BMW Sales Are Number One Where It Really Matters

Sales of BMW and Mini vehicles in China jumped 39 percent to 48,869 in April.

The German automaker claimed bragging rights as China's No. 1 luxury brand after outselling Mercedes-Benz and Audi.

Mercedes sales rose 35 percent year on year to 47,627 vehicles, while Audi deliveries declined 6.9 percent to 46,166.

Audi, China's longtime luxury sales leader, has failed to resolve a festering dispute with dealers over its plans to launch a new distribution network. Angry Audi dealers have refused to order new cars and light trucks.

nguyenvuminh - 5/16/2017 1:09:40 PM

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I've always heard from you guys China is meaningless, no creativity, bad taste, economic mirage, temporary blip in the luxury market space, etc. And now that Trump is saying China is not bad after all, China is suddenly "where it really matters"?

cidflekken - 5/16/2017 1:20:06 PM

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Let's pump the brakes a bit.

BMW's China total YTD is 191,697
Mercedes' China total YTD is 192,574

Who's #1 again? (btw, Audi is way down at 154,873 YTD)

MDarringer - 5/16/2017 10:40:00 PM

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The Chinese love their BMW and Audi Oldsmobiles, don't they!

GermanNut - 5/17/2017 9:32:32 AM

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Audi is obviously experiencing difficulties in the Chinese market but it's not due to product but rather distribution and disagreements with the dealers.

Once Audi resolves its disagreements in China, it will be interesting to see how the global race evolves. Audi is growing at a much faster percentage in the U.S. market and even until last year was the sales market leader in China.