Mercedes Cars To Get 5 Percent Price Hike In April: S-Class, C-Class, E-Class And EQS EV Among Models Affected

Luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz has announced a price hike that’ll come into effect on April 1, 2023. It affects most of the models and variants in the carmaker’s lineup, making them more expensive by around five per cent, or a minimum of Rs two lakh to a whopping Rs 12 lakh over the previous ex-showroom prices. 

The price correction affects the A-Class, C-Class, E-Class and S-Class sedans; GLA, GLE and GLS SUVs and EQS EV. 

Mercedes cars price in 2023 

Key takeaways: 

• Entry-level cars get the smallest hike: The GLA SUV and A-Class sedan get the smallest hike which still amounts to Rs two lakh. 

• Popular sedans: The C-Class is pricier by Rs 2.5 lakh, but its top-spec C 300d variant still costs Rs 63 lakh. Similarly, all E-Class variants get a Rs 3.5-lakh hike, except the range-topping E 350d trim level, which remains at Rs 87.5 lakh.

• Steepest hike: The Maybach S-Class, being the most expensive car on this list, also gets the maximum hike, a whopping Rs 12 lakh. 

• GLS SUV: The GLS SUV closely follows the Maybach with an eye-watering increase of Rs 10 lakh. That said, its GLS 450 and Maybach GLS 600 variants haven’t seen a price hike. 

• EV prices: The Mercedes EQS 580 is the only EV to get a price hike, becoming Rs four lakh more expensive. Its top-spec AMG EQS 53 variant, as well as the EQC and EQB electric SUVs, are unaffected by the hike. 

Reason for price hike 

Mercedes cites a skewed exchange rate (read falling rupee, compared with the Euro) as the reason behind the price correction. This is the second price hike from the carmaker in 2023; a similar hike of up to 5 per cent came about in January 2023.

All prices are ex-showroom, pan-India