The world's top premium carmaker BMW is expecting German vehicle sales this year to remain stable compared with last year, newspaper Tagesspiegel reported, citing the company's head of sales in Germany.

"In Germany, we are still above pre-year unit sales at the moment. At the end of the year, we are likely to land at the level of last year," Philipp von Sahr was quoted as saying.

Last year, the company sold about 281,000 automobiles in Germany, according to the company's annual report.

Mr von Sahr also reiterated that the company's 2008 unit sales would not reach the level of last year, when BMW sold about 1.5 million automobiles, the paper said.

On Friday, BMW had reported a 25.4 per cent drop in group vehicle sales for November, while peer Daimler said unit sales at its Mercedes-Benz Car premium division fell 25.2 per cent in the same period.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a multi-brand automobile manufacturer that focuses on the premium segments of the worldwide automobile and motorcycle markets. It has three brands: BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce. The company's BMW automobile range includes the 1 Series, a sports hatchback; the 3 Series, including sedan, touring, coupe and convertible models; the 5 Series, available in sedan and touring models; the 6 Series, available as a coupe or convertible; the 7 Series large sedan; the Z4 roadster and coupe; the sports utility vehicles, X3, X5 and X6 and M models, such as M3, M5 and M6. A variety of motorcycles are also available under the BMW brand.