Seven year old Pavan and his 14-year-old brother Vishal, had rarely seen a car from the inside. On Thursday, they travelled all the way to Connaught Place from their home in Nangloi with their father to book a Nano.

Bookings for the Rs 1-lakh car began on Thursday across the country.

Their father, who runs a pharmacy shop in the unauthorised colony at Nangloi, says the only reason he could think of buying a car was because of the low price. “No one in our colony owns a car. Now many are thinking of buying one,” says Ravinder Prasad.

Jasbir Kaur, 70, braved a crowded bus from Punjabi Bagh to the Tata Motors Showroom at Barakhamba Road, to book a brand new Nano for her grandson. Her 21-year-old grandson does not know of the “surprise” she is planning.

“We were thinking of buying a second-hand Santro earlier, but now I will get him a Nano,” she says, adding: “It feels good to be able to buy a car from my own savings at this age.”

Kaur and Prasad were among the several people who thronged the TATA motors dealership at Barakhamba Road to make a booking for their new car.

With an on-road price ranging from Rs 1.35 lakh for the basic model to Rs 1.86 lakh for the top-end model, the Nano is within the reach of a large two-wheeler driving populace. And the mileage claim of 23 kmpl has made people choose the Nano as the second family car.

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