OREANDA-NEWS. Bavarian carmaker BMW by the results of 2015 has kept the world leader by sales of premium cars. Thus, BMW Group sold worldwide 2 247 000 cars BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, which is more by 6.1% than in 2014 year. Thus, the Bavarian automaker has set its own new sales record, by improving the rate the fifth year in a row.

Last year was the best in the history of Mercedes-Benz, the global sales of which achieved 1 million 871 thousand cars (+ 13.4%). The company from Stuttgart shows the growth of sales the fifth consecutive year. Another German manufacturer of premium cars Audi Group at the end of 2015 sold a record 1,803,000 vehicles, which is more by 3.6% than a year ago.

As analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" noted, the leadership in the Russian market among the German premium brands for 2015 is kept by Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi follow.