Mercedes-Benz India is planning to set up its second and third car production lines at its plant at Chakan near Pune in Maharashtra.
The company intends to invest about Rs 350 crore for the two car lines. The company is undertaking local assembly of four to five models. Additionally, extended wheelbase variants of the C and E class sedans are also being considered for India. Of this, two will be new models and both compact cars — B-Class launch is later this year and A-Class rollout is due for early 2013. The other two sports utility vehicles (SUVs), the M-Class and the GL-Class, are already part of the domestic portfolio. A fifth model, a small SUV ‘GLC' is likely to come by 2014.