Mr Ramesh is a stock broker in Mangalore and he drove the Nano all the way from Mangalore till Kasaragod yesterday.
Watch this video to listen to his Nano Experience
Test Drive Feedback: Ramesh from Mangalore
on Sunday, June 13, 2010Here's a quick reference to great media coverage we got in Mangalore...
1. Mangalore Today...
Mangalore today quoted me but got my title wrong :(...
http://www.mangaloretoday.com/mt/index.php?action=news_briefs&type=1501
2. Daiji World is a popular Konkani portal
Daiji World
3. Vijaya Karnataka's Mangalore edition published a brief report with photo on page 2
4. Mega Media news portal's coverage:
http://www.megamedianews.in/11.06.10TataMotors.htm
5. Coastal Digest
http://www.coastaldigest.com/
We thank the media for getting involved with the Nano Superdrive
For the first time we'd to change plans. Day 11: We were supposed to drive about 440 kms from Mangalore to Cochin (We've already driven a longer distance of Pune-Goa in a single day).
We flagged off from Mangalore ahead of time. Mr CS Sheshadri, CEO, Automatrix, flagged us off.
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We left Mangalore by around 9.45AM and drove further south on NH17 towards Cochin via Calicut.
We started experiencing heavy monsoon rains. Add to this the fact that NH17 is just 2 lanes and traffic was heavy. Our speeds were greatly reduced and it was beyond 1.30 by the time we crossed Kannanghad. We stopped at the Nalanda Resort for lunch.
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Below: With Mr Shafiq of Tata Motors (and few other snaps taken around the Nalanda Resort)
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We saw lots of FIFA banners in Kerala, put out by fans supporting their respective teams. Brazil seems to have great number of fans. We passed through Kannur, Mahe (Mahe, though in Kerala, is a part of Union Territory of Puducherry. Hence you can see Pondy style administration here) and Calicut. It was dark (7pm) by the time we reached Calicut (aka Kozhikode or Kallikote). We'd another 190kms to do. Though the roads were 4 laned after Calicut,reports of heavy rains and other safety factors kicked in and the team decided that it would be better to halt at Calicut and proceed to Cochin the next day.
Nano handled water logged roads of Calicut very well.
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We quickly searched for appropriate hotels and checked in. This was the first time we'd to change plans in our trip. Leaving very early in the morning for Cochin and we should be reaching the city in time for our activities.
What Mangaloreans feel about Nano
on Saturday, June 12, 2010In order to get the pulse of Karavali, I spoke a few Tata officials and Nano customers in Mangaluru...
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Mr Manoj, General Manager, Automatrix, Mangalore gave statistics and customer response to Nano. He said over 155 Nanos have been delivered so far in Mangaluru.
Later in the evening spoke to several families. Two videos are below..
Mangalore public had great time at Nano get together. The hall was smaller compared to Mumbai or Pune and was fully packed. Turn out was great and much higher than expected. Mangalore Tata Nano customer meet in pictures:
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Caught up with Mangalore Big FM's RJ Avinash yesterday. We met near Kudroli temple where Big FM Winners were given an opportunity to test drive the Nano.
He said he missed an opportunity to drive the Nano as he forgot to bring his license...Listen to him in this video and watch for famous Kudroli temple in the backdrop...
A few years ago, Mangalore hardly had any malls. Today, there're at least half a dozen of them.
City Centre Mall, on KS Road near Hampankatta is one of the biggest in Mangalore and that's where we had a Nano on display the whole day.
Here're a few pics
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Late in the evening we visited the mall again while returning from Gateway hotel...
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City Centre Mall was inaugurated on 25th April 2010. (details at Raveesh Kumar's blog)
The Taj Gateway hotel in Mangaluru is home for Air India pilots who fly in and out of Mangalore. When we took the car to Gateway hotel, to be kept on Demo for the customer meet, we'd lots of pilots checking out the car.
In particular, Steve from Air India Express showed lots of interest in the car. I briefed him on the superdrive journey, about Nano and so on. He listened with interest and asked lots of questions
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Steve was very eager to take the car for a spin but I'd to say No, as we were not authorized to give the car for test drives. Captain has an eye for details and he rightly pointed out that rear right wheel cap is missing!
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I asked Steve if I can take a quick video bite of his opinion about Nano, but he was in a hurry-he'd a flight to catch.. Err.. he'd a flight to fly.... While Steve took off for his destination city last night, we're all set to take off for Cochin tomorrow.
Nanos rocked port town of Mangalore yesterday, locally known as Kudla. June means monsoon in South Canara and as expected it was raining all through the day, though the rains were not severe.
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Next visit was to Sultan Bathery...
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Next we headed to the famous Kudroli temple. Each and everyone in the team were amazed by the beauty of the temple
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