Tata Nano Launched

Tata Nano has been launched yesterday at Parsi Gymkhana, Marine Drives, Mumbai.

Bookings will commence from April 9 to 23, 2009 at State Bank, Chroma shops and select Tata Dealers. The forms will be charged Rs. 300 and need to be submitted duly filled by one week.

The booking amount is Rs. 2999 and booking is accepted for first 100,000 cars which will be delivered from July for the year. Deliveries will be made on lottery system and those who can't get their cars by an year will be paid 8.5 % of interest on booking amount.

The car will be launched in three variants priced in the range Rs. 1.23-1.7 lakhs, nano base, nano CX mid level and nano LX top end. The top end is equipped with AC and all other creature comfirts in a modern car.

Call US Canada at Rs. 1.99 per minit from Reliance

Telecom operator Reliance Communications on Friday launched an international calling card for the US and Canada - ICC 799 - which brings down call rates to these countries to Rs 1.99 per minute.

Introducing the card, Reliance Communications regional head for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Saleem Haq said: "In order to keep in touch with the vast population of our people residing in the US and Canada, a need was felt to bring down calling cost to these countries... now calls can be made at just Rs 1.99 per minute."

The card is available for both CDMA and GSM subscribers. On an e-recharge of Rs 799, it offers a talk time of more than 350 minutes for calls to the US and Canada.

"This talk time would be valid for 45 days and would be available on recharge until April 30," Haq added.

Yamaha FZ - S

After the two aces like R15 and FZ16, Yamaha has poised to build upon success with launch of FZ-S the more stylized version of FZ16. The package is same with cosmetic additions to improve upon already set image.

The bike is 150 cc, there should be improvement in mileage in the range of 50 KMPL, which in FZ16 comes around 40-45 and not so peppy compared to other offerings in the segment. Then the front number plate issue is not addressed it seems. The rear passenger seat is too small for grownup.