Mercedes closes gap with Audi by one-third on China sales surge

New models such as the GLA, seen here at the Geneva auto show, will help boost Mercedes' sales this year.

March 07, 2014 05:00 AM

BERLIN (Bloomberg) -- Daimler's Mercedes-Benz slashed second-place Audi's luxury-car sales lead by almost one-third in the first two months of 2014 on surging demand for its models in China.

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