Date:17/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/17/stories/2008101758010100.htm

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Nano’s soft launch likely by year-end

Mumbai: Tata Motors is likely to go in for a soft launch of its low-budget car, Nano, by the year-end before hitting the road in a big way.

“Tata’s will launch 200-300 Nano cars by end this year, which will be the soft launch of Nano,” a vendor, who attended Tata Motors’ Vendor Meet, told reporters here on Thursday.

The company, which recently shifted its Nano plant to Gujarat from West Bengal, plans a major launch of the car during the second-half of the next year, he said.

The company spokesperson could not be contacted for comment.

However, officials of the Tata Motors a few days back had reiterated the stated position of launch in the last quarter of the current fiscal. — PTI