OREANDA-NEWS. German automaker Mercedes-Benz in January handed over 150,814 vehicles to customers worldwide - more by 19.9%  than in the same period of the last year. Thus, the concern of Stuttgart at the end of last month has become a leader in the premium segment in the global car market, by showing the growth for 35 consecutive months.

After the record 2015 year, Audi also continues to increase its global sales - in January they increased by 4% to 143,150 vehicles in January, which was the best result in history for the brand with the four rings. "We started the new year at a good pace and we sold more cars than ever in January”, - says Dietmar Foggenrayter, a member of Audi AG Board of Directors, responsible for Sales and Marketing. – “We attracted new customers in America, Europe and Asia. It shows how balanced our growth strategy. "

But the Bavarian carmaker BMW, which is the undisputed world leader of the premium segment since 2005, according to the results of January of 2016, showed only the third result - 133 883 cars (+ 7.5%). At the same time after the sales record, which was set in 2015, the last month was the best January in the history of MINI - customers received 18,867 of these cars worldwide (+ 8.6%). "We are pleased that the stable growth, established in 2015, continued this year”, - says Ian Robertson, the member of the BMW AG Board of Directors, responsible for Global Sales and Marketing BMW. – “Despite the current volatility in many markets, we keep our positive forecast that this positive trend will continue throughout 2016".