Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world's largest maker of luxury cars, said Asian sales rose 14 percent to a record last year, after it sold more BMW-brand cars and Mini vehicles in China.

Sales climbed to 126,949 cars last year in Asia from 111,571 in 2005. The carmaker sold 109,848 BMW-brand cars in the region last year, 16 percent more than in 2005, while Mini car sales increased 3.7 percent to 16,959.
　
Munich-based BMW, which is poised to open its fifth Asian production plant in India, is enjoying record sales as the fastest economic expansion in East Asia in almost a decade prompts consumers to step up spending. The carmaker, which also has plants in China, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, produced about 30,000 cars in Asia.

Sales of BMW and Mini cars surged more than 50 percent to 36,357 last year in the Chinese mainland, the second-biggest market for the BMW 7 series in 2006.

Source:佚名