By Carlos Tejada

BEIJING--Daimler AG expects Mercedes-Benz sales to continue to outperform the broader premium market in China, a top executive said on Monday.

Hubertus Troska, member of Daimler's board of management for greater China, said he expects current sales trends to continue despite a slowdown in China's broader auto market and a stock-market slump.

"The story we are telling you hasn't changed," he told reporters at its manufacturing facility in Beijing.

He said he expected the growth to continue despite challenges such as China's stock-market slump "subject to this not getting completely out of hand."

Sales of Mercedes-Benz cars rose 20% to 173,553 vehicles in China in the first half of this year. By contrast, Volkswagen AG's Audi brand saw a 1.9% rise in its China sales to 273,853 cars and BMW AG group's China sales rose 2.5% year-over-year to 230,601 cars.

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August 24, 2015 06:38 ET (10:38 GMT)