Car Prices

Maruti Suzuki's third price hike since May, follows similar moves by Tata Motors and comes amid sustained input-cost pressures and an elevated inflation burden

GST rate cuts have sharply lowered prices of cars and appliances, but rising input costs have limited relief for food and personal care items, Bank of Baroda analysis shows

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd on Friday said it will hike prices of its internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger vehicles from April 1, 2026, citing rising input costs. The weighted average price increase will be 0.5 per cent of the ICE portfolio, and the extent will vary across models and variants, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd said in a statement. This revision is being undertaken to partially offset the continued increase in input costs, it added. The company sells a range of ICE vehicles from the hatchback Tiago to the Safari SUV priced between Rs 4.57 lakh and Rs 23.42 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

Mercedes-Benz India is considering hiking prices of its products every quarter in the next calendar year to offset the adverse impact of rupee depreciation against the euro, its Managing Director and CEO Santosh Iyer said on Tuesday. The company has already announced plans to hike prices of its products by up to 2 per cent from January 1, 2026. The price adjustment reflects the ongoing forex challenges as euro-rupee exchange rate consistently remains above Rs 100-mark in 2025, significantly higher than historical averages, it had stated. "We are considering price hike every quarter next year, and that is because of rupee devaluation to euro," Iyer told PTI here on the sidelines of FICCI Mercedes-Benz Bharat Innovation business ideas challenge programme launch. He said about 18 months back, the exchange value was Rs 89 to a euro and now it's around Rs 104-105. "That is more than 15-18 per cent of depreciation," he noted. While the company has already announced price hike from Janu

forex pressures, rising commodity prices, rural demand uncertainty to push prices up

Electric car sales grew by 63% YoY in November; but penetration fell to 3.7% below the pre-GST rate cut level of 5%

With the rupee weakening against the euro and dollar, luxury and mass-market automakers are preparing steep price hikes as rising import and semiconductor costs squeeze margins

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Overall amount paid by dealers in compensation cess is estimated to be in excess of Rs 4000 crore

Hyundai to cut prices of Verna, Creta, Venue, i20 and Tucson by up to ₹2.40 lakh from Sept 22 after GST rate cut, making cars more affordable this festive season

Citroen eyes stronger India play with Basalt X SUV, aiming to double market share in three months while exports from Thiruvallur are projected to cross 10,000 units in FY26

While average selling prices rose 7.6% between 2019 and 2024 due to premiumisation and regulation costs, they are expected to rise more moderately at 4.5% CAGR till 2029

JSW MG Motor India on Wednesday said it will hike prices of its vehicles by up to 1.5 per cent across most of its offerings from July 1. This revision is being done to mitigate the impact of rising input costs and other macroeconomic factors, the company said in a statement. The company sells a range of conventional engine and electric vehicles like Comet EV with price starting at Rs 7.36 lakh to SUV Gloster at starting price of Rs 43.35 lakh.

The firm expects auto companies to pass along 80 per cent of the cost of Trump's tariffs, which it calculates as $1,760 more per car

Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Kia India and Honda Cars have all announced price hikes April 2025 onwards

Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor India, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), and JSW MG Motor all announced price hikes this year to offset rising input costs

The duties would immediately hit almost one quarter of the 16 million vehicles that are sold in the US each year, as well as the parts and components that go into them

The Lotus Emeya will be offered in three variants: Standard, S and R. Prices for the S and R variant are yet to be announced

Rise in material cost, rising operational cost, freight charges, increase in wages and forex volatility are some of the major reasons cited by carmakers

Already passenger vehicle makers, including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor India and Tata Motors, along with luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi have announced that they would increase the price