With cars like the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic selling in very small numbers and potentially even being phased out, the Octavia has very little competition, says Pavan Lall.
Ahead of the peak festive season, India's passenger vehicle makers are staring at a cumulative order backlog of nearly 500,000 units as chip shortage continues to cripple production. The crisis is forcing companies to change their production plans frequently and take a call on the variants they can manufacture based on the availability of semiconductors. The booking numbers are not a true reflection of demand, said manufacturers.
German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz on Friday said it will hike prices of its products across models by up to 10 per cent in India from next month.
Audi launches Avant RS6 in India.
The GLE will be available in two variants.
In the first of a two-part series we bring you the best runway offerings from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2014!
While the Q5 is a light driving car that feels like you can easily fling it over and around brooks and brushes and hills and plains, it's also versatile in that its rear seat is as comfy and spacious as you'd expect, says Pavan Lall.
So far in the first nine months of 2014, Mercedes Benz India has sold 7,529 units, up 16 per cent from the same period last year.
Seven years after it announced Nexa, there's no mistaking the seriousness with which Maruti wants the segment to grow, says Pavan Lall.
it comes with a 5.5-litre V8 engine, with a displacement of 5,461 cc.
In the second of a two-part series we bring you the best off the runway from the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2014.
The move will primarily impact luxury car companies like Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi and Volvo and bike brands like Triumph and Harley Davidson.
Asia now has more millionaires than North America.
The new E-Class diesel variant carries an introductory price of Rs 43.65 lakh or Rs 4.36 million (ex-showroom Pune), while the petrol version is priced at Rs 40.73 lakh or Rs 4.07 million.
The announcement of Mitra's resignation comes nearly after three months of Eberhard H Kern joining Mercedes Benz India as the new Managing Director and CEO.
If one leaves aside 2016, when sales declined 4.68 per cent, the pace of growth in 2018 is the slowest in a decade, according to IHS Markit, a sales forecast and market research firm.
India-specific hatchbacks took centrestage at the 10th Auto Expo, in New Delhi. Check them out!
The chasis of the three-axles vehicle will be made by Mercedes Benz while the body will be assembled by its Indian partner Sutlej Motors.
It has get-up-and-go and is possessed of immense agility, observes Pavan Lall.
'Some of the launches may get deferred due to the semiconductor shortage, which is unlikely to get resolved before the second half of 2022.'
We bring you glimpses of the Bendon-sponsored innerwear fashion show, which featured several different brands on the ramp at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney 2012 last week.
This new limited edition Mercedes Benz C Class AMG luxury sedan will be on sale with immediate effect.
Infosys on Tuesday said it has formed a long-term partnership with Daimler AG for a technology-driven IT infrastructure transformation. After the receipt of all regulatory approvals, Daimler AG will transform its IT operating model and infrastructure landscape across workplace services, service desk, data centre, networks and SAP Basis together with Infosys, a statement said. "As a part of this partnership, automotive IT infrastructure experts based out of Germany, wider Europe, the US and the APAC region will transition from Daimler AG to Infosys," it added. The companies, however, did not disclose the number of people who will transition as part of the deal.
German luxury car maker has expanded its product offering with the launch of 11 products this year.
Mercedes sells models ranging from A Class to Maybach, priced between Rs 28 lakh and Rs 1.67 crore.
After being crowned the second best car company in the luxury segment in India, Audi is ambitious to rule the Indian luxury car segment by the year 2015.
Take a look at the flashy cars on display at the Geneva Motor Show.
In the second of a two-part series we bring you the best off the runway from the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013!
It's that time of year again -- in the first of a two-part series we bring you the best off the runway from the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013!
Recently, world headlines buzzed with Elon Musk's announcement that he was shelving his audacious bid for social media platform Twitter. Away from the media spotlight, questions are being asked about the maverick billionaire's plans in India, too. A few days ago, a Reuters report said Musk's flagship Tesla had put on hold its plan to launch electric cars in India.
The challenge for BMW is to overtake Mercedes-Benz, which bounced back three years ago to become king of the hill.
Bombay Realty, a unit of the Wadia group, recently launched a residential project in Mumbai. The company is looking at more projects in Mumbai and Bangalore. Managing Director Jeh Wadia talks about the company's strategy.
BMW's plant in Chenna now has 50 per cent localisation.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over Rs 14 crore belonging to the Gitanjali Group and its promoter and jeweller Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the alleged over Rs 13,000 crore PNB loan fraud case. The properties attached, under the anti-money laundering law, include a flat measuring 1,460 sq feet located at O2 Tower in Goregaon area of Mumbai, gold and platinum jewellery, diamond stones, necklaces made of silver and pearls, watches and a Mercedes Benz car, the ED said in a statement. A provisional order for attachment has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for the assets worth a total Rs 14.45 crore that are in the name of Gitanjali Group of companies and its director Mehul Choksi, it said.
Kahn Design has modified the existing Land Rover Defender.
Their creations have been seen on leading Hollywood celebrities for some time now, so it's hardly surprising that Falguni and Shane Peacock made quite an impression at their Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week debut!
The German auto maker is clawing back up the brand charts as it fights off competition from Audi, BMW in the Indian market.
New mobile-optimized website can be readily accessed through multiple mobile devices.
Does the all-new Mercedes-Benz ML350 CDI, launched two days ago, get it spot on?
German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz is preparing to commence leasing vehicles to consumers in the Indian market by the end of this year. No other luxury car maker in the country currently offers vehicles on lease directly to customers.
