India, March 30 -- Mercedes-Benz has increased the pricing of one of its most popular cars in India, the E-Class. Effective immediately, select variants of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class now come costlier than before. The price hikes have been enforced on both petrol and diesel versions of the luxury sedan.

Interestingly, the price hike for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class comes at a time when several automakers in the mass-market segment of the Indian passenger vehicle market, including Maruti Suzuki, Kia, Tata Motors, etc., have announced price hikes for their respective offerings in the country, citing reasons like rising cost of raw materials, inflation, higher production costs etc.

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan is available in three differen...