Tata to Launch Manza Next Week

Tata Motors will launch its new car, Tata Manza, on the 14^th of this month. The company is trying to make most of the ongoing festival season with this new launch. Tata Manza is the new name given by the company to its to-be launched car, Indigo Vista. And the new car will not be known as Indigo Vista, but Tata Manza.

Tata will launch its Manza in Mumbai by Ratan Tata, the Chairman of the Tata Motors. The Manza will share its platform with Tata Indica Vista. But Manza will be an extended version. The Manza will feature roomy interiors, centrally mounted instrumental panel, projector headlamps, steering mounted audio control, and a dashboard similar that has a superior trim.

The car will have 1.4-litre petrol engine and 1.3-litre multi-jet diesel engine. The car will be priced at Rs. 5.5 lakh for the petrol model and Rs. 7.5 lakh for the diesel model.

New Cars of this Season

In the coming couple of weeks, we are about to witness some new launches in the Indian car market. And the most interesting ones would be the Chevrolet Cruz, BMW Z4, and the Tata Indigo Vista, now renamed as Tata Manza.

The launch of the Cruz will be very crucial for Chevrolet. As the fate of the Chevrolet in India to a large extend depends on the performance of Cruz in India. Tata is also launching its new car, Tata Manza, which was initially named as Tata Indigo Vista, in Mumbai on the 14^th of this month. BMW’s new convertible, Z4 is also expected to hit the Indian market on the October 12. The Z4 will be a two-seater and it will be priced from the range of Rs. 50 lakh to Rs.60 lakh.

The ongoing festival season is the main reason behind the large number of new car launches. The car manufacturers are expecting good business during this time of the year.

Nano to be Launched in America by 2012

Nano will be launched in the American market by Tata either in 2011 or in 2012. The people’s car as it is known globally has been successful among the Indian car lovers since the time it was launched in India. Nano is getting ready to enchant the American car customers, who are choosing the Indian cars at a very high rate

It was by the launch of Nano that the wish of many to own a car became reality. But the Nano that will be introduced in America will be different from the one that has been launched in India. The Tata Nano America will have an upgraded engine, which delivers over 50 mpg in fuel economy, the car will have a three-cylinder gasoline engine; horsepower or the displacement of this engine has not been confirmed by Tata. In place of the of the four-speed manual, which the available in the base Indian model, the American Nano will have a five-speed automatic transmission. The car together with its petrol version will be available in in diesel and electric powertrain.

Tata is expecting a big success for Nano in India.

Unsatisfied Nano Customers Cancels the Car Booking

Customers are getting annoyed with the process of waiting for a long time for getting their Nano car delivered and because of this the customers one by one are cancelling the booking they have made on Nano cars.

The customers are not happy about the long wait for the Nano and the extremely disappointed customers have already started cancelling their bookings. The customers are also supposed to pay EMIs on the Nano even before it will be delivered to them, and this is a factor which is a reason why more and more customers are cancelling their bookings. Depending on the model they have ordered, the customers should pay the EMI from month after the car has been allotted to them. And this leaves them paying the EMI for the car even months before they actually get it.

Within 2010, Tata has promised to finish delivering one lakh Nano to its customers. Most of the customers who have got their allotment for 2010-2011 are those who are cancelling the booking. This will only affect the company and its Nano sales adversely if the trend continues.

From i10 to i20

Tata’s Nano launch has created a repel among the auto industry across the world. Now other car makers are also trying to bring out more models and options for existing models to beat up the Nano fever.

Hyundai is also set to launch the diesel variants of i10 by 2010 and Santa Fe – its premium SUV (sports utility vehicle) – in India in April 2008. But for an immediate action, Hyundai is planning to roll out i20 in India – an upgraded version of i10 compact car – by the end of next year as said to major Business daily by its spokesperson.

Super Nano

Dilip Chaabria, the style guru of Indian cars does spare any cars with out adding his creativity to it. He has created wonders with his creative ideas, for instance, DC’s Ambierod at the Auto Expo turned old and boring Ambassador into a total wannabe. The revamped Amby proved that with little creativity and hard work any thing can look so posh and cool. 

And his next target was yet to be launched Tata ‘Nano’. It is already a funky, small looking and he customized in such a way that more or less it looks like a spaceship.  Let me brief you on his creativity with Nano.

 

To start with, he groomed everything starting from gull wing doors, xenon and LED light panel, wider wheels and equipped with the fastest bike power engine of 1400cc called Hayabusa – power monster that will turn this cutie into a roller-coaster. Hayabusa is world’s fastest bike and you can imagine the power of Nano with this engine. The interiors were also loaded with next generation gadgets like a PC screen featuring internet, navigation, games and last but not least the customized instrumental panel glimmered to the screen. 

I wonder will it be ever be on the road. But if it makes it will be the coolest car in town.