pune the supreme court ban on larger diesel engine cars in the delhincr region saw german luxury car maker mercedesbenz india report its first fall in sales volumes after three straight years of growth it has registered a sale of 6597 units in the january to june 2016 period this sales performance becomes even more significant against the backdrop of the diesel ban in the key delhi and ncr market in force for more than 6 months informed the company in an official statement released on friday roland folger managing director ceo mercedesbenz india commented we are quite satisfied with our overall sales performance in the first six months of the year despite facing market challenges throughout the first half year the sales growth would have been much higher and in double digit had we not lost sales in the important delhi ncr and kerala markets having said that our consumer first approach will continue to guide all our planned activities for 2016 and we will strive to delight our consumers and fans alike folger further added the second half of the year promises to be extremely exciting as there is a pentup demand for our products and we are hoping for a positive decision we will witness some of the most fascinating product introductions including the ones without a predecessor rollingout some industry benchmark service initiatives further expand our network into new markets as well as some key growth announcement for mercedesbenz we are keenly looking forward to a longterm policy roadmap for the auto industry which is a key contributor to indias gdp and make in india campaign folger has earlier said that india investment plans by mercedes benz have been put on a hold till the resolution of the issue mercedesbenz india offers 2 years standard warranty and additionally a one year star care program as standard customers can also avail benefits from the extended warranty for the 4th year with no mileage restriction mercedesbenz financial services offers a full range of finance and insurance products these unique programmes comprise of among others star agility corporate star lease and star finance with inputs from tnn etauto published on jul 8 2016 at 0558 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app mercedes benz india sales performance roland folger sc diesel ban customer centric approach mercedes benz india pvt limited homenewsindustrymercedes benz india sales volume dip after 3 years of growth