But BMW points out that the AutoData Corp. sales statistics for Mercedes-Benz included nearly 15, 000 Sprinter vans that are commonly used as commercial vehicles, like delivery vans, hotel or airport shuttles.

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Through narrow streets and back routes and in just a few minutes we reached the Sheraton, set eyes on the Palestine Hotel and parked among the hundreds of TV satellite trucks and vehicles surrounded the mediahotels in Baghdad.

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Careal is also the holding company for AMAG, which sells Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda and Audi vehicles, and also has real estate interests such as the Bellerive hotel in Lausanne.

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As well as a four-star hotel, classrooms, a health and fitness suite, and a car park that can accommodate 1, 600 vehicles, the stadium will also boast a translucent plastic roof that will allow people travelling along the M60 to get a decent view of the pitch as they drive by.

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