He got Nano car but lost keys!

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - A gleaming lunar silver-coloured Nano was handed over to a proud owner here Friday to mark the commercial rollout of the jellybean-shaped small car, which has been drawing global attention since the prototype was unveiled last year. Ratan Naval Tata, the chairman of the $62.5-billion Tata group who had promised to deliver what he has been calling the "people's car" at just Rs.100,000 ($2,500) at factory gates, himself handed over the car keys to Ashok Vichare, a class I customs officer.

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - A gleaming lunar silver-coloured Nano was handed over to a proud owner here Friday to mark the commercial rollout of the jellybean-shaped small car, which has been drawing global attention since the prototype was unveiled last year. Ratan Naval Tata, the chairman of the $62.5-billion Tata group who had promised to deliver what he has been calling the people's car at just Rs.100,000 ($2,500) at factory gates, himself handed over the car keys to Ashok Vichare.

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.

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 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - It was his dream that Tata Motors small car Nano would roll out from the Singur facility, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here Saturday. 'It was my dream that Nano will roll out from Singur and that dream is not completely shattered,' Bhattacharjee said while releasing a book, 'Creating Employment Generation and Opportunity', by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate for Lok Sabha election from South Kolkata Robin Deb.

April 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - CarWale.com has tied up with leading banks to provide convenient online booking for Tata Nano - the people's car. The booking amount for the car, is Rs.

April 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Nano, the dream car manufactured by Tata Motors, reached Srinagar to an overwhelming response from residents. Even though official booking for Tata's Nano is yet to begin, more than 2000 residents have already expressed their eagerness to buy this car.

April 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal may have lost a chance to nurture world's least expensive car but there is a possibility of the project coming back to its original site Singrur if the makers Tata Motors decide so, a top official said here Wednesday. Principal Secretary (Industry) Sabyasachi Sen's comment followed news reports quoting him as saying that the Nano 'will definitely be made in West Bengal as the low-cost car needs at least four to five plants'.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/ KOLKATA - Scores of Nano-buffs made beelines at the showrooms to catch the glimpse of 'Nano', the world's cheapest car. In New Delhi, the prospective customers of Nano thronged the Tata showrooms in hundreds.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hero Honda, India's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Thursday said the launch of the Rs.100,000 Nano will not eat into the two-wheeler market. 'There will be no impact of Nano on the two-wheeler market,' Hero Honda managing director and chief executive Pawan Munjal told reporters on the sidelines of the annual conference of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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 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 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.