German Car Maker 'Merc' Starts Local Assembly of S-Class in Pune

Mercedes Benz india
announced that assembly of the S-Class sedan in India and
price are down by Rs 18 lakh to
enhance its position in the country.
The locally produced top-end model S 500
will be priced at Rs 1.39 crore (ex-showroom,
Delhi) and it will comes in from manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune,
In January, the company had launched the S-
Class luxury sedan in India, priced at Rs 1.57
crore (ex-showroom, Delhi) for the launch
version of the new S-Class, which was fully
imported.
The company has already sold out the 125
units of the launch edition allocated by its
German headquarters for India.
The new S-Class currently has a waiting
period of approximately 3 months, it added.
Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director &
CEO Eberhard Kern said: "No other car
stands for Mercedes-Benz brand promise
more than the S-Class and we are delighted
to manufacture the new S-Class at our state-
of-the-art production facility in Chakan,
Pune."
He further said: "This also reiterates our
commitment to bring world class
manufacturing facilities in India to support
our growth in the luxury automotive
business."
The company has advanced the plant to
locally assemble the S-Class by a couple of
months due to robust demand and has
opened bookings for deliveries in June.
Currently, Mercedes-Benz India locally
produces S-Class, E-Class, C-Class, GL-Class
and the M-Class, while it imports completely
built units of the A-Class, CLS-Class, SLK-
Class and the luxury tourer B-Class, among
others.