The Madras High Court on Friday asked the fair trade watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) not to take any action against luxury car maker BMW, as it (the Court) decided to hear the carmaker's plea along with other car manufacturers’ petitions against the CCI Order.

In August 2014, CCI slapped a combined penalty of Rs 2,554 crore on 14 car makers including BMW (Rs 20.41 crore) for failing to sell spare parts in the open market. The watchdog said it wanted to make the components market more broad based, user friendly and less expensive for consumers.

German luxury-car maker Mercedes-Benz India on Thursday launched its highest selling product E 350 CDI in Pune on Thursday. The car is priced at Rs 57.42 lakh (ex-show room, Pune). This is an addition to the existing E-Class lineup that comprises of the E 200 petrol and the E 250 diesel. The car will be manufactured from its Chakan plant.

If the Mercedes-Benz SLK hard-top convertible wasn't already a stunner in the looks department, the German car maker has now given it a heart of a beast. The SLK 55 AMG has suddenly got, with a 5.5 litre AMG innard, the lung power to go from 0 to 100 km in just 4.6 seconds. And if you still aren't impressed by the AMG badge, its sporty body kit and new power, then the roar of the 5,461cc V8 engine when it switches on will certainly make you realise that your leonine machine is a monster in disguise. As you know, the AMG tag is all about unbridled horsepower that makes you chafe impatiently if you don't cross the red line on the speedometer. And of course, this is possible only because of the stratospheric price at which such indulgences come. The new SLK is true to its AMG genes and ticks the boxes on all these criteria.

Want to get behind the wheel of your favourite luxury car but running short of money? Don't fret; help is at hand. Luxury carmakers have come up with personalised and flexible finance options this festive season to boost sales.

According to BMW India, its finance arm BMW Financial Services currently finances/leases every second BMW sold. Most luxury car companies, including German majors Mercedes Benz India, Audi India and BMW India, have come out with tailor-made finance options as more and more luxury car buyers opting for credit.

German car maker Daimler AG's luxury brand division Mercedes-Benz has been found guilty of manipulating prices for after-sales services in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing authorities in Jiangsu province.

An array of industries, from milk powder makers to tech firms, have been coming under the spotlight in recent years as China intensifies its efforts to bring companies into compliance with a 2008 anti-monopoly law.

Mercedes-Benz has announced an armoured version of its 2014-generation S-class limousine, a coachbuilt rolling vault that can withstand grenades and a machine-gun barrage.

While not the only armoured version of the car on the market, the S-600 Guard is the only one built by the Sindelfingen factory.

The month of July is yet to reveal some more surprises. After a spree of launches so far from Nissan Sunny facelift to several limited and special editions from Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Renault and Chevrolet, the automakers are leaving no stone unturned to get most out of the season. Where Maruti has brought in limited edition of Ritz and Ertiga, Chevrolet introduced special Manchester United Limited edition of Beat during the football fever. Renault introduced second anniversary edition of Duster, Hyundai launched Grand i10 LPG edition while Volkswagen too joined the movement and launched facelift Polo hatch. Are we missing something? Yes, there will be much touted Honda Mobilio MPV coming in a few days besides a couple of hot wheels from German luxury carmakers. Here is the chronological brief synopsis of each.

One out of every five Mercedes-Benz sold in India is either an ‘A Class’ or ‘B Class’. The German luxury giant is confident of growing in double digits this year, on the back of a lowered entry price for the two new hatchbacks.

Priced at Rs 25 lakh-26 lakh and launched a year ago, more than 2,500 units of the A and B Class are running on Indian roads. A major chunk of the buyers are those who have never bought a luxury car before, followed by those who already have a Mercedes car in the family.

Japanese automakers today recalled nearly three million vehicles worldwide over an airbag defect that could pose a fire risk.

When my friends at Mercedes-Benz told me they were sending the 2014 S500 over for a review, the excitement was tantalising—the S-class is unofficially the ‘best car in the world’. But I admit I was a bit worried as well. I live in an apartment complex in East Delhi, and with the rapid rise in car ownership over the last few years, I was worried that I would spend hours parking such a luxury barge and then I would hate myself if I ended up scratching such a beauty. To my surprise, I was proved so wrong.

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