Luxury car sales remained brisk during August as Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus as well as Audi all posted healthy sales increases. As it did in July, Lexus bested its German
rivals for luxury sales leadership with sales increasing 10.1%. Mercedes-Benz reported record-breaking August sales volumes with 27,078 units sold, a 9.4% gain from the same month last year. Sales of
BMW increased 11% in August. Cadillac, hurt by recalls, fell 15% and Acura was last.
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