{"id":36719,"date":"2025-05-09T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/?p=36719"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:02:35","slug":"mercedes-benz-india-announces-price-hike-by-up-to-3-in-two-stages-by-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/mercedes-benz-india-announces-price-hike-by-up-to-3-in-two-stages-by-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz India Announces Price Hike by up to 3% in two stages by September"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36719\" class=\"elementor elementor-36719\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2564298f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2564298f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dfa32f9\" data-id=\"1dfa32f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26280371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26280371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-36751\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz India Announces Price Hike by up to 3% in two stages by September\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover.webp 1440w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercedes-Benz-India-Announces-cover-150x75.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267ab7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"267ab7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGerman luxury carmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/mercedes-benz-cars\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a> has announced that it will hike prices of its vehicles in India.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bde5f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bde5f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt will be in two phases. The first revision will take effect from 1 June 2025, while a second increase of up to 1.5% will follow from 1 September 2025.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1b5b0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c1b5b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis two-stage price revision announcement allows customers to plan their purchases and finance schemes that best suit their requirements, instead of facing a steep upward price revision owing to the current pricing challenges in the market, the company said.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274fd8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"274fd8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe automaker said the price increase has been carried out due to a steep 10% increase in Forex rates over the last four months.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ccd6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ccd6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnder this, prices will be hiked in the range of Rs 90,000 to Rs 12.2 lakh, depending upon the model. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf0dbc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf0dbc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">C 200<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">\u20b959.4 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\u20b960.3 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">\u20b990,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GLC 300 4MATIC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">\u20b976.8 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\u20b978.3 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">\u20b91.5 lakh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">E 200<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">\u20b979.5 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\u20b981.5 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">\u20b92 lakh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GLE 300d 4MATIC AMG Line<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">\u20b999 lakh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\u20b91.01 crore<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">\u20b92.5 lakh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">EQS SUV 450 4MATIC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">\u20b91.28 crore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">\u20b91.31 crore<\/td><td 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