Bosch Automotive to supply brake solutions for Tata Nano

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ashish Balakrishnan's dream came true and then almost turned into a nightmare Friday evening. He now owns a Nano car but has lost its keys.

July 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Tata Motors on Tuesday rolled out the first commercial consignment of Nano, regarded as the World's cheapest car to be showcased at Hyderabad on Tuesday. "The first consignment has come to Hyderabad.

June 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Motors on Tuesday announced the first 1,00,000 lucky buyers of the popular small segment car 'Nano', and said that the names have been selected through a random computerised process. "Tata Motors once again places on record its gratitude to the people of India for according such a warm welcome to the Tata Nano, as also to all its preferred financiers, dealers and partner companies for their stupendous effort in helping the company launch the Tata Nano," a statement released by the company said.

June 3rd, 2009 BANGALORE - German industrial equipment maker Mann-Hummel GmbH (M&H) is expanding its India operations to supply light weight filters to automobile and industrial manufacturers, a top official said here Wednesday. "As part of our expansion plans in India, we are setting up a second plant at Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh to manufacture a range of filter systems using plastics for automotive and industrial applications," M&H board member Manfred Wolf told reporters.

May 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Motors Monday said it has received 203,000 bookings with a total booking amount of Rs.2,500 crore ($502 million) for its small car Nano. 'The Tata Nano website recorded an unprecedented 30 million hits from the date of launch of the car (March 23) to the closure of the booking period which was April 25, nearly 1 million hits a day', the company said in a statement.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Though the physical test drive option for the world's cheapest car Tata Nano is not available, its online alternative attracted over 1.2 million users in the last one month. Tata Motors, in association with Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG)-owned Zapak.com, launched the online game based on the Nano March 23 which would enable the user to drive around the virtual small car on his desktop.

April 6th, 2009 HALDWANI - People in large numbers are flocking to Tata showroom at Haldwani in Uttarakhand to have a glimpse of the world's cheapest car Tata 'Nano'. "It is a marvelous car.

March 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Already making waves worldwide even before its low-priced car Nano hits the Indian roads, Tata Motors is contemplating a launch of the family car for the European and US markets, according to company chairman Ratan Tata. However, Tata categorically said, there were no plans currently for entering the vast Chinese market.

March 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Motor's much awaited people's car, 'Nano' was commercially launched here on Moday with a promise to stick to the 1,00,000 rupee price tag for the base model. "We made a promise and we've kept the promise," Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata said.

March 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - The following is the price list of Tata Nano variants in Delhi and Mumbai: Nano Standard - Non-AC (BS-III) Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.123,360 Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.134,250 Nano CX - Solid Paint/AC (BS-III) Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.148,360 Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.160,320 Nano CX - Metallic Paint/AC (BS-III) Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.151,360 Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.163,320 Nano LX - Metallic Paint/AC (BS-III) Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.172,360 Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.185,375 The cheapest Nano variant - BS-II compliant - will cost Rs.112,735 ex-showroom in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, the location of a Tata Motors factory that will manufacture the small car in the initial phase. However, this model will not be available in Delhi and Mumbai on account of emission norms in place in these cities.

March 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - A host of co-branded merchandise, including watches, T-shirts and phones, will be tagged with the Nano brand, Tata group officials announced Monday while unveiling the commercial launch of their 'People's Car'. 'The Tata Nano comes with an attractive range of accessories and merchandise,' said Rajiv Dubey, president of the company's passenger cars division.

March 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Ahead of the launch of the world's cheapest car Nano, the Tata Motors scrip shot up over eight percent in Monday morning trade. The commercial roll-out of the small car will take place around 4.30 p.m.

March 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata is all set to launch the Nano, the 4-seater, 100,000-rupee price tag super-cheap car for the masses, today. Described as 'people's car' by Ratan Tata, customers can expect to own a car at a price between Rs.

February 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Global auto major Tata Motors Thursday announced that the much-awaited Tata Nano will be launched in Mumbai March 23. Tata Nano is world's cheapest car priced at around Rs.100,000.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata was named Saturday 'The Automotive Man of the Year 2009', an award sponsored by news channel NDTV Profit to honour industrialists in the auto sector. Speaking of his selection for the honour, Tata said: 'This is a tremendous boost to my morale.' 'I hope we can sustain ourselves through this difficult period and thereafter, looking back, people could say an Indian group nurtured the British brand,' he said with reference to Tata Motors' acquisition of British luxury car brands Jaguar and Land Rover.