The Tata Nano arrives Tata Motors today announced the commercial launch of the Tata Nano, keenly awaited across India since its unveiling on January 10, 2008. The Tata Nano is BS-III* compliant and comes with an all-new 2-cylinder aluminium MPFI 624cc petrol engine mated to a four-speed gear box and will be available in three variants. The cars will be on display across the country at Tata Motors passenger car dealerships and other select authorised outlets from April 1.
* Engine and Transmisson- Cradle and Sub assembly, 32 bit MPFI with five sensors, SOHC, water cooled type.
* Torque- 48 Nm @ 2500 rpm
* Power- 33 hp @ 5250 rpm
* Gearbox- 4 forward and 1 reverse
* Brakes- All-round Drum brakes
* Top Speed – 105 Km/hr
* Mileage – 23.6Kpl
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The year long wait is finally over. Tata Nano has been officially launched at The Taj Mahal Palace today at 4:30PM IST.
* Three Tata Nano variants launched
* Sale of booking forms from start of April 2009
* Cost of application form – Rs.300
* Booking forms available at centers across 1000 cities
* First 1 Lakh customers will be selected on the basis of Lot
* Delivery to start from July 2009
* State Bank of India to offer loans and to be the exclusive partner for bookings and financial management
* To be offered for a down payment of Rs.2999
* Online booking through Internet Banking
Castrol will provide Tata Nano its engine oil. After two years of intense Research and Development, Tata Motors and Castrol have jointly developed a specialised low cost, fuel efficient lubricant exclusively for the Tata Nano. This lubricant is expected to reduce emissions, improve mileage and ensure higher engine longevity of the world’s cheapest car.
Our insider at the Tata Nano launch in Mumbai, IAB Managing Editor Shrawan Raja a.k.a. Jaz tells us that the level of security arrangments made in Mumbai, preceeding the Tata Nano launch makes him stand in awe.
Since Tata expects over a 1000 guests and about 100 international media companies (including IndianAutosBlog.com), the security better be foolproof and tight.
This is a part of IAB’s special stream of Tata Nano launch updates. More updates coming right up.
As the whole world waits with bated breath, and countsdown for the launch of the World’s cheapest car – The Tata Nano, we at IndianAutosBlog.com are fully equipped to feed you with the latest information, straight from the Official Launch.
Indianautosblog’s Managing Editor Shrawan Raja a.k.a. Jaz has embarked on a historic journey (Chennai to Mumbai) to the launch of the most awaited car in the history of the Indian Automobile space – Tata Nano. He anticipates to meet the “who’s & who’s?” of the Auto Industry and the Senior Managers of Tata Motors.
All throughout the day, we will bring you the latest stream of updates from the launch, Exclusive images, and stuff about the Nano which you had never heard of !
More updates coming right up.. Stay Tuned to Indianautosblog.com. We mean business, so we’ll keep you informed.
