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Car Prices Hike: THESE carmakers to hike prices of vehicles from January to offset rising input costs | PHOTO
- Written by ZeeBiz WebTeam
Published: 10:11 AM, Dec 8, 2022| Updated: 10:11 AM, Dec 8, 2022
Car Prices Hike: After the announcement of car prices hike by market leaders Maruti Suzuki India and Tata Motors, other automakers have also made the year-end announcements to raise prices from next month.
On Wednesday, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Renault, Kia India and MG Motor announced plans to hike vehicle prices from January. The reason behind this hike, according to the companies, is increased cost pressure driven by overall inflation and recent regulatory requirements.
However, Hyundai Motor India and Honda Cars said they have not yet taken a call on the matter.
(With the inputs of PTI)
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Car Prices Hike: Maruti Suzuki India
1/7Maruti Suzuki India confirmed that it will increase the prices of its models from next month. Without disclosing the exact quantum of the increase, the company said that the January 2023 price hike will vary across models.
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Car Prices Hike: Tata Motors
2/7Along with Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors has announced a price hike for its entire range of cars starting next month. In order to make the model range compliant with stricter emission norms which kick in from April 1 next year.
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Car Prices Hike: Mercedes-Benz
3/7To enable a sustainable and profitable business, Mercedes-Benz India said it will upwardly revise the ex-showroom price of its model range. The company will hike the prices by up to 5 percent from January 1, 2023. Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director & CEO Martin Schwenk said that although the company is absorbing the majority of the increase, it is left with no option but to pass on some portion of the cost hike to the customers.
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Car Prices Hike: Audi
4/7Audi India said it will increase prices of its entire model range by next month. The company confirmed that the prices will be hiked by up to 1.7 percent.
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Car Prices Hike: Renault
5/7Renault India said, "Reasons for the price hike are to partially offset the impact of constant increases in input costs largely driven by pricier commodities, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, inflation and also due to regulatory obligations." However, the company did not disclose the quantum of its impending price hike.
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Car Prices Hike: Kia India
6/7Like the other automobile brands, Kia India is also planning to increase the prices of its models from next month. The company did not reveal the quantum of price hike, however, said that the increase in price would be up to Rs 50,000 depending on the model and trim.
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Car Prices Hike: MG Motor
7/7MG Motor India said it intends to increase prices by two-three percent soon depending on the model and variant.
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