BMW sales surged 39 percent in the U.S

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)’s BMW sales surged 39 percent in the U.S. in December to top Daimler AG (DAI)’s Mercedes-Benz in luxury-auto deliveries for the year as U.S. light-vehicle sales reached the highest level since 2007.

U.S. automakers General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. (F) and Chrysler Group LLC all beat estimates for December sales while major Asian automakers missed. For the year, GM’s share fell to the lowest level since 1924, while Chrysler surprised analysts by gaining more market share than any automaker other than Toyota and Honda Motor Co.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-04/bmw-tops-mercedes-as-u-s-auto-sales-highest-since-2007.html