Tata Autocomp Systems Ltd files for IPO to raise up to Rs 750 crore ($167.4 mn) has appointed Tata Capital Markets Ltd, JM Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd, and JP Morgan India Pvt Ltd as managers for the sale

Tata Autocomp files for IPO to raise up to $167.4 mn Tata Autocomp
Systems Ltd, an auto parts maker, has filed for an initial public
offering in addition to a fresh issue in order to raise around Rs 750
crore ($167.4 million).

As per the red hearing prospectus, shareholding
companies, Tata Motors, Tata Industries and Tata Capital Ltd, and Tata
Sons, will together sell nearly 35.63 million shares in the company.




The
company, part of the diversified Tata conglomerate, has appointed Tata
Capital Markets Ltd, JM Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd, and JP Morgan
India Pvt Ltd as managers for the sale.The issue will comprise of around
25% of the fully diluted post issue paid up capital of the firm.

Tata Motors owned Jaguar brand of super luxury cars has launched the diesel variant of Jaguar XF in India priced at Rs. 48.37 lakh.

The premium car Jaguar XF, which is powered by a
3.0 litre V6 cylinder, will be sold in the country as a completely built
unit (CBU). Jaguar's six-speed ZF 6HP28 automatic transmission can
accelerate the Diesel-S from 0-100 kmph in just 6.4 seconds.

“The launch comes after we received a
huge response to our XF's petrol version. We have received a pre-launch
booking of 60 cars,' said Rohit Suri, head - premier car division,
Jaguar and Land Rover, India. 'The new Diesel XF introduced in India has
been customized by Jaguar engineers for the Indian market and adapted
for Indian conditions,' said the company statement.

Jaguar is also in the process of
developing 10 more dealerships in major cities of India. Jaguar Land
Rover will also begin assembling Land Rover models
in India from the middle of next year, said Suri. The company had
already begun setting up the plant, he said without elaborating on the
stage of construction, cost, or its location. In the last fiscal, Jaguar
and Land Rover cumulatively sold 242 units in India

"We are in the process of establishing
our network, so we are not disclosing any target at this point of
time... We hope to do very well,” said Tata Motors Head (Premier Car Division) Rohit Suri.

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Auto Expo 2010 : TATA MOTORS display Nano, Indiaca Vista, Indigo manza and Jaguar and Land Rover.

Tata Motors will be giving visitors a treat with the new Xover on display alongside the Nano, Indica Vista and the Indigo Manza among others.

    That won’t be all, especially after Tata’s acquisition of the two legendary British marques. Expect a full house of models from the Jaguar and Land Rover range.



From the smooth new Jaguar XJ to the butch yet elegant Land Rover Discovery, there will be eye-candy for everyone in virtually every segment in the Indian automotive space!

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Nano bookings begin: Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali was the first to book a Nano at midnight at the State Bank of India in Lucknow.

With the hope of owning the world’s cheapest car by July, people in large numbers thronged Tata Group stores and State Bank of India branches on Thursday to get forms to book the Rs.1-lakh Nano, launched last month.



Tata Motors is making the forms available at around 30,000 centres across India. The booking closes on April 25. There was no immediate picture available on the number of bookings done on the opening day.

Besides Tata Motors showrooms, the forms, which cost Rs.300 each, are available at Tata Group ventures including Titan showrooms, Tata Indicom centres, Westside and Croma stores. These stores are also offering discounts to customers on purchase of the forms. One person can submit only one form.

Tata Motors has State Bank of India as its main partner to sell and receive the forms, while other banks are also offering loans to book the car. Customers can either pay the entire booking amount or seek finance from 15 other banks. Booking can be done online.

The three variants of the Nano are priced between Rs.1.23 lakh and Rs.1.72 lakh in Delhi. The booking amount is between Rs.95,000 and Rs.1.4 lakh.

Tata Motors Finance will provide a 100 per cent loan for the booking at an interest rate of 12 per cent to 13 per cent with a three-year tenure.

There is no cap on the number of forms to be sold during the 17-day period, but the launch price will be applicable only to one lakh customers who will be chosen through a computerised draw within 60 days of the close of bookings. Applicants will have the option to retain their booking even if they do not get an allotment in the first phase at the initial price.

Tata Group has started producing the Nano at its plant in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, only last month — around 4,000 units a month. The carmaker hopes to produce just about 50,000 of them this year. The new dedicated plant at Sanand in Gujarat will be ready by early-2010. It will have an initial annual capacity of 2.50 lakh units. This will be scalable to five lakh units.

Response in Kolkata

Raktima Bose reports:

Typifying the mood elsewhere, Nano fever gripped Kolkata on Thursday. Scores of buyers as well as curious onlookers crowded Tata Motors showrooms.

While some were busy assuring themselves about the robustness of the displayed model by tapping its body or viewing the engine, others were involved in conversations with showroom employees on the formalities of the booking process. There were others standing at a distance admiring the car.

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Mainak Majumdar, an information technology professional posted in the U.S., had come to one of the showrooms to book a car for his wife.

Asked why he chose Nano, he replied: “It is built with indigenous technology but the features are almost similar to the car that I own in the U.S. Also, since there is so much of hype around this car, I want to try it out.”

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Some people, however, seemed chagrined that the car was being manufactured in a plant in Gujarat instead of at Singur in West Bengal.

Shyamal Chakroborty is one of them. “The people of the State do not know what they have lost. Had this car been launched from here, it could have changed the industrial landscape of the entire State,” he said.

Many visitors

“We are getting a very encouraging response. Many people are visiting our showroom to enquire about the car. Some of them are also booking it on the spot,” said Binod Agarwal, director of one of the largest Tata Motors showrooms here.

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WHERE TO BUY TATA NANO FORMS IN SIKKIM, ANDAMAN AND NIBOBAR ISLANDS AND WEST BENGAL

State Bank of India (SBI) has identified 133 branches in the Bengal circle, comprising, Sikkim, Andaman and Nibobar islands and West Bengal, for sale of application forms to book the Tata Motors Rs 1 lakh car, the Nano.

The bank had recently entered into an agreement with Tata Motors for bookings the car through SBI branch network.

The facility will be available in nearly 30 branches of SBI in Kolkata, including the regional head office of the bank on Strand Road.

This apart, all the district headquarters will have at least one branch for purchasing the Nano booking form.

In Andaman, the bookings will take place through a branch in Port Blair. In Sikkim, five branches have been selected for the purpose.
According to the agreement between Tata Motors and SBI, the filled up application forms with booking amount will be collected through more than 1350 SBI branches in more than 850 cities.

The refund of the booking amount will also take place in SBI.
The sale of application forms and acceptance of booking amount at SBI branches will be between
April 9th to April 25, 2009.

Buyers could either pay the entire booking amount by themselves or seek financing from SBI. SBI had an agreement with Tata Motors for a loan product as well.

The SBI booking loan product will enable applicants for booking a Tata Nano by financing 100 per cent booking amount at down payment amount starting from Rs 2,999 onwards. Nano car loans had a maximum tenure of seven years.

Source:http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=353066

TATA NANO ONLINE BOOKING at Tata nano Home Page [WWW.TATANANO.COM ]

Tata Motors’ has entered into an exclusive tie-up with State Bank of India to manage the booking process.

There is a 15-day window for booking the Nano, from April 9 to 25.

The application forms will be sold at Rs 300 apiece at over 30,000 locations and in about 1,000 cities through Tata Motors dealerships, SBI branches, other preferred financiers as well as outlets of Westside, Croma, the ‘World of Titan’ and Tata Indicom exclusive stores.

Customers can pay the entire booking amount themselves or seek appropriate financing.

Tata Motors has entered into agreements with 15 preferred financiers for the Nano booking loan product.

“The booking product offered by these banks will enable a Tata Nano to be booked by paying an amount starting Rs 2,999 only.

Their chosen financier will directly submit their application forms to the State Bank of India on their behalf,” said a company statement.


Those who choose to cough up the entire amount can submit their application forms to the 1,350 notified SBI branches, Tata Motors dealerships, Westside and Croma outlets.

Online bookings
In addition, the company offers an option to submit bookings online atwww.tatanano.com. Within 60 days of the closure of bookings, Tata Motors will process and announce the allotments of 1,00,000 cars in the first phase of deliveries through a computerised random selection procedure.

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

Deliveries of the car will begin in July.
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 allotment of the second phase, at 8 per cent for the retention period between one and two years and 8.75 per cent for over two years.
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Allotment of retainees will be simultaneously communicated along with the allotment of the first 1,00,000 cars.
Everything you wanted to know about Tata nano car online booking , tata nano website tata nano price list

To cash in on the huge interest Nano has already generated, Tata Motors has charted out an innovative marketing strategy that involves unconventional practices in booking, financing, merchandising and advertising.Merchandising

The company is ready with a range of merchandise including Nano phone, Nano watch, T-shirts which will be available at dealerships and Croma and Westside outlets.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/

On the advertisement strategy, Mr Rajiv Dube, President, Passenger Cars, said print advertisements will kick off on Tuesday while a lot of publicity would be generated through the Internet. “We will be relying more on innovative methods like word-of-mouth publicity,” he added.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
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