Audi November sales growth lags BMW, Mercedes-Benz

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eryuhujg A visitor inspects an Audi Q5 model during the Imported Auto Expo in Beijing, China, September 24, 2015 - REUTERS/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters): Volkswagen’s Audi brand sold just 1% more vehicles last month than a year ago, lagging gains of 4.9% and 7.4% at German rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, data published last week showed.

Sales of Audi’s luxury cars and sport-utility vehicles (SUV) totalled 147,750 in November, compared with 197,480 sold by BMW and 161,953 by Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz luxury-car division.

Audi saw sales grow 6% in Europe last month, including an 8.6% rise in its domestic market, but sales in China, which accounted for a third of the total, dropped 5.8% to 49,519.

Audi said sales were up 3.4% in the first eleven months of the year to 1.645 million. BMW said on Thursday that it had already delivered a record of over 2 million vehicles so far in 2015. Mercedes-Benz’s 11-month sales stood at a record 1.69 million.

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