Hyderabad, (UNI) Mercedes-Benz, pioneered the luxury car market in India, has invested 12 million Euros (INR 100 plus crore) in ‘made in India GLC’.
Talking to reporters after launching the best selling SUV, the most advanced GLC here on Thursday, Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director and CEO Santosh Iyer, said that we have 13,000 plus happy GLC customers in the country.
GLC remains the most successful Mercedes-Benz SUV ever, across the globe as 2.6 million GLCs sold across globe; he said we have launched six new Mercedes-Benz cars in H1 2023
Women comprise 30 per cent Mercedes-Benz customers in Hyderabad; he said Hyderabad has the highest concentration of luxury EV customers for Mercedes-Benz.
Positive momentum for Mercedes-Benz in Hyderabad, he said 10 percent sales growth in H1, 2023 while 40 per cent TEV (top End Vehicle) sales growth in the same period.
Double digit growth projection for Mercedes-Benz in the fiscal, Santosh said that all new GLC comes with a powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a second-generation integrated starter generator and 48-volt mild hybrid system.
The luxury SUV will be offered with 2 power trains – GLC 300 4MATIC (petrol) and Diesel GLC 220d 4 MATIC (Diesel), he said the GLC 300 is priced at INR 73.5 lakhs and GLC 22od at INR 74.5 lakhs ( prices all-India ex-showroom).
The new GLC has garnered 1500 plus bookings across the country since bookings opened and in which 8 per cent bookings are from Hyderabad, he added.
