BMW Outsells Global Luxury Rivals in First Half

BMW AG's namesake brand delivered 954,500 vehicles from January through June this year to remain the world's luxury car sales leader.

Global volume grew to 780,500 vehicles at Volkswagen's Audi marque and 694,400 units at Daimler's Mercedes-Benz car brand.

All three marques boosted sales 6% year over year in the first six months of 2013 to set new record highs for the period.