09/05/05 18:27:31 p/QK4tV5
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India’s Tata Nano gets $500m in bookings
インド、タタ・モーターズの「ナノ」、予約金が$500Mを超える （ロイター/FT)
MUMBAI, May 4 ? Tata Motors, India’s largest vehicle maker, said on Monday it raised about 25 billion rupees
($500 million) from consumer bookings for its Nano, the world’s cheapest car.The cash should help ease the
company’s finance needs, especially to cover bridge loans for last year’s purchase of marquee brands Jaguar
and Land Rover.
月曜日にタタモーターズは、「ナノ」の予約金が250億ルピー($500M)を超えたと発表した。
Tata Motors received 203,000 fully-paid orders during the initial bookings from April 9 to 25, and it sold 610,000
booking forms during the period, the company said in a statement. It did not give details of all bookings.
The basic Nano has a showroom price of 112,735 rupees, and a deposit of 95,000 rupees was required to be paid at
the time of booking.The cars will be available by July this year, with a lottery to select the first 100,000
owners.
同社は、既に全額前金支払いの予約注文を4月9日～25日の間に20.3万台獲得、予約注文が61万台に達したしたと発表している。
ナノは112,735ルピーで、予約には前金で95000ルピーの支払いが必要、出荷は7月から開始される。