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BMW Sees China as Top Market in 2013 on Growth in Smaller Cities

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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world’s 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 company’s U.S. sales in the first half, are likely to rise about 10 percent for the full year, Karsten Engel, head of BMW’s business in China, said in an interview in Beijing.