The car has the best weight-to-power ratio at 3.38 kg/hp in its class. It accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 12.8 seconds, and reaches a top speed of 305 km/h. The Urus decelerates from 100 km/h to 0 in 33.7 meters.

A press release by Dubai Police said that the police chief praised the close cooperation with Lamborghini and explained that by adding supercars to its fleet of luxury patrol vehicles, Dubai Police will be better equipped to ensure the security presence of police officers during international events and across essential tourist destinations.

Earlier this week, the car was handed over by top executives — Andrew Boux, EMEA Marketing Middle East & Africa at Automobili Lamborghini, and Paolo Sartori, Head of Middle East & Africa at Automobili Lamborghini to Lt-Gen Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police in an official event.

Other than adding luxury vehicles to its elite fleet of patrol cars, the police in Dubai are also adding self-driving cars too to keep up with the cutting-edge technological developments around the world.

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Mercedes-Benz luxury SUV portfolio comprising the GLA, GLC, GLE, GLC Coupe, GLE Coupe and the GLS grew in double digits Q1 2017. The comprehensive SUV portfolio continued to drive growth for Mercedes-Benz as it reiterated its increasing popularity among the Indian customers. While the growth in the SUV portfolio was primarily led by the GLC, which emerged as the highest selling SUV, the bigger GLE, GLE Coupe and the GLS also witnessed strong customer preference in the January-March 2018 period. The luxury sedan segment comprising the C-Class, E-Class and the S-Class performed very well. The all-new Long Wheelbase E-Class continued its sales momentum and sustained the customer interest across markets and supported the growth of the sedan portfolio. The E-Class’ success was closely matched by that of the C-Class Sedan, which remained an important volume contributor in Q1 2018. Apart from the sedans, the New Generation Cars continued to attract younger customers to the brand, while the AMG and Dream Cars portfolio made the fascination for the brand more visible than before.

Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India commented, “2018 began with a positive note for the brand, though the spike in Q1 sales can be attributed to the advancement of sales due to the impending price correction, triggered primarily by the increase in basic custom’s duty. It might be a challenge to sustain this momentum in the coming quarters and we are cautiously optimistic. As the luxury industry volumes are comparatively low, the focus should remain on helping the industry grow by creating demand. A rise in demand would translate in increased production and thus, lead to significant revenue generation, and would support the ‘Make in India’ initiative.”

Mr Folger added: “We are extremely excited to witness the strong performance of our mainstay models, the C-, E-, S-Class and the SUVs. Particularly the success of the Long Wheelbase E-Class underlines the aptness of our decision to launch the car in India. We will continue with our product offensive and introduce a host of new products across segments and body shapes, to keep the consumer’s interest. Qualitative expansion in our network spread, coupled with service differentiation driven by our cost of ownership measures and availability of tailor made financial programmes, will continue to add value to our efforts of creating delightful customer experience. It is assuring to witness growth across the portfolio which reiterates that luxury car buyers’ in India continues to appreciate our ‘Best Keeps Leading’ initiatives.”

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Luxury companies are of opinion that with the implementation of the Budget and new duty rates, prices may jump by USD $1,560- 15,600 (Rs 1-10 lakhs).

However, deals at pre-Budget prices are available for existing stocks at dealerships. Car companies like Mercedes-Benz and Audi have already started offering ‘pre-Budget deals’ to their potential buyers. Increased prices are expected to be announced over the next few weeks, after companies clear inventories and fresh imports arrive or get assembled.

A soar in prices will be expectedly announced in the next couple of weeks when luxury car manufacturers clear their existing stock and new stock of cars and parts arrive.

Silver Arrows, one of the dealers for Mercedes-Benz in Delhi-NCR, has approached its probable buyers saying: “Hurry and buy your favourite car at pre-Budget prices, till stocks last. Prices will likely increase by 5%.”

A senior functionary with Mercedes said, “This is the right time to buy, as prices are yet to change. We are also doing aggressive follow-ups with customers.”

Mikey Todd, one of the top dealers for Audi in India, said that there are chances that the price of the brand may raise by 3-4 percent in the new stock. He also added: “It depends on model-to-model, but this is the kind of inventory that we hold.”

“People are still absorbing the fact that prices are going up. In any case, there have been quite a few instances of unexpected rush this fiscal, especially due to duty and price changes at the time of GST rollout. That rush is missing.”

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