Tata Nano Booking

The Nano could be the least expensive car at a little over Rs 1 lakh but its booking amount is not going to come cheap.The vehicles will be on display at dealerships from the first week of April 2009 and bookings will begin from the second week of April.
According to dealers, customers could end up paying up to Rs 70,000 as booking amount for the car.
Compare this to its closest rival, the Maruti 800, which costs nearly twice as much but the down payment is Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000.
The Chevrolet Spark costs Rs 3.25 lakh but involves a booking amount of Rs 5,000. Similarly, a buyer would have to pay Rs 88,000 while booking the Hyundai i10, which costs Rs 4.10 lakh.

• The Tata Motors will give all the details concerning bookings on March 23.
• Tata Motors may consider appointing an independent agency to select customers on a priority basis.
• While the company has not detailed any production schedules, it is reliably learnt that the Nano will be assembled at the Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand which is already home to the Ace pickup. This is an interim arrangement till the mother plant at Sanand in Gujarat is ready to roll out the car in numbers exceeding 150,000 units annually. The engines will be assembled in the Pune facility and then despatched to Pantnagar.