank
- 4 door, 5-seater
- Rear engine, front boot
- 4 speed manual gear box
- On road price expected to be around Rs. 1 lakh 25 thousand
- front disc brakes and drums in the rear
- Euro 4 compliant
- Top speed 90kmph
21% more space than Maruti 800!
The car comes with three models
- Tata Nano Standard (BSII* and BSIII*): The standard version has three colour options, single-tone seats, and fold-down rear seat.
- Tata Nano CX (BSII* and BSIII*): This model has five colour options, with heating and air-conditioning (HVAC), two-tone seats, parcel shelf, booster-assisted brakes, and fold-down rear seat with nap rest.
- Tata Nano LX (BSIII*): It comes with the features of CX plus complete fabric seats, central locking, front power windows, body coloured exteriors in three premium colours, fog lamps, electronic trip meter, cup holder in front console, mobile charger point, and rear spoiler
Here is how to book tata nano
- State Bank of India would be the qualified banker for collection of bookings in 850 cities.
- The car can be booked by just paying Rs 2,999 upfront while the rest can be secured by way of loan, he said. There would be 15 preferred financiers for the booking whose names would be disclosed in three days.
- The initial 50,000-60,000 Nano cars is to be supplied from its Pantnagar plant primarily set up to manufacture Ace trucks, Tata said, adding that the plant to manufacture the Nano at Sanand (Gujarat) is likely to go on-stream by end-this year or early next year.
- The first 100,000 customers will be selected by draw of lots from the bookings, he said, adding that those not allotted would have the option to retain their bookings.
First Booking Process of tata nano
The sale of application forms and acceptance of booking will start from April 9th 2009 till the end of day April 25th 2009. The application forms will be available at a price of Rs. 300. The application forms will be available at over 30,000 locations in about 1,000 cities through Tata Motors Passenger Car dealerships, State Bank of India and its branches, its subsidiaries and associates, other preferred financiers, and outlets of Westside, Croma, ‘World of Titan’ and Tata Indicom exclusive stores.
After collecting the forms, customers have two options. They can either pay the entire booking amount themselves or seek financing of the booking amount.
For those who seek financing, Tata Motors has entered into agreements with 15 preferred banks/NBFCs for the Tata Nano booking loan product. The booking product offered by these banks will enable a Tata Nano to be booked by paying an amount starting Rs. 2999/- only. Their chosen financier will directly submit their application forms to the State Bank of India on their behalf.
Those, who choose to themselves pay their entire booking amount, can submit their application forms to State Bank of India through 1,350 notified branches in 850 cites, and also at Tata Motors Passenger Car dealerships, Westside and Croma outlets. Option to submit bookings online is available at www.tatanano.com.
Within 60 days of the closure of bookings, Tata Motors will process and announce the allotment of 100,000 cars in the first phase of deliveries, through a computerised random selection procedure. These 100,000 allotments will be price protected for the launch prices till delivery of the cars but the booking amounts will not bear any interest for the customers. Deliveries will commence from July 2009.
Applicants have the option to retain their booking deposit, even if they do not get allotment in the first phase. Those who choose this option will be eligible for interest on their deposit, effective from the date of announcement of allotment of the second phase, at a rate of 8.5% for retention period between one year to two year and 8.75% for a retention period of more than 2 years. Allotment of retainees will be simultaneously communicated, along with the allotment of the first 100,000 cars.
Standard model would cost roughly Rs. 1,25,000 onroad.
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