Sales at Daimler luxury brand Mercedes-Benz rose to a record for the month of August, propelled by soaring sales of its compact car line and a jump in demand in China.

The company said on Thursday that sales rose 19 percent to 108,417 vehicles last month, as volumes of its compact car line increased by 85 percent to 25,562.

Sales in China, where Mercedes lags rivals BMW and Audi, gained 27 percent to 18,087 in August, taking the brand’s global total for the first eight months to 919,644 vehicles — a gain of 9 percent.

EDIT: This is quite impressive, especially when you consider that France has been blocking sales of Mercedes three top sellers in the country.