Tata Nano's Web site

Nano this is word which is the hottest word in the automobile market.Tata has created an people's car website using an people technology(Open source).

Well Tata has choosen opensource as their source for developing their website. This website has been developed by using an Opensource CMS which is known to techies who are familiar with opensource technologies.

Nano has given first hint of massive traffic it generated towards its website. The website would go off and on and you will be greeted by a page that says: "Our website is experiencing heavy traffic. Please try again a little later. Sorry for the inconvenience."

According to the website, "The name 'Nano' was chosen as it denotes high technology and small size. People world over were keen to see what Tata Motors' People's Car looked like and know more about it. The Tata Motors website saw nearly 7.9 million hits on 10 January 2009 (the day the Nano was unveiled), while the Tata Nano website saw 4 million hits in 30 hours, making these sites amongst the busiest in the world. The Nano website (www.tatanano.com) was developed within a short time frame of one and a half months and with limited resources. The entire portal has been built on open source technologies, involving minimum investment, following the essence of the Nano - low cost, but high technology."

Using this site you can directly book Nano which is a dream car of many middle class families.Man this is the reason website has a huge traffic and some times gets down.

Here are the online booking details

The cost of the Online Form is Rs 200.

Fill out the application form online and proceed to make an online payment.

Your application will then be directed to a third-party payment gateway site.

You will then submit your payment through net banking.

The amount to be paid is the Cost of Application Form plus the Booking Amount.

The site will confirm your payment by generating a transaction ID.

You will be then guided back to the Tata Nano website where a Unique Identification Number (UIN) will be generated.

Booking is now complete, you can take a print of receipt, an e-mail is sent to you with the receipt.