There is much to gain from luxury car segment in India: Mercedes India CEO

As long as you can improve your market situation even in a declining market, you win, says Folger

The interaction with Roland Folger of Mercedes Benz had been planned in Mumbai, close to the company’s headquarters and plant in Pune. But launches bring Folger to the national capital often and we agree to have breakfast ahead of a launch. We decide to meet at the K3 restaurant at 8.30 am in the J W Marriott, Aerocity, a venue for most car launches in Delhi. I arrive a few minutes late and Folger is already there, in a Mercedes Benz-branded T-shirt and jeans.

I ask him to order but he opts for a juice and then a cappuccino. “I