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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Mercedes-Benz

What’s the best place to be in a Mercedes E-Class? The back seat

The electric Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV and the latest generation of the Mercedes E-Class made me appreciate how difficult chauffeuring can be.

Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 S is a real hot hatch with great power. Drive with greater responsibility

Think about it, 415 horsepower and a weight of 1,680 kg. And then there are also all the toys inside; when you are paying a crore, you expect it to have mod-cons.

The lights in our cars—‘daytime running’ to ‘dancing’ to LEDs revolutionised by Mercedes-Benz

Just a few years ago, it seemed like cars had tungsten headlights. Now every car has some form of LED technology on exterior as well as interior lights.

Telangana BJP V-P says Congress’s Deepa Dasmunshi ‘accepted Mercedes for favours’, gets legal notice

N.V.S.S. Prabhakar, who made claims in a TV debate, asked to pay Rs 10 crore to Dasmunshi within 7 days if he can't prove what he said. Allegations 'baseless', says notice.

Changes in India’s diesel vehicle tax could impact fuel mix portfolio, says Mercedes-Benz

The company's India unit MD Santosh Iyer said the govt's proposal for an additional 10% tax on diesel vehicles could speed up electrification since consumers may move to EVs or petrol.

Mercedes-Benz to Skoda—the driving experience is fundamentally changing. Over to software

Cars are getting ‘updated’ like a smartphone. With tech companies seeking a deeper integration with them, carmakers face an existential challenge.

Mercedes-Benz cars to have ‘supercomputers’, unveils Google partnership

Mercedes said the collaboration with Google would allow it to offer traffic information and automatic rerouting in its cars.

India’s appetite for luxury cars is entering the fast lane—Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW gearing up

All three German brands admit that 2022 would have been even better if not for a shortage of semiconductors that hit their highly-computerised models hard.

After double digit growth in ‘best year ever’, Mercedes Benz to launch 10 models in India in 2023

The top-end vehicles segment of the German carmaker saw the highest growth of 69% in 2022 when the company sold over 3,500 cars priced above Rs 1 crore.

There’s a little bit of India in cars around the world today. It’s in the codes that run them

Several car companies, including General Motors and Ford, who have both left the India market, do a huge amount of their software development work in India.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

After Op Sindoor setback, Pakistan to form China-inspired military rocket force targeted at India

The ARFC is meant to be a dedicated force for conventional missile & rocket systems, & will include cruise missiles, rockets, ballistic missiles & Pakistan’s planned hypersonic missiles.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.