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VW's Audi says December sales jump 15 percent on China, U.S. demand


    BERLIN (Reuters) - Audi said on Friday sales jumped 15 percent in December to 150,000 luxury cars and sport-utility vehicles on double-digit gains in the United States and China.

    Deliveries of Volkswagen's flagship premium division set a new record last year, rising 11 percent to 1.74 million cars, with China accounting for a third of total volume, the Ingolstadt-based carmaker said.

    Audi maintained second place in the global luxury sales race behind German rival BMW , beating Daimler's Mercedes-Benz division which in 2014 delivered a record 1.65 million cars.

    (Reporting by Andreas Cremer; Editing by Arno Schuetze)