A buoyant November, with global sales up 2.7% at 175,000 units, has put BMW Group on course for a record year.

November’s performance has taken the 11-month total to 1.77m, up by 6.8% over the 1.66m recorded in the first 11 months of last year.

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“Our target of record sales for 2013 is now within reach. We are well on course to remain the world’s number one manufacturer of premium vehicles once again in 2013,” Ian Robertson, sales and marketing head, said in a statement.

“Although conditions remain challenging in a number of European markets, in particular, we expect sales to continue to develop positively over the coming months,” he said.

BMW brand sales climbed 3.2% in November to 149,663 vehicles. In the first 11 months of the year, BMW delivered 1,499,308 vehicles, an increase of 8%.

Mini sales were down fractionally for the month at 24,873 but year on year growth for the first 11 months was 0.7% at 274,575.

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