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Audi broke its annual vehicle sales record in the U.S. earlier this week when it recorded its 93,507th transaction of 2010. The sale eclipsed the old U.S. record of 93,506 vehicles sold in 2007 and Audi execs are now confident that the 100,000 mark can be reached before the year is out. However...

For the first time in years sales numbers for the major luxury marques in the U.S. are neck and neck, with Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW all in contention to be 2010’s sales leader in the luxury segment. How close? Well, around this time four years ago Lexus was ahead of Mercedes-Benz in sales...

As we predicted last year 2010 has seen Rolls-Royce sales more than double on the back of sales of its second model, the higher volume Ghost, as well as strong demand in new markets such as China. In the first 10 months of the year Rolls-Royce managed to move over 2,000 units, with the new Ghost...

Earlier this year reports came out claiming that the upcoming Aston Martin One-77 supercar, which is to be produced in a limited run of just 77 cars, had already been sold out and that 10 of the cars were going to just one buyer from the Middle East. While these reports later proved to be untrue...

Perhaps as a sign of the times, China is expected to overtake the U.S. as the biggest market for Rolls-Royce as early as next year. That’s an impressive feat considering that in China Rolls-Royce models cost more than double what they do here in the U.S. The Rolls-Royce Phantom, for example...

As overall car sales--and most of the rest of the economy--remain cool, the luxury market continues to heat up, with several manufacturers posting record sales in recent months. Mercedes-Benz in particular is on a roll, thanks in part to the misfortunes of Lexus and parent company Toyota. As of...

That's right, folks, if you're in the market for a new luxury car, you'd be doing yourself a disservice not to at least consider a 2010 model Mercedes-Benz, according to Bengt Halvorson's latest Frugal Shopper column at TheCarConnection. The brand-new but superceded 2010s are sliding off dealer...

Humpback proportions aside, Porsche clearly did a lot of things right with the Panamera. No fewer than 22,518 buyers agreed during its first year on the global market. Think Porsche's not proud of that figure? Check out all the uses of "Gran Turismo" to describe the car in the press release on page...

Are luxury-car shoppers feeling the recession in the same way everyone else is? Take a look at the boarded-up store fronts on Main St., then check out the country club parking lot, political contribution coffers, and luxury dealerships and you might feel differently. There's a distinct division as...

Just days after Audi announced that it had posted a record $1.7 billion profit for the first half of 2010, BMW has gone one better and revealed that its own profit has risen more than sixfold, ending the second quarter of the year at $1.1 billion. The results are on the back of significantly...

You know you’ve launched a winning product when it’s selling like hotcakes all across the world. You can be even more confident when it’s a luxury product like the latest 2011 BMW 5-Series Sedan, which is currently sold out worldwide. In fact, customers looking to hop into the new 5-Series...

Buy or least a new Lincoln (2010 and 2011 models) before September 7 and benefit from free scheduled maintenance as part of a new program that should help the automaker erase any images of expensive running costs potential customers may have. Lincoln will cover all scheduled maintenance for three...

BMW is hoping to convince its customers that pre-ordering vehicles is worth the wait as it will mean that they can enjoy a vehicle built to their exact specifications. The automaker is launching a new Build Your Own configurator on its website, which it hopes will encourage customers to pick new...

Earlier this week we reported that Audi had overtaken Mercedes-Benz in sales for the first time ever but when it comes to the best selling luxury automaker in the world, BMW remains on top. While Mercedes-Benz finished the first quarter of the year with 248,500 sales and Audi with 264,100, BMW came...

For the first time in history, Audi has surpassed Mercedes-Benz in sales. The Ingolstadt-based automaker managed to move 264,100 units for the first three months of the year, versus 248,500 units sold by Mercedes-Benz. The strong sales result was a new record for Audi, which experienced sales 25.9...

Say what you will about General Motors' past decade or two of planning, its products have come a long, long way in the past several years. Unfortunately, few in the industry were able to predict the economic slump that so negatively affected almost all major automakers last year, both locally and...

Despite a global downturn in auto sales over the past year, Rolls-Royce is working at full steam just to meet demand. Now, with the higher volume 2010 Ghost sedan on sale, the automaker’s sales have topped the 1,000 vehicle mark, coming in at 1,002 units for 2009. This figure includes the...

China’s rapidly expanding vehicle fleet, increasing manufacturing industry and insatiable demand for new cars has pushed the country to world’s biggest auto market status, outpacing the U.S. for the first time in history. Thanks to government incentives and a range of new models being...

The Mustang managed to move just over 5,000 more cars than the Camaro in 2009.

The latest indicators are showing growth, but Daimler isn't sounding the recovery yet.