BMW has led the world race car premium brands, demonstrating in may 2011 19 percent sales growth compared with may of last year. Were sold worldwide 121 168 BMW cars, while sales of the Audi was 113 400 units, and Mercedes-Benz finished the month with the sales 108 766 machines. As a percentage of sales growth Audi was even a little more than the BMW (19,5 %), but it was not enough to catch up with its main competitor. In just the first five months of 2011, BMW sold 555 429 hire, demonstrating a 19.2% increase compared to the same period last year. To increase sales, helped such a fresh and popular cars like the compact X1 crossover, crossover X3 and cars 5-series. Sale Audi for the same period amounted to 535 400 cars (an increase of 17.5%) and Mercedes-Benz - 021 490 cars (an increase of 10.5 %). In General, the success of the premium brands testify to the rise of the automotive industry in Germany. However, BMW has developed a particularly favorable environment, especially in China, where car sales of this brand in may grew by 51.1% compared with the same month last year.