Giving a thrust to local manufacturing of luxury cars, automaker Mercedes-Benz rolled out the Maybach S500 sedan from its India plant, making the facility on the outskirts of Pune only the second outside Germany to produce the car.

Apart from the locally-manufactured Maybach S500, which will sell for Rs 1.67 crore, the German car major also introduced the imported Maybach S600 in the domestic market, which comes with a price tag of Rs 2.6 crore. Both prices are ex-showroom, Pune.

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz sees business potential in offering on-demand limousine services using driverless cars, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, in what amounts to a direct challenge to Uber.

Germany's oldest carmaker is considering setting up large fleets of autonomous cars to cater to a new customer base which is less attracted to vehicle ownership but still interested in using premium transportation services like limousines.

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday commenced the production of its new generation car CLA sedan in India.

“Local production will make the CLA even more attractive for the discerning buyers with additional value propositions and increased availability,” Mercedes-Benz India MD & CEO Eberhard Kern said in a statement.

India's largest luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz today launched the powerful AMG C 63 S at Rs 1.3 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi) making it the eleventh launch for the year by the company.

Mercedes, which had promised to make 15 launches in India this year, has so far launched ten AMG models in the Indian market, all of which are built in Germany and imported to India. These include S 63, E 63, SLK 55, GLA 63, G 63 to name a few.

Mercedes-Benz India is expected to launch the AMG C 63 S in India on September 3. This will be the tenth AMG powered model to roll out in India, and the 11th model to go on sale in the country, under the '15 in 15' company strategy.

In India, the powerful sibling of the C-class sedan will be powered by the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, good for 503 bhp and 71.4kgm of torque.

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz today launched three ultra luxury vehicles -- S500 Coupe, S63 AMG Coupe and SUV G63 AMG 'Crazy Colour' edition -- priced between Rs 2 crore and Rs 2.60 crore (ex-showroom Delhi).

The company also introduced its exclusive 'designo' platform that allows customers to choose exclusive paints, high quality interiors, trims and features.

German car maker Mercedes-Benz will recall 150 imported vehicles in China on July 31 to fix a fuse problem, according to the country's top quality supervisor.

All the recalled vehicles belong to GLA, A and B series, manufactured in September 2014.

German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz posted a 43% sales growth in India at 3,093 units in the second quarter of 2015.

In January-June, the company's sales grew 41% at 6,659 units compared with 4,717 units in the year-ago period.

Riding on the wave of sales growth achieved in 2014 and during the first quarter of 2015, Mercedes Benz hopes to get back to its numero uno position this year, according to a top company official.

The German luxury car maker, which sold 10,200 cars in 2014 and 3,566 cars in the January-March quarter — 385 cars more than nearest competitor Audi — hopes to register a double-digit growth in 2015. “We have grown 40 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 and the second quarter will be even better. So, we are confident of achieving a strong double-digit growth in 2015,” Eberhard Kern, managing director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, told Business Standard.

The Mercedes-Benz CLS has and always will be synonymous with style. It combines the best features of the E-Class with the suave looks of a coupe. When it made its debut in 2005, the CLS was a trendsetter because at that time there weren't any luxury coupes around. Today, of course, the CLS has competition from the likes of the Audi A7 and the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. A decade later, the second generation CLS has sharper driving dynamics, is visually more appealing than before and, fortunately for potential buyers, the car is now a lot more affordable.

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