Showing posts with label Mercedes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercedes. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Mercedes launches new C-Class at Rs 40.9 lakh

"The new C-Class joins the latest generations of the E and S-Class to create the youngest and most wide ranging saloon line up of any automaker globally," Mercedes-Benz Managing Director & CEO Eberhard Kern told reporters here.

Terming the model as an "important product" for the company, Kern said the company's strategy for India is on the right track and paying results.

The new C-Class comes with various features including higher ground clearance, long wheel base, cruise control and drive mode selector.

It also comes with seven airbags, tyre pressure monitoring system and infotainment system. With this launch the company has achieved its target of launching ten cars in the Indian market in 2014.

Earlier this year Mercedes Benz had said it planned to launch about 10 new products in India in 2014 as part of plans to continue with the double digit growth that it witnessed last year.

So far the company has launched the new versions of its top-end luxury sedan S Class -- the S500 and S350CDI, armoured vehicle MGuard, SUVs GL63AMG and ML63AMG, along with Edition 1 of A and B Class, sedan CLA 45 AMG, CLS 350, E350 CDI.

It has also launched GLA Class and a petrol variant of GLA 45 AMG, to tap the fast growing SUV segment in the country.

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.

The company had sold a total of 9,003 cars last year in India and is looking at double digit growth this year. It has expanded production at its Chakan plant to 20,000 units annually to meet growing demand in the country.

The luxury car maker is also looking to locally assemble the CLA sedan that would be launched next year.

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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Congress, BSP slam Akhilesh govt for downsizing budgetary allocation for women panel

Akhilesh Yadav
"We condemn this move. When BSP was in power, it had started welfare scheme for the poor, Dalits and downtrodden," Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said here.

"This is the tragedy of our time. Life of a woman is considered lower than the value of a bicycle," Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury said.

A Right to Information (RTI) question posed by social activist Urvashi Sharma revealed that in the last three years, the Samajwadi Party government has slashed the budgetary allocations made to the state women's commission.

The state government informed the RTI activist that between 2011-12 and 2013-14, the budget of the women's panel was cut by over 85 percent.

In 2011-12, the commission got Rs.5.1 crore in financial grants and this went down to Rs.4.16 crore, of which Rs.3.9 crore was spent.

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Thursday, 5 June 2014

Force Motors to start selling Gurkha from September

Force
Force Gurkha would be available for test drive and bookings across the company's personal vehicle dealerships from September, Force Motors said in a statement.
     
The vehicle, powered by the 2.6 litre Mercedes OM 616 engine, would be launched with various features including high ground clearance to negotiate extreme terrains, it added.
    
"The feedback received from auto experts and select group of users during test drives has helped us further fine tune the Force Gurkha into an extremely capable off roader," Force Motors Managing Director Prasan Firodia said.
    
The Pune-based firm said the vehicle would be sold across the country through its personal vehicles dealership.
    
The company, which sells various vehicles including Trump, Trax and the Balwan range of agricultural tractors, entered into the personal vehicles segment in 2011 with the launch of sports utility vehicle Force One.
    
Gurkha is slated to be the second offering from the company in this category.
Force Motors on Wednesday said it would commence selling its off-road vehicle Gurkha from September.
     
Force Gurkha would be available for test drive and bookings across the company's personal vehicle dealerships from September, Force Motors said in a statement.
     
The vehicle, powered by the 2.6 litre Mercedes OM 616 engine, would be launched with various features including high ground clearance to negotiate extreme terrains, it added.
Force Motors on Wednesday said it would commence selling its off-road vehicle Gurkha from September.

(Agencies)

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