{"id":133,"date":"2017-09-11T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.themesuite.com\/automotive-wp\/?p=145"},"modified":"2017-09-11T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:11:35","slug":"bmw-extends-global-sales-lead-over-audi-mercedes-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.themesuite.com\/automotive\/bmw-extends-global-sales-lead-over-audi-mercedes-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW extends global sales lead over Audi, Mercedes in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global sales of BMW Group’s core brand rose faster in June than at Audi and Mercedes-Benz as demand from China and the United States helped the premium carmaker to extend a lead over the two rivals in the first six months of the year.<\/p>\n

Sales at the brand were up 9 percent last month to 153,075, the group said today, compared with growth of 5 percent to 140,300 and 8 percent to 131,609 at Audi and Mercedes respectively.<\/p>\n

Six-month sales at BMW brand rose 8 percent to 804,000 cars, expanding the lead over runner-up Audi to 24,000 from 11,000 after five months. Half-year sales at Audi and Mercedes rose 6 percent each to 780,500 and 694,000 respectively.<\/p>\n

“BMW has stronger momentum than Audi and Mercedes, that won’t change in the second half,” said Hanover-based NordLB analyst Frank Schwope. “Design of their cars has improved and they’re ahead on fuel-saving technologies.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Global sales of BMW Group’s core brand rose faster in June than at Audi and Mercedes-Benz as demand from China and the United States helped the premium carmaker to extend a lead over the two rivals in the first six months of the year.<\/p>\n

Sales at the brand were up 9 percent last month to 153,075, the group said today, compared with growth of 5 percent to 140,300 and 8 percent to 131,609 at Audi and Mercedes respectively.<\/p>\n

Six-month sales at BMW brand rose 8 percent to 804,000 cars, expanding the lead over runner-up Audi to 24,000 from 11,000 after five months. Half-year sales at Audi and Mercedes rose 6 percent each to 780,500 and 694,000 respectively.<\/p>\n

“BMW has stronger momentum than Audi and Mercedes, that won’t change in the second half,” said Hanover-based NordLB analyst Frank Schwope. “Design of their cars has improved and they’re ahead on fuel-saving technologies.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,23],"tags":[24,25,26],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automakers","category-production","category-sales","tag-audi","tag-bmw","tag-global-sales"],"yoast_head":"\nBMW extends global sales lead over Audi, Mercedes in June - Automotive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMW extends global sales lead over Audi, Mercedes in June - Automotive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Global sales of BMW Group’s core brand rose faster in June than at Audi and Mercedes-Benz as demand from China and the United States helped the premium carmaker to extend a lead over the two rivals in the first six months of the year. 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