# Mercedes-Benz is doing very well in India

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-is-doing-very-well-in-india/188379 "2023-01-08T13:34:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-is-doing-very-well-in-india/188379/1 "2023-01-08T13:34:50Z")

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Also, the waiting period for customers–after placing an order–seems to be much shorter than in other countries. 🤔

> **[Mercedes expects double-digit growth in India in 2023 despite weak rupee](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/mercedes-expects-double-digit-growth-india-2023-despite-weak-rupee-2023-01-08/)**
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> Mercedes Benz expects double-digit sales growth in India this year, despite concerns that a weaker rupee could increase car prices, the head of its local unit said in an interview.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-is-doing-very-well-in-india/188379/2 "2023-01-08T14:27:52Z")

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Merc car sales in US = 275,000  
Sales in India 15,000.  
Indian pop is 3-4x US  
10% increase in India isn’t many more cars

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-is-doing-very-well-in-india/188379/3 "2023-01-08T14:57:06Z")

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The strong increase in sales may be related to the exchange rate. People that can afford a Mercedes Benz might want to buy now rather than face a 10%+ increase in prices next year. The buy it now mentality is strong in an inflationary economy.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-benz-is-doing-very-well-in-india/188379/4 "2023-01-08T20:04:43Z")

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Mercedes seems to definitely be the San Jose area’s subcontinent-folks preference. Tesla a near number 2.