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BMW India sees rising EV demand and growing sales from smaller cities as it expands its footprint and prepares for opportunities under the India-EU FTA

India is now among Mercedes-Benz's top 15 global markets and top five for Maybach as the carmaker bets on rising wealth and luxury demand

Mercedes-Benz India said plug-in hybrids could play a bigger role in its portfolio as most luxury-car buyers continue to favour conventional powertrains despite rising electric-vehicle adoption

Nearly three in 10 luxury vehicles sold in India are sedans, with Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz each deriving about 40 per cent of India sales from the body style

Materials may have changed, but the new 'few-offs' are proof that the age of the coachbuilder never really ended

Ferrari's first all-electric car enters the ultra-luxury EV segment as the Italian brand bets on exclusivity, technology, and performance despite slowing demand for premium EVs

German luxury carmaker BMW is looking to double sales of its premium brand MINI in India this year on the back of wider product portfolio, localisation and retail expansion, BMW Group India President and CEO, Hardeep Singh Brar said on Monday. MINI, which clocked 730 units in 2025 at a growth of 3 per cent over the previous year, sold 213 units in the January-March quarter of 2026, a growth of 42 per cent and is planning to launch locally produced MINI Countryman model in the middle of this year. "This year, the plan is to double the volumes...this will be the best ever year for MINI, if we are able to do that," Brar told PTI. On how the group planned to achieve its goal of doubling MINI sales, he said a three-pronged strategy of wider product portfolio, localisation and retail expansion, has been adopted. On the product side, he said a line up of "one new product and nine special editions overall" has been planned. The locally produced MINI Countryman is planned to be launched in

The ceasefire in West Asia is expected to help lift market sentiments in India, making luxury car customers who held back purchases to come back to showrooms to take deliveries, according to top officials of Mercedes-Benz, BMW Group and Audi in the country. Having resorted to stocking up of parts and kits, the luxury carmakers hope that the pressure on supply chain will be eased while looking forward to a return to normalcy at the earliest. "The ceasefire has come at the right time, and it is very important from a luxury buyer viewpoint because lot of our customers are dependent on how things are panning out in international market," BMW Group India President and CEO Hardeep Singh Brar told PTI. It is very important that this issue is put to rest, he said, adding,"If this issue is over, we expect a lot of customers who held back their purchases in quarter one to come back and go for higher purchases." Expressing similar views, Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director & CEO Santosh ...

BMW Group India leads quarterly registrations over Mercedes-Benz as luxury car demand plateaus, with EV segment growth providing a limited boost

Lexus India expects stronger growth in FY26 amid rising incomes and infrastructure push, as it looks to outperform a largely flat luxury car market

Ferrari unveiled the 849 Testarossa in India, signalling a deeper push into the fast-growing luxury car market as rising wealth and a new generation of collectors fuel demand

Despite a 2.8 per cent fall in 2025 volumes, Mercedes-Benz India reported its best-ever revenue and profitability, led by top-end models, AMG growth and higher BEV mix

BMW Group India clocks record 18,001 car sales in 2025, driven by first-time luxury buyers and a sharp surge in electric vehicle demand

Mercedes-Benz India on Friday said it will hike vehicle prices by up to 2 per cent from January in order to offset the impact of weakening rupee value against the Euro. The price correction, capped at 2 per cent, reflects sustained forex pressures that have characterised the luxury automotive landscape throughout 2025, the luxury car market leader said in a statement. "Currency headwinds have persisted longer than we anticipated this year, with the Euro consistently trading over the Rs 100 mark. This prolonged volatility affects every aspect of our operations, from imported components for local production to completely built units," Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Santosh Iyer said. The currency environment has created substantial cost pressures across the supply chain, affecting both imported components for local assembly, as well as import of CBU (completely built vehicles), the Pune-based automaker said. Despite the company's aggressive localisation strategy, which continues to .

German luxury carmaker BMW is looking to hike vehicle prices from next month as it aims to offset the impact of the weakened rupee against the euro, company's President and CEO Hardeep Singh Brar said on Thursday. The company had earlier announced to increase prices by up to 3 per cent from September 1 this year, citing the adverse impact of continued forex fluctuation and global supply chain dynamics. BMW currently sells a range of luxury cars and SUVs, including electric vehicles, starting with the 2 Series Gran Coupe priced at Rs 45.3 lakh and the XM tagged at Rs 2.54 crore, in the Indian market. "Forex fluctuation is a big dampener. We were looking at somewhere about 93 to 95 (rupee against euro) this year, but it is actually around 103 to 105, so it's about 10 per cent deterioration versus our expectation. So that puts a lot of pressure on pricing and profitability," Brar told PTI. He noted that the company was not considering raising prices with the new GST rates coming into

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Industry experts note that reduced GST rates and bundled festive discounts have made this an opportune time for buyers

The Jain community has put up an impressive show of its formidable buying power by driving home 186 high-end cars after securing discounts of Rs 21 crore. This "one-of-its-kind deal" with luxury automobile brands like BMW, Audi and Mercedes was pulled off by the Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO), its vice president Himanshu Shah told PTI on Saturday. JITO is a not-for-profit community body with 65,000 members from across India, he said. These 186 luxury cars, each priced between Rs 60 lakh and Rs 1.3 crore, were handed over to their owners across India between January and June this year. JITO's nationwide drive helped our members save Rs 21 crore in the form of discounts, said Shah. He said the organisation was just a facilitator and did not profit from this deal. The majority of the cars were bought by Gujarat-based Jains, Shah added. It all started when some JITO members suggested leveraging the community's strong buying power to secure heavy discounts from carmakers

The Enforcement Directorate today carried out multiple raids across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, targeting top Malayalam film stars and businessmen over an alleged luxury car smuggling racket.