Today in luxury marketing:
Audi in luxury fast lane for now
The rivalry between Germany's trio of big-selling luxury car brands is heating up as Audi overtook BMW as the world's top seller in the first two months of the year as it predicted another year of record sales but warned of falling profit margins, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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