--FILE--un visiteur regarde une voiture de BMW lors d'une exposition d'automobiles à Shanghai, Chine, le 21 avril 2013. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, les mondes larg
--FILE--A visitor looks at a BMW car during an automobile exhibition in Shanghai, China, 21 April 2013. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the worlds largest premium automaker, said China will probably surpass the U.S. as its top national market in 2013 as the brand enters more communities and wins buyers with the 5-Series sedan. Deliveries in China, which overtook the companys U.S. sales in the first half, are likely to rise about 10 percent for the full year, Karsten Engel, head of BMWs business in China, said in an interview in Beijing. The manufacturers first-half sales in China, including deliveries by the Mini small-car brand, jumped 15 percent to 182, 800 cars and sport-utility vehicles, BMW said on July 8. That compares with a 9 percent gain to 172, 787 deliveries in the U.S. Ingolstadt, Germany-based Audi reported an 18 percent increase in Chinese sales to 228, 139 cars and SUVs in the period, including figures from Hong Kong.
