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Mercedes-Benz India announces black colour for A-Class diesel

Team OD Updated: May 11, 2014, 01:12 PM IST

Mercedes-Benz India has introduced a new colour for the sporty A-Class diesel. You can now book your A-Class diesel in black colour. The A-Class' palette earlier included just grey, white and red colours. This benevolence though hasn't been extended to the A-Class petrol but plans are on to bring the black colour option to the petrol variant and it should be available by next month. The company says that there is no increase in price for the black colour and the A-Class diesel retails at Rs 26,48696 (ex-showroom, Mumbai) and Rs 25,24675 (ex-showroom, Thane).

A 180 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Edition (W 176) 2012The black colour hasn't been extended to the A-Class petrol yet

The petrol is powered by a 1595cc, in-line, four cylinder engine generating 122.36PS and 200Nm of torque. The diesel on the other hand is a 2143cc, in-line, four cylinder unit producing 108.7PS of power and a respectable 250Nm of pulling power between the 1400-2800rpm range. Transmission for both the variants is the 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. The petrol does the 0-100kmph sprint in 9.2 seconds while the diesel manages the feat in 10.6 seconds, as claimed by Mercedes.

The Mercedes-Benz A-Class has opened a whole new premium hatchback segment in the country and has little competition, which includes the BMW 1 Series.

Price (Ex-Delhi)
Starts Rs 31.72 Lakhs
Displacement
2143cc
Transmission
Automatic
Max Power(ps)
135
Max Torque(Nm)
300
Mileage
17.9 Kmpl
Price (Ex-Delhi)
Starts Rs 41.55 Lakhs
Displacement
1950cc
Transmission
Automatic
Max Power(ps)
150
Max Torque(Nm)
320
Mileage
21.35 Kmpl
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