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Nissan North America Announces July Sales - VIDEO ENHANCED


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FRANKLIN, TN - August 3, 2009: Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales for July of 71,847 units versus 95,319 units a year ago, a decrease of 24.6 percent. Sales of Nissan Division vehicles decreased 24.8 percent, while sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased by 23.3 percent.

NNA INFORMATION
-- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 71,847 units, compared with last July's sales of 95,319 units, marked a decrease of 24.8 percent.

-- To ensure consistency in our global sales reporting, Nissan North America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis, unadjusted for the number of selling days in the month. This July had 26 selling days, as did July 2008. ,/p>

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
-- Nissan vehicles saw sales of 64,751 units in July compared with 86,070 units sold in July 2008, a 24.8 percent decrease.

-- The all-new, uniquely styled 2009 cube continued its strong launch with sales of 3,293 units in July.

-- Sales of the Rogue compact crossover increased by 3.8 percent from a year ago with 6,770 units.

-- The 370Z premium sports car experienced an 11.9 percent sales increase, with 890 units sold in July.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
-- Infiniti sales for July were 7,096 units, down from 9,249 units a year ago, a decline of 23.3 percent.

-- Sales of the G Coupe, which includes the all-new G Convertible, rose 0.9 percent in July versus one year ago.

-- The Infiniti QX56 full-size SUV remains resilient, with sales up 0.4 percent with 553 units sold.

In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling.

  NISSAN DIVISION
                    July     July     Monthly    CYTD      CYTD      CYTD
                    2009     2008      % chg     2009      2008     % chg
  Nissan Division
   Total          64,751    86,070     -24.8   374,047   546,522     -31.6
  Versa            8,530     8,701      -2.0    40,399    54,326     -25.6
  Sentra           9,496    10,977     -13.5    43,744    70,081     -37.6
  Cube             3,293         0       0.0     7,175         0       0.0
  Altima          19,252    24,429     -21.2   115,680   182,435     -36.6
  Maxima           4,472     4,814      -7.1    27,890    26,134       6.7
  350/370Z           890       795      11.9     9,017     7,372      22.3
  GT-R               128       147       0.0       995       147       0.0
  Total Car       46,061    49,863      -7.6   244,900   340,495     -28.1
  Frontier         2,942     6,627     -55.6    15,086    30,199     -50.0
  Titan            1,467     3,972     -63.1    10,271    21,157     -51.5
  Xterra           1,182     4,898     -75.9     8,581    20,137     -57.4
  Pathfinder       1,422     4,711     -69.8     9,960    21,777     -54.3
  Armada             470     1,699     -72.3     4,720    10,328     -54.3
  Rogue            6,770     6,525       3.8    44,047    43,359       1.6
  Murano           3,457     4,765     -27.5    30,469    46,539     -34.5
  Quest              980     3,010     -67.4     6,013    12,531     -52.0
  Total Truck     18,690    36,207     -48.4   129,147   206,027     -37.3
  North American
   produced       50,213    73,838     -32.0   282,344   449,105     -37.1
  Car             41,750    48,921     -14.7   227,713   332,976     -31.6
  Truck            8,463    24,917     -66.0    54,631   116,129     -53.0
  Import          14,538    12,232      18.9    91,703    97,417      -5.9
  Car              4,311       942     357.6    17,187     7,519     128.6
  Truck           10,227    11,290      -9.4    74,516    89,898     -17.1

  INFINITI
   DIVISION
                   July      July    Monthly     CYTD      CYTD      CYTD
                   2009      2008     % chg      2009      2008     % chg
  Infiniti
   Division Total  7,096     9,249     -23.3    45,544    71,119     -36.0
  G Sedan          3,015     3,304      -8.7    18,094    28,208     -35.9
  G Coupe          1,597     1,583       0.9     7,712    13,239     -41.7
  M                  726       970     -25.2     5,676     9,747     -41.8
  QX56               553       551       0.4     2,872     5,146     -44.2
  EX                 543     1,112     -51.2     4,631     7,365     -37.1
  FX                 662     1,729     -61.7     6,550     7,414     -11.7
  Total Car        5,338     5,857      -8.9    31,491    51,194     -38.5
  Total Truck      1,758     3,392     -48.2    14,053    19,925     -29.5

  NISSAN &
   INFINITI
                   July      July    Monthly      CYTD      CYTD      CYTD
                   2009      2008     % chg       2009      2008     % chg
  TOTAL VEHICLE   71,847    95,319     -24.6   419,591   617,641     -32.1
  Total Car       51,399    55,720      -7.8   276,391   391,689     -29.4
  Total Truck     20,448    39,599     -48.4   143,200   225,952     -36.6
  Selling days        26        26                 178       179

  * All numbers include Hawaii

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