Nano booking begins in April, no word on price

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In less than two weeks from now, you can start booking the Nano.

Mumbai: The booking of the Nano, the people's car from the Tata stable, will begin on April 9 and remain open till April 23.

Announcing this ahead of its launch on Monday, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata said the car, which would have the smallest footprint on the road, will be sold to the first one-lakh buyers at a price to be announced later.

The promise that has been made to sell the car at around Rs one lakh would be kept despite the fact that commodity prices had shot up, Tata said, adding that the fall in commodity prices now may provide some cushion.

"We hope on a day like this we will usher in a new form of transport. It was never conceived as being the cheapest car it was conceived as being a car that would give people of India an opportunity to own a car that that had not been in their reach. I hope that is what we will achieve and I hope we will achieve it with in mind that we made a promise and we have kept the promise," said Ratan Tata.

The delivery of the first lot of Nano cars will begin in early-July, he said, adding that applications for booking of the car would be available in 30,000 locations in 1,000 cities across India.

State Bank of India would be the qualified banker for collection of bookings in 850 cities, he said.

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 three trim levels and their key features available at the launch are:

Tata Nano Standard (BSII* and BSIII*): The standard version, in three colour options, single-tone seats, and fold-down rear seat.

Tata Nano CX (BSII* and BSIII*): In five colour options, with heating and air-conditioning (HVAC), two-tone seats, parcel shelf, booster-assisted brakes, fold-down rear seat with nap rest.

Tata Nano LX (BSIII*): 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. Many of these features are not available on current entry-level small cars in the country.

*Note: BS II, BS III and BS IV are the India mandatory norms for Nitrogen Oxides, Hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide and particulates. These norms are substantially aligned with the European norms Euro II, Euro III and Euro IV; the main difference is that the peak speed in the extra urban driving cycle is 90 km/h in India and 120 km/h in Europe.

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Nano vital stats:

- Variants: Standard, Deluxe and Luxury

- Air-conditioning: Only with Deluxe and Luxury models

- Length: 3.1 metres

- Width: 1.5 metres

- Height: 1.6 metres

- All aluminium engine

- Engine: at the rear

- Capacity: 33 bhp, 623 cubic centimetres

- Multi-point fuel injection petrol engine