Manufacturers which meet the emission norms but face the axe due to the order are Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Maserati, Volvo, BMW, Mercedes and Audi.

Launched in 2013 the A-Class is the cheapest car in the German company's line up. The diesel version of the car is priced at Rs 25.95 lakh.

The GLE will be available in two variants -- 250d with a 2,143 cc diesel engine priced at Rs 58.90 lakh, and 350d which is powered by 2,987cc diesel engine priced at Rs 69.90 lakh (all prices ex-showroom Delhi).

"By selling 10,079 units, Mercedes-Benz sold almost the entire volume of 2014 in the first nine months of 2015," Mercedes-Benz India said in a statement.

Apart from the locally-manufactured Maybach S500, which will sell for Rs 1.67 crore, the German car major also introduced the imported Maybach S600 in the domestic market, which comes with a price tag of Rs 2.6 crore. Both prices are ex-showroom, Pune.

Germany's oldest carmaker is considering setting up large fleets of autonomous cars to cater to a new customer base which is less attracted to vehicle ownership but still interested in using premium transportation services like limousines.

“Local production will make the CLA even more attractive for the discerning buyers with additional value propositions and increased availability,” Mercedes-Benz India MD & CEO Eberhard Kern said in a statement.

Mercedes, which had promised to make 15 launches in India this year, has so far launched ten AMG models in the Indian market, all of which are built in Germany and imported to India. These include S 63, E 63, SLK 55, GLA 63, G 63 to name a few.

In India, the powerful sibling of the C-class sedan will be powered by the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, good for 503 bhp and 71.4kgm of torque.