List of articles tagged: Mercedes

Vodafone organized a Formula One car run on India roads in front of more than 10,000 enthusiasts in Bangalore. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton drove his MP4-23, the car which raced him to the 2008 Drivers’ World Championship and Vodafone customers in Nice Road, near Bengaluru. 

Mercedes Benz has launched the third generation SLK in India. This new offering comes with a 3.5-litre V6 engine which offers 306bhp and 370Nm of torque which is good enough to propel the SLK to 100kmph in just 5.6 seconds. Top speed to is a rapid 250kmph.

The first quarter and then the month of April have shown record sales for many a manufacturer. The growth trend has been positive for most maufacturers with a steady raise in demand for the diesel variants.

Mercedes-Benz India indicated that prices of all its models will be revised upwards effective 1st May 2011.

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.

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.

Mercedes-Benz India today inaugurated the first state-of-the-art authorized service center for Buses in Northern India- PMG Automobiles Pvt. Ltd near Chandigarh. The facility was inaugurated by Mr. Devdutta Chandavarkar, Director, After Sales, Mercedes-Benz India and Mr. Mohit Pratap Singh, Principal owner, PMG Automobiles Private Ltd.

The 30,000th locally produced Mercedes-Benz rolled out of the Mercedes Benz India assembly plant in Chakan. Mercedes had reached the mark of 20,000th locally produced car in 2008, 13 years after start of operations in India. However the landmark of 30,000 was achieved within a short span of less than 3 years.

Mercedes-Benz registered a sale of 518 units for the month of November. This is a jump of 89% as compared to Nov 2009 (275 units). The key growth drivers have been the E-Class with 251 units sold in November 2010, followed by the C-Class which sold 156 units and the S-Class which sold 39 units. The SUVs GL-Class and M-Class continued their popularity run with total of 49 units thus bringing up the SUV wholesale total for Jan-Nov 2010 to 375 units.