Mercedes Gains Ground on BMW as CLA Coupe Joins Compact Lineup

Mercedes-Benz gained ground against larger luxury-car competitors Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Audi AG last month as the introduction of the CLA coupe helped demand almost double for the company’s compact models.

Sales by Mercedes, owned by Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler AG, rose 16 percent from a year earlier in September to 143,000 cars and sport-utility vehicles. That beat a 7.6 percent jump at BMW and a 10 percent gain at Volkswagen AG’s Audi.