Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes Benz today launched a new petrol variant of its entry-level C -Class sedan in India, priced at Rs 28.44 lakh (ex-showroom price, Mumbai).

Mercedes-Benz India said that the C-Class sedan is powered with the latest CGI technology, which uses a direct injection engine with spray-guided combustion process.

With the new technology, the engine can run on high excess air and, thus, offer better fuel efficiency, it added.

The new 1,796 cc car -- C 200CGI -- will replace the old C-Class, which runs on Kompressor technology, the company said.