Its luxury division, Audi, has to push past Mercedes-Benz and BMW, which both have aggressive growth plans.
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Over the next three years, Mercedes-Benz , BMW , Audi and Volvo will all begin selling teeny-weeny luxury vehicles.
Talk about overnight success: Acura was quickly outselling Mercedes-Benz and BMW .
Yet despite efforts by Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell American consumers on those same attributes, diesels still account for only about 3 percent of U.S. car sales, about the same as hybrids.
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Despite the stated intentions of Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW to boost market share in the U.S. in the coming years, Murphy predicted that their collective efforts will net no gain, with a 9 percent market share so far this year and the same chunk in 2015.
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American drivers are seeing it this year, as Audi threatens to affect the years-long deadheat between BMW and Mercedes-Benz for luxury market supremacy.
And because of that, we can afford to fall in love with a snot-flinging rodeo bull like the V-Wagon (or cars like the now-defunct Dodge Magnum, the Audi RS6 Avant, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Estate or the Europe-only BMW M5 Touring).
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The car is special, a crucial step for Lexus as the company fights to stay abreast of the alternative-drivetrain wars currently being waged at Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz.
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After years of offering only high-power, high-consumption six-, eight-, and 12-cylinder engines, BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz will start rolling out efficient four-cylinder engines in the United States this year.
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It is Range Rover's special burden to produce trucks with all the high-tech, leather-swaddled seduction and refinement of Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz while also offering mind-blowing, class-of-one off-road abilities.
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Packing a 5.0-liter aluminum alloy V8 engine that generates a blazing 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of launch-happy torque, it runs with other hopped-up premium SUVs like the BMW X5 M and the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG.
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Since then it has added Ford and GM, as well as Nissan, Toyota, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
So do Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
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The F-Type is especially interesting for Jaguar as it attempts to become a player on par with Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
While the past five years brought Audi parity with BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, the next five will push Audi ahead, he said.
There, Cadillac has fallen especially far behind Lexus, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Things got really interesting in August in the ongoing battle between BMW and Mercedes-Benz (with Lexus trying to make a game of it again) for the U.S. luxury-sales crown.
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But the real prize is the luxury-car market, where sales for some topline brands are already besting those in the U.S. Audi already far outsells BMW and Mercedes-Benz in China.
Lexus sales blazed past those of BMW and Mercedes-Benz in August to claim the No.1 spot in the luxury car segment in the U.S. The brand sold 24, 237 vehicles in August, up 34% y-o-y.
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The popular deals site Groupon will be making its first Super Bowl appearance, as will well-known brands like Mercedes Benz and BMW, which hasn't bought a spot in the game in a decade.
The competition between BMW and Mercedes-Benz for No. 1-selling luxury brand in the United States was nearly a dead heat through November, with the final outcome pending December sales results due Jan. 4.
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On that basis, if you wanted to and still want to participate in the recovery of auto sales and forget about picking whether it will be Ford, General Motors, BMW or Mercedes-Benz that will have the best cars on offer this year.
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Luxury buyers were looking for the newest fashions with sales of the new BMW 3 Series, introduced in the middle of the month, taking off like a shot, pushing BMW ahead of Mercedes-Benz for luxury car leadership.
In the sector overall though, Johnson sees unwavering demand in specialty car makers, such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, because they don't have the same huge footprint as the bigger car manufacturers, but it also means that they don't need to make as many sales to see profits.
Luxury carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz all watched their sales rise by double digits world-wide during the same period.
This is the first year that a model other than the BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS or Mercedes-Benz S-Class has led the overall model ranking.
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In the month, Mercedes-Benz extended its neck-and-neck lead over the BMW brand for year-to-date sales through July into a significant advantage of nearly 4, 000 units.
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Sales are up 21% through April, while Cadillac's have grown 5%, BMW's are up 2% and Mercedes-Benz's have shrunk 3%.
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According to the NHTSA database, recalls have also been issued for vehicles made by Nissan, BMW, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Mazda, Land Rover, Suzuki and Volvo.
Everyone threw open their doors to me, including BMW, VW, Kia, Hyundai, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Nissan.
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