Own a Star with ease

Contrary to belief, owning a Star does not cost the earth. While the Mercedes-Benz Star Lease program guarantees that you can experience the best of our automobiles at the lowest cost, the Star Ease program demonstrates Mercedes-Benz’s on-going commitment to ensuring that you also enjoy a low cost of maintenance and low cost of spares with the Mercedes-Benz Star Ease program. This is backed with a high level of warranty that is best in class and leaves the competition racing to keep pace. 

The Star Ease program promises peace of mind with a three year standard warranty with the fourth year warranty on the C-Class just costing you a mere additional Rs. 30500.  This warranty can be purchased at any time during the first three years of ownership. The package is available on purchase of any of our automobiles being sold.

Star Ease is available in two packages- the Star Ease Basic Package and the Star Ease Comprehensive Package. The Basic Package covers essential service jobs like change of engine oil, filters, brake fluid, coolant, STAR Diagnosis, exterior wash and interior cleaning (to name a few), for a period of 3 years or 60,000 kms, whichever occurs earlier.

The Star Ease Comprehensive Package provides coverage for an additional 30,000 kms for the motoring enthusiast. While providing all the services of the Basic Package, the Comprehensive Package offers wheel alignment and balancing, inspection and change of transmission oil, transmission filter and gasket, brake pads, break discs and wear sensors, and wiper blades.

As an owner who has availed of this program, you will not waste time in workshops as your car is handled on a priority basis. The regular estimation and approval phase is bypassed for Star Ease owners. What’s more this service package can be availed of at any Mercedes-Benz workshop across India.

What makes the Star Ease program truly unique is that the promise of worry free ownership can be transferred during the duration of the program. So if you part ways with your Star, the new owner can still reap the rewards of this exclusive program. 

The Star Ease package promises a world of benefit to our esteemed customers and is a demonstration of our commitment to ensure you get the very best from our stars. The warranties that it offers combined with low costs of spares ensures that you have low cash outflows. The features available in our programs are best in class and exceed what our closest competitors have to offer. So experience peace of mind today and walk into a Mercedes-Benz dealership today to sign up for a Star Ease package and worry free motoring.

Mercedes-Benz India gets future ready

Mercedes-Benz India gets future ready, increases its investment for the Indian market

• Mercedes-Benz India further increase its investment to Rs 850 crores by 2014
• Overall committed investment in its facility in Chakan increases to Rs 850 crores
• The new Paint shop to be operational by October, 2012
• Mercedes-Benz India has a network of 72 touchpoints across 31 Indian cities with an additional cumulative investment of Rs 480 crores
• Indian operations amongst the first to get a local assembly of new M-Class outside Daimler’s parent SUV plant in USA 

Pune – Mercedes-Benz India pioneered the luxury car industry in India by starting its India operations in 1994. In 2009, the company moved into its world class production facility spread over 100 acres in Chakan. The new plant earned the benchmark of being among the fastest green-field operations ever to be created and is rated among the top most CKD plants of Mercedes-Benz, globally. The initial investment of Rs 250 crores was scaled upto to Rs 600+ crores with the setting up Mercedes-Benz India’s own technologically advanced paint shop capable of water based painting. The new paint shop is targeted to be operational by October, 2012 and has an annual capacity of 20,000 units (which can be extended up to 40,000 units annually).

 

Peter T Honegg, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India commented: “We are bullish about the Indian market and this is reflected in our long term commitment towards the dynamic Indian market. The investment of Rs 850 crores will help us strengthen our production and operational capabilities with regards to our existing products and our exciting and aggressive product offensive which we are readying for the Indian market. This investment will enable Mercedes-Benz India to be future ready.”

Presently Mercedes-Benz India locally manufactures its flagship sedans the C-Class, the E-Class and the S-Class sedan in its plant in Chakan near Pune. With Daimler AG recognizing the emergence of high potential growth markets including India, Mercedes-Benz India will earn the distinction of being amongst the first markets to start assembling the new M-Class, outside Daimler AG’s parent SUV plant in Tuscaloosa/Alabama, USA.

 

Piyush Arora, Director- Technical, Mercedes-Benz India added “Mercedes-Benz India’s aggressive growth plan includes the local manufacturing of several new models in the coming years, beginning with the new M-Class. This fresh investment is in sync with the growth expectations from the Indian market and will further strengthen the range of locally manufactured Mercedes-Benz models from the Indian operations.”

In addition to the proposed increase in investment to Rs 850 crores in its production facility, Mercedes-Benz India through its dealer partners already carries an investment of over Rs 480 crores spread across its 31 showroom and 41 service outlets located in 31 Indian cities. Mercedes-Benz India is also aggressively and strategically expanding its network reach which is the densest by any luxury car maker in India. As part of its aggressive network expansion strategy, Mercedes-Benz India plans to add new touchpoints each year going forward on a sustained manner for mid and long term growth.

Mercedes-Benz wins The Plus X Award

Mercedes-Benz honored as the world’s most sustainable automobile manufacturer

Mercedes-Benz was honored with a total of five awards at the presentation of the world’s biggest innovation prize for technology, sport and lifestyle in Cologne.

Not one but two vehicles won the prestigious Plus X Award: the new A-Class in the category “Innovation, High Quality, Design and Ease of Use” and the new E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID in the category “Innovation and Ecology”. In addition, both vehicles received seals of approval as the “Best Product of 2012”; the A-Class as the best compact vehicle and the E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID as the best luxury vehicle. Furthermore the jury of the Plus X Award honored Mercedes-Benz with a special award as the world’s most sustainable automobile manufacturer.

The jury honored the diversity of the pioneering drive concepts from Mercedes-Benz as well as the strong and successful commitment to the development of new concepts for urban mobility, in particular the car sharing solution car2go, with the “Plus X Award for Sustainability” special award.

The Plus X Award, now in its ninth year, is the world’s biggest innovation prize for products from the technology, sport and lifestyle sectors. The Plus X Award seals of approval are awarded in seven different categories – Innovation, High Quality, Design, Ease of Use, Functionality, Ergonomics and Ecology. The “Best Product of the Year” honor goes to a product that garners more seals than the other products in its product category.