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Recently, the first-line luxury brands,, successively announced the sales volume in China in October this year. In October, BMW successfully won the BBA sales champion with 61400 vehicles, achieving a year-on-year growth of 8.8%; Audi ranked second with 60154 vehicles in October, with a year-on-year growth of 6.0%; Mercedes Benz's sales volume in October was at the bottom, only 57142 vehicles. Specifically, according to the data of China Federation of passenger cars, BMW's performance is eye-catching. In October, 15000 cars were sold, a year-on-year increase of 19%. From January to October, 131156 cars were sold, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, accounting for 22.3% of BMW's total sales. BMW 3 series sold 8594 vehicles in October, down 19.4% year on year. In terms of sales volume, the BMW X3 sold 10417 vehicles this month, up 75% year on year; the cumulative sales volume from January to October was 99201 vehicles. In terms of Audi, its main models, A4L and new Q5L, have maintained growth, of which Q5L increased 52.9% to 13700 in October compared with the same period last year, becoming the sales champion of luxury SUV in that month; the cumulative sales in 1-10 months were 111150, with a year-on-year growth of 8.1%. The A4L and A6L sold 13525 and 13447 vehicles respectively this month. In October, Mercedes Benz achieved sales of 57142 vehicles, up 13.8% year on year. From January to October this year, the cumulative sales volume of Mercedes Benz from January to October was 583032, up 5.8% year on year. Compared with BBA's sales performance in China in the first 10 months of this year, BMW leads Mercedes Benz by a small margin. From January to October, BMW's cumulative sales volume is 5874.17 million vehicles, an increase of 13.8% year-on-year, which is 4385 vehicles ahead of Mercedes Benz in the first 10 months. However, Audi lags far behind, with a cumulative sales volume of 551194 new vehicles in the first 10 months, an increase of 2.1% year-on-year. With the development of sales at the end of the year, the top three German companies will enter a more intense competition stage.