German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is looking to expand its presence in the smaller cities in India where demand for luxury models is expected to grow robustly over the next few years. The automaker, which on Wednesday introduced new GLA and AMG GLE 53 models, plans to enhance its sales and service infrastructure in the non-metro cities … Read more
Image: Bonhams Karl Benz was just twenty years old when he graduated from Karlsruhe Polytechnic engineering college, and before he was thirty he developed a successful two-stroke gasoline-powered single-piston engine. His first automobile design was the three-wheeled two-seater Motorwagen with innovative electric spark ignition and a manual clutch coupling between the engine and drive mechanism. … Read more
Mercedes-Benz announced a slew of stuff at CES, from a new AI virtual assistant to musical EV sounds developed with Will.I.Am that change as you drive. CES was also host to the North American debuts of the Concept CLA and the new E-Class, but the only thing that I truly care about is the camouflaged … Read more
Automotive journalists love to clown on in-car voice assistants, always talking about how useless and pointless they are, but not me. I’m already the kind of guy that says “thanks girl” after asking Siri a question, and I do love using a good voice assistant in a car (emphasis on the word “good.”) They can … Read more
New Delhi: Carmakers in India sold an average of 128 cars priced more than ₹50 lakh every day last year, up from 95 per day in pre-Covid 2019, taking the total luxury car sales to a new calendar-year high.Carmakers attribute the pickup in sales to a lifestyle change post Covid-19, making many younger professionals opt … Read more
New Delhi: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday said it will hike prices of select models in India by up to 2 per cent from January 1 next year to partially offset rising input, commodity and logistics costs. The price hike will range from Rs 60,000 for the C-Class to Rs 2.6 lakh for a … Read more
