Mercedes April passenger car sales up 11.3 percent at 148,072

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler said sales of its Mercedes-Benz passenger cars rose 11.3 pct in April to 148,072 vehicles, driven by a 20.6 percent rise in deliveries in China, and a 12.8 percent jump in sales in the United States.

Sales were lifted by a 53.8 percent rise in sales of the C-class sedan and a 22.9 percent rise in sales of the compact GLA offroader, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Thanks to a next generation model of the Smart, registrations of the city car also rose 30.5 percent, the company said.

(Reporting by Edward Taylor; Editing by Harro ten Wolde)