Tata Nano bookings to begin from Thursday

The wait is finally over. You can now book the Tata Nano from Thursday (April 9) till the end of day on Saturday, April 25.

Tata Motors has entered into agreements with 18 preferred banks/NBFCs to enable prospective customers to get finance and facilitate booking of the car.

The sale of application forms has already started from April 1 and, according to Tata Motors, has received very encouraging response. The Tata Nano website has recorded over 5 crore (50 million) hits, including over 2 crore (20 million) hits in the fortnight since the launch on March 23, the company said in a statement.

The forms are available at a price of Rs 300 (for online booking, it costs Rs 200).

Forms can be bought at over 30,000 locations in about 1,000 cities through Tata Motors dealerships, State Bank of India, other preferred financiers, and outlets of Westside, Croma, World of Titan, and Tata Indicom exclusive stores.

The forms come with a range of offers from select associate Tata Group companies up to Rs 1,100.

Customers can either pay the entire booking amount -- of Rs.95,000 (Tata Nano Std), Rs 120,000 (Tata Nano CX), and Rs 140,000 (Tata Nano LX) -- themselves or seek financing of the booking amount.

Booking amount financing available from Rs 2,850.

The company's partnership with the preferred financing partners has enabled attractive options of financing the booking amount, which start from a low of Rs 2,850. The details are as follows:

Customers can submit their application forms to their chosen financier. The financier will, on their behalf, submit their application forms to the State Bank of India, which is managing the booking process.

Those who are themselves paying the entire booking amount can submit their application forms directly to State Bank of India through 1,350 notified branches in 850 cites, and also at Tata Motors dealerships, Westside and Croma outlets. Option to submit bookings online is available at www.tatanano.com.

Retail auto loan interest rates for the Tata Nano

After successful allotment of the bookings, customers can convert their booking loan into a retail auto loan for the Tata Nano at very attractive rates with the preferred financiers:

Insurance premium for the Tata Nano

Tata Motors has also entered into agreements with five partner insurance companies to offer comprehensive insurance, under the 'Tata Motors Insurance' banner, for the Tata Nano at a rate of just 2.76 per cent of the ex-showroom price of the car, the most competitive in the industry. In New Delhi, the insurance premiums will be as follows:

The empanelled insurance companies are National Insurance Co Ltd, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Ltd, Royal Sundaram Alliance General Insurance Co Ltd, United India Insurance Co Ltd and HDFC Ergo General Insurance.

Deliveries

Within 60 days of the closure of bookings on April 25, Tata Motors will process and announce the allotment of 100,000 cars in the first phase of deliveries, through a computerised random selection procedure.

These 100,000 allotments will be price protected for the launch prices till delivery of the cars but the booking amounts will not bear any interest for the customers.

Deliveries will commence from July 2009.

Applicants have the option to retain their booking deposit, even if they do not get allotment in the first phase. Those who choose this option will be eligible for interest on their deposit, effective from the date of announcement of allotment of the second phase, at a rate of 8.5 per cent for retention period between one year to two year and 8.75 per cent for a retention period of more than 2 years.

Allotment of retainees will be simultaneously communicated, along with the allotment of the first 100,000 cars.