Mercedes-Benz India creates
a benchmark in luxury car industry, inaugurates the largest workshop ever
- Auto Hangar Workshop is the largest workshop ever by any luxury car maker in India
- Spread over a massive covered area of 100,000 sq. ft.
- Auto Hangar Workshop carries an investment of over INR 520 mn
- 54 dedicated bays capable of servicing 60 cars each day
- Employs more than 155 service personnel
- Strong emphasis on network enhancement
Mumbai – Reiterating its core brand philosophy of
offering ‘Best or Nothing’, Mercedes-Benz India today inaugurated the largest
ever workshop by any luxury car manufacturer in India, at Andheri (East)
Mumbai. Spread over a massive covered area of 100,000 sq. ft. the new state-of-art
workshop of AutoHangar, Mercedes-Benz India’s dealer partner in Mumbai, was
inaugurated by Mr. Peter Honegg, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz
India and Mr. Mohan Mariwala, Managing Director, AutoHangar.
Mr. Peter Honegg, Managing Director & CEO
Mercedes-Benz India commented:
“Mercedes-Benz’s core
brand philosophy is Best or Nothing and this has been our guiding philosophy in
all our initiatives. While we continue to make some of the best cars world
over, it has also been our relentless endeavor to provide each of our customers
with an unmatched servicing experience leading to a delightful vehicle
ownership experience. With this world-class workshop of Auto Hangar which is
the largest in the luxury car industry in India, having the best of equipments
and human dexterity, I am confident that the discerning and loyal customers of
Mumbai will cherish owning a Mercedes-Benz vehicle. I reiterate the fact that
going forward, world-class servicing standards will be the key differentiator
and Mercedes-Benz will continue to create new benchmark and take a lead. We
have been focusing on strategically expanding our network in India and this new
world-class workshop is yet another step to move closer to the customers”.
The new world-class workshop of Auto Hangar has been designed and
created to provide a fascinating ‘Mercedes-Benz experience’ for the customers. The
workshop was created over a span of 18 months, and boasts of being the largest
workshop to be created by any luxury auto manufacturer in India. Auto Hangar
Mumbai workshop spreads over a covered area of 100,000 sq. ft. and has an
astounding 54 servicing bays capable of servicing 60 cars per day and employs
159 personnel to take care of customer requirements. Strategically located in one
of the most prominent places of Mumbai at Saki Vihar Road, Andheri East, the
new workshop of Auto Hangar is easily accessible from the West East and Eastern
Express Highway. Auto Hangar Mumbai has highly qualified, experienced and
dedicated team of committed personnel who will take care of all the service
requirements of Mercedes-Benz customers.
Mr.
Mohan Mariwala, Managing Director, Auto Hangar commented on the inauguration:
“Increasingly the
need for a world-class servicing facility will define the way luxury car purchase
is going to evolve in India. The customer today is mature and demands
world-class servicing standard that is available to their counterparts across
the globe. Auto Hangar’s new workshop is yet another step towards the aim of
providing our customers, an unparalleled servicing standard that reflects
Mercedes-Benz’s philosophy of Best or Nothing. Auto Hangar is proud to be associated
with Mercedes-Benz and presents the country’s largest luxury car workshop that
combines the best of infrastructure, technology and human skills. With our
strong association with Mercedes-Benz we are confident of maintaining a strong
lead in providing our customers a true blue luxury car ownership experience.
Because we believe our customers are Best and they deserve the Best”.
Auto Hangar Mumbai is equipped with sophisticated
equipments and latest technology likes remote sensing diagnosis used by
Mercedes-Benz globally. The workshop owing to its large tooling capacity will
be taking care of all the servicing requirements of the customers of Mumbai and
also those from neighbouring cities, under one roof. The workshop will provide round
the clock support in Service, General Repairs, Body Repairs, Paint Job, Wheel
Alignment, Wheel Balancing, Tyre Change, Car Wash, Polishing and gamut of other
servicing requirements.
Mercedes-Benz today commands the distinction of having
the densest network among luxury car manufacturers in India owing to its long
standing presence in the Indian market and its strategic expansion of its
network. Mercedes-Benz is present across 31
Indian cities through its 72 touchpoints. Encouraged by its novel and benchmarking ‘Go to
Customer’ initiatives like inauguration of the Star Lounge, offering the Star
Lease, organising Star Drive, opening of Trendz concept stores, inauguration of
AMG Driving Academy at BIC and rolling-out of Star Showcase across the country;
Mercedes-Benz remains confident of its strong traction and steady growth and
further expanding its footprint in the dynamic Indian market. The company has recently
unveiled India’s first Sports Tourer, the B-Class at Buddh International
Circuit and will be launching the car very soon for the aficionados of the
brand.
