The country’s largest luxury car brand, Mercedes-Benz, has rolled out its locally-built GLC SUV, making it the ninth luxury vehicle to be produced out of its factory in Pune.
“Mercedes-Benz now boasts of having the largest ‘Made in India’ portfolio in the luxury car segment,” said a company statement.
The move to produce the SUV at its Chakan plant in Pune comes on the back of increasing demand for GLC, which made its India debut in June this year.
Local production is expected to result in considerable reduction in the waiting period for the SUV. It is also timed with the onset of festive season to spur volumes.
The locally produced GLC comes in three variants GLC 220 d 4matic Style (₹47.9 lakh, ex-showroom, New Delhi), GLC 220 d 4matic Sport (₹51.5 lakh) and GLC 300 4matic Sport (₹51.9 lakh).
“We are enthused by the customer response to this dynamic GLC SUV, which has already become one of Mercedes-Benz’s highest selling products, and we are very confident that it will replicate the global success in India as well. With the localisation and availability in petrol and diesel, we are confident that the GLC will become an attractive proposition for our discerning buyers,” Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, said.
The company said GLC offered affordable and convenient service packages starting at ₹ 63,000 for the petrol variant and ₹ 78,000 for the diesel variant.
A vast majority of company’s current volume products are now locally made in India.
“The rolling-out of the ‘Made in India’ GLC underscores our positive outlook for the Indian market, as we look forward to introducing more locally produced vehicles depending on future market growth,” said Piyush Arora, Executive Director, Operations, Mercedes-Benz India.