List of articles tagged: Mercedes-Benz

Renault-Nissan planning an onslaught on the Indian market, Students in Michigan aim at 1400 kmpl, Aditya Patel to drive at the Nurburgring 24 hours while Steve Jobs dreamt about the iCar before his demise.

Mahindra is facelifting the Verito, Audi A3 sedan in India by 2014,new E-class spotted in Europe while India gets its first online tyre store.

Mercedes GLA is BMW X1 rival, luxury car manufacturers are feeling the heat, Renault-Nissan to buy controlling stake in Lada manufacturer, and next Impreza WRX might get electric turbo.

Small four-door coupe is based on the MFA front-engined, front-wheel-drive platfrom and will be available with FWD or AWD options, no rear-drive only. Another first for Mercedes, then. However, there will be an AMG version. All's still well with the world...

Mercedes Benz took things a notch higher when they unveiled their Concept A-Class. The cars expressive design symbolises concentrated dynamism. The technical highlights include a new, turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol engine, a dual clutch transmission and a radar-based collision warning system with adaptive Brake Assist.

Mercedes-Benz will be launching their 2011 model of the G-Wagon in India today. The Gelandenwagen (G-Wagon) comes from the G-Class segment of the Mercedes stable, which holds a reputation for the most rugged vehicle segment of the lot. The G-Wagon will be priced at somewhere close to 1 crore and get a 5-speed automatic transmission.

Mercedes-Benz India sold 640 units in the month of January 2011. The key growth drivers in January 2011 were the C–Class with 265 units, E-Class with 252 units, the S-Class with 46 units as well as the SUV range comprising the M-Class, GL-Class and the R-Class with 67 units. The German company has always been a favourite among Indians and it shows with the amount of cars the manufacturer sells each month.

The 1st of February will see Mercedes-Benz launch the Maybach in  the Indian Market. The company is already celebrating 125 years in the car-making business and the launch of the luxury car only adds to its celebrations in India. The first maybach to come to India was in 2004 and it boasted of a Rs. 5 crore price tag. Arguably it was the most expensive car in India then and it 'may' be 'bach' to just prove the same yet again.

While the year 2010 saw a boom in the Indian Car market as regards car launches, it also opened up an avenue for International car manufacturers to try their luck with their cars here. The Indian car market had already witnessed international car manufacturers like Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors (Chevrolet) and many more entering the market to grab their share. 

Mercedes-Benz India announced their year-end sales performance for 2010. The company has sold 5819 cars from Jan – Dec 2010 which is a growth of 80% over 2009. The key growth drivers were the E–Class with 2490 units, C-Class with 2070 units as well as the SUV range comprising the M-Class, GL-Class and the R-Class with 523 units.