Premium Volkswagen group brand Audi booked an 8.9% rise in retail deliveries to customers in November in a further signal that the luxury car market is recovering. Rival BMW reported an 11.5% rise.
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Audi sold 82,750 vehicles last month, bringing volumes to 870,600 in the first 11 months to the end of November and narrowing its cumulative drop to just 5.4%, Reuters reported.
The Ingolstadt-based carmaker had initially predicted earlier this year its sales would drop by 10% to around 900,000 vehicles.
Audi recently forecast sales of 925,000 for 2009.
Audi’s sales in China more than doubled last month year on year to 16,503 cars, a company spokesman told Dow Jones.
Audi cited rising demand for its mid-size Q5 SUV and A5 coupe plus the strong growth in China as the main reasons for its November surge.
Here in the UK, sales grew 14% last month to 6,698 cars.
US sales were flat year-on-year at 6,810.
