Bharat Rakshak

New Delhi, Sep 4 (UNI) Mercedes-Benz India today said it plans to sell 3,000 units by the year-end.
The company has already sold 2,487 units by August-end, this year.
''We plan to sell 3,000 units in 2008, of which we have already sold 2,487 units by the last month,'' company Managing Director and CEO Wilfried Aulbur told reoperters here.
The company assemble chassis for Mercedes C, E and S classses and for buses in the Pune plant.
The company plans to enter the market of light and medium trucks through its Chennai joint venture.

John Snow wrote:I sent a email to Tata Nano team ( from web site) asking for how to book a nano. I got a very impersonal reply dear sir madam at this time we have not started booking will get in touch with you.

The email did not even parse the name to the reply!
Here it is

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John Snow wrote:thanks bart, for diminshing my stature and knocking some reality

All I was saying is that if TCS is doing some data base work storing information, they could have easily parsed my
yours sincerly
John Snow part and addressed me as such.

Well if a smart BRFite like you could not parse my agony what chance does Tata have? any way bye bye on this aspect of discussion.
Thanking you once again bart ji
Very respectfooly
John Snow

Abhijeet wrote:Is ABS useful in Indian conditions?

Rahul M wrote:TV channels reporting that mamata withdraws agitation at singur.
govt okays some land but it is not clear how much of that is to come from tata area.
project to go on.

So, I was right that TMC was looking for a face saving formula.

Mamata to inx network wrote: I love industry.
I can make a jano car.
If everything is free i can make a car in 5000Rs.

Rahul M wrote: post it in nukkad avinash! I doubt we will ever review the 'jano car' in this thread.

Kolkata, Sep 8 (PTI) Miffed at not being consulted before West Bengal government reached a settlement with TMC's Mamata Banerjee, Tatas could pull out from Singur as they feel that return of any portion of land would make the project to manufacture the world's cheapest car unviable.

Groping in the dark about details of the settlement, which the state government had not communicated to them till late afternoon, the corporate house said: "Tata Motors is distressed at the limited clarity on the outcome." They also announced that they would continue the suspension of work on the controversial project, which was under siege from TMC protesters demanding return of 400 acres of land to farmers. After the settlement yesterday, TMC announced it would end its dharna against the project.

Sources in the know said that Tatas had already returned 40 of the 997 acres of the land leased to them before starting the project and had made it clear that any further withdrawal of the land would make the project "unviable".

"We will review our stated position only if we are satisfied that the viability of the project is not being impinged, the integral nature of the mother plant and our ancillary units are being maintained, and all stakeholders are committed to develop a long term congenial environment for smooth operations of the plant in Singur," Tata Motors said in the statement.

Suspending the work last week, Tata Motors had said in a statement that ancillaries were an integral part of the project and its viability, thus making it clear that they were not willing to accept any change in the project plan wherein vendors would be relocated to an alternate site.

Kolkata, Sept 9 (PTI) Cautioning the West Bengal government, Tata Motors today said it should not take any step which might disturb the integrated auto cluster in Singur comprising the main plant of Nano and the vendor park.

Tata Motors M D Ravi Kant in a letter to the state government said they have noted the clarification that it will maintain the integrated nature of the auto cluster.

"Therefore, the government should not take any step in future which may disturb this arrangement and understanding agreed upon earlier," Industry Minister Nirupam Sen told reporters at the secretariat quoting Ravi Kant's letter.

Tata Motors had yesterday sought a clarification from the state government on the actual position on the return of land after the understanding between Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday.

The Tata Motors MD in his letter also said, "we will like to be clearly told about those future arrangements, understanding or commitment which will go contrary to the arrangement and which may result in not honouring that commitment." Sen said that the four-member committee, formed to look into the possibility of identifying and returning land keeping the Tata project intact, met for the first time during the day and will inspect the project site tomorrow.

After the meeting of the committee Trinamool Congress, MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya told reporters here "we have sought 300 acres of land from within the project area".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tata ... 474340.cms

Tatas to roll out 1,000 Nanos from Pune plant
12 Sep 2008, 1020 hrs IST, Sutanuka Ghosal,ET Bureau

KOLKATA: Tata Motors is all set to manufacture 1,000 Nanos at its Pune plant. The vendors have released their last lot of components for Nano on Thursday, which will be delivered to Pune within a day or two.

“Tata Motors, which is keenly watching the developments at Singur, is getting itself ready to rollout Nano in October. If the Singur logjam is not resolved within a fortnight, then they have to make some arrangements to roll out Nano from any of its plants. As of now, this does not look to be a part of the much-speculated Plan B,” Tata circles indicated.

Incidentally, Tata Motors had informed its 55-odd vendors of Nano to supply components for 1,000 Nanos by September 8 to the Pune factory. This was also confirmed by a leading vendor, who had invested in the Singur vendor park, and will be supplying sheet metal for Nano chassis.

Incidentally, nearly 3,000 components are required to manufacture a Nano. However, the vendors also feel that the Pune plant will not be able to meet the volumes that Tatas are looking at for Nano in the next two to three years time.

The official Tata Motors spokesperson told: “Tata Motors wishes to dissociate itself from any speculation regarding Nano.”

Interestingly, after tension escalated at Singur, Tata Motors had issued technical approvals to vendors which will enable them to supply components for Nano, if the car is produced at the company’s Pantnagar, Pune and Lucknow plants.

Work at the vendor park in Singur has come to a standstill after the decision on Sunday to stop work there till the joint committee zeros in on land that can be doled out to the landlosers.

A senior official of Rucha Engineering said: “We can only start work at the site if Tata Motors gives us the green signal and if the environment becomes conducive at Singur. Tata Motors has given us a October 1 deadline to be ready with our plant. As of now, we have not got any other communication from Tata Motors. We are hopeful that Singur issue will be resolved at the earliest.”

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c] fibre glass wing on the rear - 2600
d] Snazzy Exhaust Pipe - 400
e] Power windows - 12,500
f] Brighter interior LED lights - 200

20% biofuel blending in auto fuel by 2017