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      01-11-2016, 09:04 AM   #1
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BMW Sales Growth in 2015 Decelerated to Slowest Pace Since 2009

"Sales of BMW vehicles like the X5 sport utility vehicle and top-of-the-line 7-Series sedan rose at the slowest pace since 2009 as deliveries in China, the world’s biggest car market, gained only slightly."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...nkedin.company

"Sales of the company’s namesake brand increased 5.2 percent to 1.9 million autos last year, the Munich-based luxury carmaker said Monday in a statement. Deliveries during December declined 0.7 percent to 176,681 vehicles, and dropped by 7.1 percent in China. Competitor Audi’s sales rose 3.6 percent to 1.8 million cars last year, also the smallest rise since 2009.
The performance contrasts with Mercedes-Benz, which topped Audi for the first time since 2010 to become the second-biggest global luxury car brand by deliveries. Stuttgart-based Mercedes’s sales surged 13 percent to 1.87 million cars, benefiting from demand for coupe-like sport utility vehicles such as the GLE and GLC. Mercedes on Sunday unveiled its revamped E-Class sedan, which competes with BMW’s 5-Series and Audi’s A5 models, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Both Audi and Mercedes have declared they want to unseat BMW AG by the end of the decade as the leader in global luxury car sales. BMW was the last of the three to report worldwide deliveries for the year."