BMW maintains global-sales lead over its competitors

Automotive News reports that BMW is still in the lead in the premium car segment all over the world with its strong sales for July 2011. The record sales rise of 7.6% in July puts BMW well ahead of Audi and Mercedes whose sales rose only by 1.6% and 2.7% respectively.

BMW head of sales Ian Robertson said: “We have just reported the most successful July sales ever and we are well on our way to achieving our recently announced target of over 1.6 million vehicles in 2011, the best ever sales result for the BMW Group.”

Source: Automotive News