Luxury cars still sell in Beijing

If China’s financial woes spell doom for Germany’s carmakers, somebody forgot to tell Daimler.

Its Mercedes-Benz brand recorded a 31% jump in China sales in December, according to figures released last week, bringing the 2015 China increase to 33%.

Chinese buyers have snapped up 500 high-end Mercedes Maybachs every month since the model launched in the country in the February.