TATA NANO Launch

[Former Member]

Today is the historic day when the world will witness the launch of the cheapest car to date - Tata Nano. The "Aam Aadmi's" car has been in the news since long, and there are many eager would-be buyers waiting for its launch.

It's not only the car that claims to be innovative; its website is novel too. The website was launched in January 2008 and has undergone various revisions throughout the year. The website displays the small car's presence on various community websites like Orkut and Facebook.

It also hosts a "Tata Motors Forum," where discussions about the car take place, and we must say that the forum is quite active. Also, the website includes a blog that displays posts by Tata officials discussing topics like whether the age of marketing cars only for women has arrived. It must, however, be noted that the officials could have made better use of the blog, as there are only two posts put up.

Innovative Website

Apart from booking your Nano online, you can also "build" it on the company website, which means that you can select the colour, decals, wheels, fog lamps, seat covers, and dashboard. Along with this, there are features like free downloads, contests, and so on. Talking about downloads, Tata Nano lovers can download wallpapers of the car. These pictures include images of the Tata Nano from the Geneva Motor Show, The Who's Who of India and the World Take a Look at the Tata Nano, The Tata Nano Launch Event at the Delhi Auto Expo, and the Standard and the Luxury versions of the car along with its interiors. One can view YouTube-powered videos of the car too. Apart from this, you can also be invited to the launch of the car by registering yourself and participating in the contest.

Marketing Novelties

As reported by The Economic Times, Tata Motors will sell the Nano not just through Tata car dealerships across the country, but also through retail outlets like Westside and Croma, both of which belong to the Tata Group.

Thus, the Tata Nano has a strong online presence and its novel website is just adding to it. We only hope that the Nano meets all the expectations and hype it has created in the mind of the common man.

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Pantnagar: Pantnagar would be the first place from where the wonder car Nano or Lakhtakiya would be rolled out.

The lucky one lakh people will get Tata Nano in its first phase of launching as there will be a lottery system to book the People's car.

Tata Motors has planned to roll out one lakh car in his first phase of production, which will be available to customers in July.

The booking for the Tata Nano will start form April 9 and booking will be open till April 23.

The booking price for the smallest car will be Rs 2999. The booking forms would be available to all Tata dealers and State Bank of India (SBI) branches.

Booking form will be cost Rs 300. The online booking is also available.

The 30,000 booking centres will be spread over 1000 cities.

A family will get only one car booked to limit the demand for the much-hyped people's car.

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today said that the company will roll out one lakh cars in the first phase of production.

The bike owners are mulling over to buy the Nano first. Auto experts believe that the Nano will hit the market of Maruti Suzuki, Maruti Zen, Santro and other cars.

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

Here's what I see:

If this move by Tata will initiate a new trend of economical (crazy cheap) cars - I'm looking into skyrocketing oil prices as supply could no longer meet the demand. And it wouldn't matter much how gas-saving these cars are as it would just prolong the process of getting to the point where oil supplies crash in relation to the demand. That's simple mathematics, even. If you need a graph, I could draw it up if you like.

There are environmental consequences as well but I'm no environmental nut to discuss this further. I'm a capitalist at heart - its just that I would like to hear a move to counter the socio-economic repercussions of such a move. And I'm not involved directly in the automative industry - but my industry will eventually get sucked in the spiral...

And if you trace back the root causes of the current global financial crisis - you can simply see oil as one of the driving factors.

So, all the rave's there. Tata in a business sense is nice - but the question is where do we go from here?

Regards,

Jan

PS

If this does set a new global trend, I would like to see how traffic congestion status in 5 years or so.

[Former Member]

 PS
If this does set a new global trend, I would like to see how traffic congestion status in 5 years or so. 

Maybe we would have hybrid hydrogen powered small flying cars somewhere in about 10 years like in that cartoon series...forgot the name of tht one

[Former Member]

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> If this does set a new global trend, I would like to see how traffic congestion status in 5 years or so. 😉

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> Maybe we would have hybrid hydrogen powered small flying cars somewhere in about 10 years like in that cartoon series...forgot the name of tht one 

That's the Jetsons. 😛

[Former Member]

Ohhh yes !! The Jetsons !!

got that back now.......

How about the WEST ? are the hybrid / fuel-cell cars selling there? at least 10% of the normal petrol/diesel cars?

Regards

Dinesh

[David]

Hi Dinesh,

Thanks for the link. It looks like a cross between the Toyota Yaris ( I got my daughter one two years ago and it is great) and the Mercedes Smart. The "Nano Gear" part of the site is not working here at the moment but I would bet that is where you can add luxury items like fancy radios. It would probably be a while before they ever make it to the US. First thing is they would have to put the steering wheel on the "correct" side of the car

BR

DB

[Former Member]

Hi,

I just want to give my point of view about what you said:

And if you trace back the root causes of the current global financial crisis - you can simply see oil as one of the driving factors.

Being a citizen from Venezuela which is a member an founder of the OPEC I can say that we are very informed about Petroleum Prizes, World production and some other things about it and I don´t think Oil was one of the factors for the crisis, I think that this crisis comes from pure market speculation from Stock traders that wanted to earn BIG money and Oil was a great source to earn big.

Think of this, Why is the Prize now around $50 that is around 66% less than before the crisis exploded? Do you really think that 66% of the world population stopped driving cars and stopped from using heaters or stopped demanding Electricity (lots of them are generated using Oil and Gas).

This crisis comes from people that only think about personal profit and not about consecuences of their acts.

Don´t get me wrong, I´m a big fan of ECO technologies because we need to think about this planet for our children and their generations.

About the TATO NANO I think that if they make it more ECO friendly (with no much cost added) this kind of cars could be a great oportunity for people that can not afford to get a $16.000 Hybrid car and to those who needs to move inside the city in countries like mine where public transportation is a headache.

This is just my thought

[Former Member]

> Do you really think that 66% of the world population stopped driving cars and stopped from using heaters or stopped demanding Electricity (lots of them are generated using Oil and Gas).

Do you see the mobile phone being handed over the shoulder of the Sheikh on the right in [this photo|http://pinstripebindi.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/20opec_600.jpg]?

That is Mrs. Brenda J. Smegma, from Crescent Court 13, Belmont, calling to place her order for 450 liters of crude oil for her heater and another 20 liters of petrol for her Nano for the week.

As you can see by the look on their faces, they are not particularly happy about taking such calls... and had hoped for some strategic reserves to be built up as a buffer between them and Brenda, into which they can sell their oil at a rate and price which they can... ahh.. collaborate on... and the owners of the strategic reserves can hedge themselves against by financing them with bonds, foreign debts, hedge funds and all the works to go with it (which OPEC no doubt only has a green hand in...).

> This crisis comes from people that only think about personal profit and not about consecuences of their acts.

Yeps. That's why Brenda is calling on the private line, which she hacked Facebook to find...

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Here's a take on it..

I have a fantastic backyard.. with a huge swimming pool. So, my neighbors wanted to have a BBQ session - so they wanted to use my lawn since they don't have enough room in their backyard and only have a sprinkler. So, I said - sure, why not. Now, when I'm the one owning this magnificent backyard that everybody wants to use -- what should I do? Should I just cook bacon and have their fun with their BBQ? Or should I get to eat BBQ and drink as much beer as I can in exchange for my letting them use my backyard?

My friend, if you know the works in and out of businesses - this should offer another point of view for you to consider.

Yes - there's profitiring of course. If we blame that then, let's start with the first hotdog vendor we see and blame him. Now as per the case of greed - that's a different story. Speculators drove the oil price up, yes. And who profits from that, really? Stock traders? Sure, but do you know how stock trading works and how they usually get this information? And what is "Insider Trading" and why stock traders try to avoid that since it's illegal? Stock traders rely mostly on economic indicators, "tips", economic outlook by economists -- most of which are second, third-hand information. And guess who really profits most from this.

Now let's get into these speculations that drove this markets up. Most of them, if not all, are economists and they rely on data, trends, and so-called movements or indicators in the industries. Here's just one example: China. They mentioned China because there's basis for it.. when a country develops, their demand grows. And when deman grows, supplies dwindle. And when supplies, dwindle - prices rise. As for India, with this NANO -- their demand for oil will jump.

So, who controls the resources? Who quickly jumps the gun when these speculations hit the news media maintstream? Stock traders don't and can't control that. The question is, who does? And I'm not saying they can't control it -- it's business. It's not charity.

Even if this NANO gets to be ECO-friendly with the same competitive price, that'd be long years from now. The issue is, what happens the next day. And public transportation a headache? With NANO flooding the streets? That's like teaching a goldfish to walk in land. The solution is investing in technological advances for improved public transportation like MAGLEV trains for one.

Cheers!

Regards,

Jan

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

Hi David,

The NANO is just similar in size to the Smart. But the Smart is much higher priced and has a lot many more features....Inspector Jacques Clouseau's Car

Regards

Dinesh

[Former Member]

Ok I see your point, I´m not against profit because that´s what the companies and ALL of us are working Right?,

The problem could be explained this way with a tipical example in my country. Let´s put it this way, in Venezuela a Toyota Corolla costs around in US$ more than 50.000,, yes I did the calc 5 times, the same car in USA, Chile, Argentina, etc Costs less than half that price but Toyota Office in Venezuela has a suggested price of US$ 30.000, everybody here nows that the problem are the Toyota dealers that speculate with the price because Toyota Venezuela cannot build enough Corollas to supply the demand so the price goes up like a rocket.

So let me get suggestions now, should I blame Toyota Headquarters or the dealers? Dealers are making HUGE profits from the fact that Toyota plants in Venezuela cannot produce enough cars per day. So who is guilty? At the end the person who buys the car is paying all this.

Toyota said more than 5 years ago that they don´t want to produce more cars because if an economic crisis hits hard the country then their sales will fall and they will loose their investment, Ok I can take this because they have a Company and investors to think of.

So Oil exporters should had invested thousands of millions of dollars to produce more Oil and loose their investments because the crisis produced by others? Remember, this is a business too.

Your opinions please....

[Former Member]

Sir AC,

You did not provide the best example (the Toyota Corolla example), I believe. Here's why: [Big Mac Index|http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13055650]

That's not a global commodity. As oil is. There's always speculation - but you have to localize your business outlook if you're selling cars (or Big Mac).

On a side note: the fact is, Toyota Venezuela CAN increase or not increase their production. They can control this due to the present conditions in the localized economy. Look at it this way: how strong does Toyota Corolla sell? Product's price tags are usually increased when there's a HIGH demand. And here you go: [Venezuelans Buy Cars as Chavez Pumps Oil Dollars Into Economy|http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&refer=latin_america&sid=acotTPH6EFOE]

The main point here is this: Supply and demand must work ideally in equilibrium or state of balance. You can NOT go over or under production limits/thresholds. If you do, your business will collapse pretty soon if you can't control it. That's why businesses control it. That's why OPEC needs to control it.

But with that, since you are given the power to control, there's a huge moral responsibility to uphold. That's where GREED comes in and infects the entire infrastructure. If one point of the entire economic web cannot moderate their greed, the repercussions would be dire for the rest of the society. That's what we have now.

Oil exporters are already doing what it is necessary. Controlling the flow of oil - and hopefully not inject greed in it. Sir, as in business, you invest with the risks accounted for. As a business, you have to take into consideration the supply & demand ratio. And perhaps oil exporters invested millions/billions to improve the production of oil during the time when they were seeing a huge demand for oil -- now those investments are usually added to the overhead for producing the oil - and then again increase the price-- which is right anyways.

The main issue is basically GREED. We just need to identify which point of the entire global economy has this virus. We can't just single out one. Blame game's not cool.

Cheers!

Regards,

JMJ's weekend account

[Former Member]

Ok, now I get your point. I hope this crisis leaves something for the good in the future because it is unfair for so many people that now is unemployed thanks to those bad politics. As a side info, an Oil barrel produced in Venezuela costs 25$ and it´s price in the market is around $46 right now.

About the link you posted I´m affraid I can´t access something different than SAP related forums for some security reasons in the client I´m right now. If this is the article I already read some time ago it has a long explanation but this is politics and I don´t like to talk about that, just want to point that Chavez implemented a tax free car segment trying to get rid of so much old cars that existed here, most of them with more than 20 years old that produced lots of contamination and drinked Gas at the same rate than air (literally) that´s why that happened. Believe me, I don´t like the president we have but this was one of the best ideas in practice for a good porpouse.

[former_member184657]

Ahh... a nice little Oily discussion goin on here

Anyways personally I think its a mixture of

I don´t think Oil was one of the factors for the crisis, I think that this crisis comes from pure market speculation from Stock traders that wanted to earn BIG money and Oil was a great source to earn big.

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> That's where GREED comes in and infects the entire infrastructure. If one point of the entire economic web cannot moderate their greed, the repercussions would be dire for the rest of the society. That's what we have now.
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There was this article I read a couple of weeks ago which identifies the culprits of the current recession where-in 12 out of the 10 names(not a typo, just an exaggeration) in that list were Banks or Financial institutions, starting from Lehman Bros to Meryil Lynch to AIG to US Financial advisors in the Bush Government to God knows what....

There was a recent interesting comment from the Reserve Bank of India Governor when he said,

Indian banks seem unaffected by the lobal financial crisis, because they did what a bank is supposed to do viz-a-viz Lend Money and take it back in time

The result being not a single bank with the exception of ICICI (which had some tie-up with Lehman Bros) came out the mess clean as a weasal.

pk

[Former Member]

Interesting, the same happened with Banks in Venezuela, none of them had any financial problem at all, anyway, as I said before my hope is that something like this won´t happen again, at least not because the same causes

[Former Member]

hehe. The fact is, market crashes come and go. It's just a matter of when and which industry. Let's just hope that our industry is strong enough to weather those - or at least your firm.

[Former Member]

Just a simple question.... till how many more centuries would we have OIL reserves?

[Former Member]

There's an estimate - over decades ago over some 'Peak Oil' theory - of which it discusses that there's a point where we would reach the point where extraction would dwindle to severe levels. On the figure, the graph crashes almost down to zero on or after Year 2500. So, that's roughly 5 centuries. Moreover, a BP research released 2008, mentions that we have 'enough' - even with the known - from ground and as well as reserves - it's already 40 years worth of uninterrupted oil supply.

Keywords: theory & estimates.

Nevertheless, 5 centuries or 5 milleniums.. we need to go assess the NOW aspect of all these. The urgency of the question on how much oil we have left in this planet is second to how much can be extracted or supplied today. We always go back to the law of supply & demand. And that matters today.

It's like everybody in your building throwing a party... and one room bought 80% of the beer supply in the market. The other one bought 15%. And another bought 4.98%. Then chaoes ensues.

Two things: balance supply w/ demand, decrease reliance with oil.

And increase beer supply.

Regards,

Jan

PS: What I mean by now is a +- 2 to 5 year period.

Edited by: JMJ on Apr 1, 2009 4:49 AM

Edited by: JMJ on Apr 1, 2009 8:26 AM

[Former Member]

How about cars running on beer?

So, when you are stuck on a highway during the HOT INDIAN SUMMER, you can have a full tank of beer :P...

What about the 80% ethanol mixed petrol that was produced in Brazil????

wouldn't that reduce dependency on OIL?

Regards

Dinesh

[Former Member]

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> How about cars running on beer?   
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> So, when  you are stuck on a highway during the HOT INDIAN SUMMER, you can have a full tank of beer :P...

It would be interesting to see them sipping beer from thier car's tank with a straw.

As per the bio-fuels, yes - it does. But a UN report says it could have been a factor to the food crisis. Hehe. I'm for increasig fuel (be it gas, bio-fuel, electric) efficiency of engines. Rather improve gasoline mileage, for a short-term solution at least.

-Jan

PS.

I just have to say I love Brazil's women. If ever they need a portal consultant....

Edited by: JMJ on Apr 1, 2009 11:25 AM

[former_member184657]

I wouldnt waste precious Beer for NOTHING!!!!

pk

[Former Member]

lolzzz.....well Kishan.... sacrifices are a part of human life

[former_member205352]

Just a simple question.... till how many more centuries would we have OIL reserves?

We wouldn't need it in future I guess.

If "Energy Island" concept works out fine, you will have your cars run on Hydrogen.

[Former Member]

or we could have micro-mini nuke reactors running our car's...unlimited energy

[former_member184657]

I knew I wouldn't have to sacrifice Beer!!!

Reliance Industries Limited's KG-D6 oil well to save India $9 Billion in Oil Imports.

pk

PS: Unable to insert the link at the required text at KG-D6. Anybody know why?

Anyways heres the link: http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/02slide1-india-to-save-usd-9-bn-with-the-ril-kg-d-6.htm

Edited by: kishan P on Apr 3, 2009 12:14 PM

[Former Member]

Aaaah TATA Nano and Oil, Great discussion going on this thread

Any how, To clear some facts about Nano.

1. It cannot be used for Rental services, That is It cannot be used for commercial purposes, Like Taxis and all, Nano isnt allowed for that.

2. NANO in europe is of different version, Its is called NANO EUROPA which has more features when compared to Indian version of NANO.

3. Its on Road price to be 1.4 Lacs ( $ 2900 to be precise) and upto 2.2 Lacs on the delux models.

4. One Family One Nano.

And Indian Auto industry is lucky that we are still facing old stupid laws of 110% import duty on Bikes and Cars, Its almost the double the price.

[Former Member]

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> 4. One Family One Nano.

I've small family. I.e. I and my GF(No kids). So you are warm encourage with your GF to mount up in my NANO

Cheers

[Former Member]

Two Happy Couples? on a trip to GOA ?

[Former Member]

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> Two Happy Couples? on a trip to GOA ? 

...But no Cross posting....

Cheers

[Former Member]

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> I've small family. I.e. I and my GF(No kids).  
> Cheers

Kya Amit ji Still Bachelor ;).......

That too in canda bapre bap masti gumo nacho yask karo

Regards

sas

[Former Member]

Lol...

Amit-ji, u shud listen to his words .....

[Former Member]

I'm Half Bachelor (Options are still open)

~Just kidding

Cheers

[Former Member]

>Half Bachelor

What about the other Half..?

[Former Member]

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> What about the other Half..?

Here you go:

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> ~Just kidding

Cheers

[Former Member]

here goes the specs for European NANO

Eurpoian nano is bit different from indian version.

-3 cylinder engine, around 50 bhp

-5 speed transmission

-15 inch wheels

-slightly larger dimension/wheel base/ better finishing & styling

-ABS/AIRBAGS/EBD standard

-better environmental norms.

-more luxurious interiors with leathers/chromes loaded

- And yes 3 times the cost

[former_member205352]

Heard NANO makes sound similar to that of Auto Rickshaw while riding................Is it true?

Other stuffs sounds good for the money you will be spending.

[Former Member]

NANO looks a lot similar to the old Daewoo Matiz...

[Former Member]

I'm swollen with pride to belong with a TATA group.We've 8% Discount on Neno

But at the same time I'm worried for the Road Traffic after College Folks and School Guys owns TaTa Neno!?!

Cheers,

Amit

[Former Member]

Hy Amit,

Hummm already its 1lakh still how much more you are going to reduce

So When you are booking for me ....Tell me your bank account number

Regards

sas

[Former Member]

Hi Amit,

not only school and college kids, but also Auto and Taxi Drivers...

With the launch of Nano the impact may be felt by the passenger carrier three wheelers or the famous 'autorickshaw'. Mohammad Imran an autorickshaw driver in Delhi says, u201CThe Nano would be a better option than an autorickshaw. It is small and the cost of maintenance would be low.u201D

He however added that if Tata Motors comes out with a CNG variant of Nano many autorickshaw owners would be interested in buying it. Many autorickshaw driver unions have begun to file requests that they be allowed to operate the Nano using their existing three-wheeler permit.

Think of Indian metros, think black and yellow taxis. For decades now, the trusted taxi has helped India get around be it day or night. The taxi segment is scattered and consists mainly of Ambassador, Fiat, Omni and Indica.

With Premier Padminiu2019s Fiat no longer being manufactured, Mumbai taxi drivers are eagerly waiting for Nano to hit the roads.

Alok Das a Kolkata taxi driver who owns an old Ambassador said, u201CNano is cheap, and it looks good. I would go for it.u201D

However, Das said that Nano can work for short distances within a city. It needs to be tested for long distance purposes.

Kolkata taxi driversu2019 union wants few changes in the Nano. Sujoy Ghosh a member of a prominent drivesu2019 union in Kolkata said, u201CPetrol is not viable for a taxi. The company should come out with a diesel version of Nano.u201D

u201CFor Nano to be a taxi there should be more space to carry luggage and a carrier was also required,u201D added Ghosh.

[matt]

I'll stick to my iPod nano.

[Former Member]

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> So When you are booking for me ....Tell me your bank account number 

I already Booked for my Ex-Girl Friend

Cheers

[Former Member]

Hi,

>Tata Motors has planned to roll out one lakh car in his first phase of production

I had to search the Wiki for this one ! [lakh|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh]

>The booking price for the smallest car will be Rs 2999.

I heard about this new car on the radio this morning. They said that the price in India will be 1500 u20AC and that it will be 5000 u20AC when sold in Europe. Is there a such high customs import tax ?

This will be a little interesting car.

Regards,

Olivier

[Former Member]

Hi Olivier,

Its the Indian Numbering system,

1 Lakh(lac) = 100,000 (or) 1,00,000

We also have the same 200% Customs Duty for imported vehicle's in India.

Regards

Dinesh

Edited by: Dinesh Selvaraj on Mar 23, 2009 5:59 PM

[Former Member]

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> This will be a little interesting car.

Yip,It [is|http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/TRC3224.jpg]

Go Ahead

Cheers

[ThomasZloch]

>

> I heard about this new car on the radio this morning. They said that the price in India will be 1500 u20AC and that it will be 5000 u20AC when sold in Europe. Is there a such high customs import tax ?

That's probably 3500 u20AC worth of technology required to meet EU safety standards

[Former Member]

Yip, Because of this Higher cost of technology in EU we developed Nano for you

Cheers

[Former Member]

Hello Amit,

 I already Booked for my Ex-Girl Friend 

y Ex-Girl Friend?

Regards

Dinesh

[bpawanchand]

But I think coz of this NANO , I think the IT employees productivity decreases ?

😛 hahahahhaha

Its because in future we are going come across more traffic jams , due which employees may not reach office in time ....... so.....

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

>

> But I think coz of this NANO , I think the IT employees productivity decreases ?
> Its because in future we are going come across more traffic jams , due which employees may not reach office in time ....... so.....

You will be forced to come early to office and also you cant leave office early due to PEAK traffic hours hence stay longer @ office till all other NANO's return to their den and then you start home. rather It will increase the productivity

(its part of a future NANO Technology to increase productivity of IT Employees )

Cheers

Andrew

[Former Member]

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> But I think coz of this NANO , I think the IT employees productivity decreases ?
> Its because in future we are going come across more traffic jams , due which employees may not reach office in time ....... so.....

Hi Pavan,

Nice

But do you really mean it , But my opinion is we miss our personal life , family for extra overs in traffic but not office Hour's :-(....Management immediately pass one rule to do this!!

Regards

sas

[former_member184657]

Or maybe because of its size you may sqeeze it into the Metro Rail comparments and get a free ride till the nearest stations and then drive-on from there. Still, faster and traffic-free ride to office

pk

[bpawanchand]

@ Saslove SAP

Family ! hmmmmm.... there is not enough place to take your family along with you even for a ride hahahah

@Kishan P

No that will be again a problem, coz againTATA will come up with a new train , and LALU bhai will be the most happiest person,

because he will have the chance to do train SCAM

hahahah

jus kidding

[Former Member]

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> because he will have the chance to do train SCAM 

He is the most successful railway minister of India Since.

[bpawanchand]

Seriously speaking YES saying loudly

@Amit bhai

Do you belong to BIHAR

[Former Member]

But hasn't the Indian Railways been earning enormous profits?

PS : am not from BIHAR

[Former Member]

A lawyer in Bihar has gone to court against Tata group chairman Ratan Tata for launching the Nano car ahead of the elections, alleging

that the launch would "help" Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who provided land to the Tatas after the car project was shifted out of West Bengal.

Shruti Singh, a lawyer of the Patna High Court, filed a case against Tata in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court here Monday as, according to her, the launch could influence poll results and therefore was tantamount to violating the model code of conduct during elections.

"I filed the case against Ratan Tata to expose his attempt to help Modi in the elections by commercially launching Nano to send (the) message that it was possible thanks to Modi," Singh told IANS.

She alleged that the launch of the Nano, the world's cheapest car with a base price of Rs100,000 ($2,000), was timed in such a way that it could influence the elections.

[Former Member]

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>+A lawyer in Bihar has gone to court against Tata group chairman Ratan Tata for launching the Nano car ahead of the elections, alleging
> that the launch would "help" Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who provided land to the Tatas after the car project was shifted out of West Bengal. 
> Shruti Singh, a lawyer of the Patna High Court, filed a case against Tata in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court here Monday as, according to her, the launch could influence poll results and therefore was tantamount to violating the model code of conduct during elections.
> "I filed the case against Ratan Tata to expose his attempt to help Modi in the elections by commercially launching Nano to send (the) message that it was possible thanks to Modi," Singh told IANS.
> She alleged that the launch of the Nano, the world's cheapest car with a base price of Rs100,000 ($2,000), was timed in such a way that it could influence the elections.

Want to tell so many time ..

Please write in normal font ,Eyes are glitteting to read this dinesh.Hope u understand....

regards

sas

[Former Member]

sorry Sas....

regards

Dinesh

[ChrisSolomon]

@ Dinesh

This kind of made me laugh. I just read this past weekend one of those funny little "interesting news" blurbs.

A state-of-the-judiciary report in February by Chief Justice AP Shah of the High Court in Delhi, India, estimated that the backlog of cases in the country's notoriously sluggish legal system would take up to "466 years" to clear. Shah acknowledged that progress had been made since 2007, with 56,000 cases cleared, at an average time of five minutes per case, but that systemic problems remained, among them corruption, the complexity of laws and the low quality of judicial personnel. (One property case from the 1950s was not resolved until the mid-1990s.) [BBC News, 2-11-09]

So I wonder when that lawyer's case you pointed out will come to trial? haha

[former_member184657]

Its because of cases like these that the rest of the "serious cases" get delayed forever

pk

[Former Member]

Hello Chris,

As India is a 100% democratic country anyone(or)everyone can file a case against anything(or)everything.

Justice is there for everyone, but patience is required

Regards

Dinesh

[Former Member]

Hmm... looks like a D-o-S attack (Denial of Service) to me...

I know that there have been similar orchestrated misuse of patent offices in the past. So why not the whole legal system?

Getting back to the car - I like it! Put a bit of pressure on the gas-guzzlers to let go in favour of the environment.

I tried to find out a bit about which type of motors the Nano comes with and what it's technical specs are... but only found [the spare wheel and the steering column|http://motorbeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/tata-nano-launch.jpg] ...

Does anyone have more details, or tried to tune one of them yet?

Cheers,

Julius

[former_member184657]

LOL... Anyways check this out:

Tata Nano-Full Specifications & Features
Models:
Nano Base
Nano CX mid level
Nano LX top end
Cost of base model not to exceed Rs. 1,00,000 ex-factory
Safety as per Indian standards
Seating capacity of 4 persons
Engine:
All aluminium rear mounted MPFI
EMS: 32-bit microprocessor
Piston displacement: 624 cc, petrol with single balancer shaft
Drive train: rear wheel drive
Cylinder count: 2 cylinders
Valve gear: 4 valves, 2 valves per cylinder
Max power: 35 bhp@5500 rpm
Torque: 4.8 kgm@3000 rpm
Compression ratio: 9.7:1
Power to weight ratio: 0.58
Acceleration: 0-60 kmph: 8 secs
Top speed: 105 kmph
EMS electronic engine management system with "blink code mechanism" for easy repairs
Fuel cut-off for safety
Transmission:
Gearbox: 4 forward speeds, 1 reverse, all forward gears synchronised
Operation: cable operated
Transmission ratios:
1st: 3.45, shift upto 10 kmph
2nd: 1.95, shift between 20-30 kmph
3rd: 1.26, shift between 30-50 kmph
4th: 0.838, shift between 50-70 kmph
Reverse: 3.08
Suspension:
Front: Independent mcpherson strut, shock absorber
Rear: Semi trailing arm, coil spring with gas filled shock absorber
Brakes:
Front: 180 mm drum
Rear: 180 mm drum
Wheels and Tyres:
Wheels: 12"
Front tyres: 135/70 R 12 tubeless
Rear tyres: 155/65 R 12 tubeless
Spare: 1 tyre, 135/70 R 12 tubeless
Tubeless radial tyres standard on all variants
In case the front tyre punctures, you can replace it with the stepney provided.
In case of a rear tyre puncture, since there is no stepney of that tyre, Tata recommends:
Don't go beyond 40-60 kmph in case of puncture 
Get the tyre repaired ASAP 
Drive carefully at sharp turns 
Recommended tyre pressure:
Front: 26 psi
Rear: 28 psi
Turning radius: 4 meters
Dimensions and Weights:
Length: 3099 mm
Width: 1495 mm
Height: 1620 mm
Wheel base: 2230 mm
Ground clearance: 180 mm
Kerb weight: 600 kg
Fuel tank capacity: 15 litres
Fuel cut-off @ 5600 rpm in every gear or at 105 kmph
Fuel consumption: 23.6 kmpl
Battery: Semi sealed under the driver's seat
Boot capacity: 80 litres
500 litres with seats folded
Features: 
Nano base:
(available in BS-2 and BS-3 varients)
Seat belts: front ELR, rear static
ONLY ODOMETER
Fixed tail gate.. engine opening through rear bumper
Egg shaped design
Rear mounted high mounted stop light
Centrally placed exhaust
ONLY DRIVER'S seat adjust-sliding and reclining
Fixed co driver seat
REAR FOLDING SEAT
2 spoke steering wheel
Grey bumpers and interiors
Driver side OSRVM
Nano CX:
available in BS-2 and BS-3 varients)
Adds to nano base:
ONLY ODOMETER
HVAC (air conditioner with heater)
Tinted glasses all round
DRIVER AND CO DRIVER SEAT SLIDING AND RECLINING
2 tone grey interiors and seats
Metallic paint optional
Nano LX :
(available in BS-3 varient only)
Adds to Nano CX:
Front power windows
Central locking
Front and rear fog lamps
3 spoke steering wheel
Moulded door trim with fabric
TRIPMETER AND ODOMETER
Floor console with glass holder
Anti glare inside rear view mirror (prismatic day/ night)
Sunvisors on both sides
Warrenty:
18 months or 24,000 km whichever is earlier
Service interval:
1st free: 1000 km or 1 month whichever is earlier
2nd free: 5000 km or 6 months whichever is earlier
3rd free: 10000 km or 1 year whichever is earlier
Subsequent service every 10,000 kms
Colours:
Nano base: Bright red, Ivory white, Summer blue
Nano CX: Bright red, Ivory white, Summer blue, Champagne gold, Lunar silver
Nano LX: Champagne gold, Lunar silver, Sunshine yellow
Merchandise available at dealers:
Nano Phone
Nano Watch
Nano Caps
Nano Bags
Booking starts: 
2nd week of april, forms available 7 days before the booking date is announced and forms will be available only for 14 days.
DEALERS ARE EXPECTING ABOUT 10 LAKH BOOKINGS
Booking forms will be available at: SBI,
Westside,
Croma store, 
400 tata motors dealers across the country 
cost of forms: Rs 200-300
Online booking also available
Expected: 90% booking from dealers
Only one form per customer (in his name) will be accepted.
No more than one form in the same customer's name will be accepted.
NO ECS REFUND.
Booking amount: 70-80% of the car's ex-showroom cost.
After booking closes, allotment will be done on the basis of random number lottery where the lucky customer's name will be declared along with the name of the dealer from where he/ she can take delivery of the car along with date and time of delivery will also be specified.

PS: This is a copy-paste from a mail I received this morning. No idea of the source and its correctness.

pk

[bpawanchand]

but some how i feel that inlcuding all the taxes and addtional ...... it comes around 2 or 2.5. and spending 2.5 on a car where less priority given for comfort !!!!!

I think >......................

[Former Member]

Manufacturer 	Tata Motors
Production    2008u2014present
Class 	        City car
Body style(s) 	4-door sedan
Layout 	  RR layout
Engine(s) 	  2 cylinder SOHC petrol Bosch multi-point fuel injection (single injector) all aluminium  
                623cc (38 cu in)
Transmission(s) 4 speed synchromesh with overdrive in 4th
Wheelbase 	  2,230 mm (87.8 in)
Length 	  3100 mm (122 in)[1]
Width 	          1500 mm (59.1 in)[1]
Height 	1600 mm (63 in)[1]
Kerb weight 	580 kg (1,300 lb)-600 kg (1,300 lb)[2]
Fuel capacity 	15 L (4 US gal; 3 imp gal)[2]
Designer 	 Girish Wagh, Justin Norek of Trilix, Pierre Castinel[3]

Edited by: Julius Bussche on Mar 26, 2009 8:29 PM

Code => Quote to fix the chassis...

[Former Member]

looks like i and kishan posted at the same time

[David]

..........but can you get it with a Pioneer 160 watt sound system?

[Former Member]

Hi David,

I have no idea about that..... optional i guess

[TATA NANO Home|http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=168]

Regards

Dinesh

[Former Member]

@ Chris

There is no concept of jury duty in India hence these keep building up, they are usually civilian matters,

>

>As India is a 100% democratic country anyone(or)everyone can file a case against anything(or)everything.

Made me laugh but last I heard West Bengal is ruled by the commies.