Nissan Division Reports May Sales Down 1.7%

GARDENA, Calif., June 3 -- Strong sales of the incentive-free Altima led Nissan Division's sales of 56,427 vehicles in May, a 1.6 percent decrease compared with a year ago. The award-winning Altima continues to shatter records yielding its best May ever with 19,070 units, a 42.6 percent increase versus May 2001. Year-to-date Altima sales rose to 84,686 units, up 35.2 percent compared to last year.

In the truck category, Pathfinder sales were up 6.7 percent over the same period in 2001 recording total 5,123 units for the month.

Combined May sales for Nissan and Infiniti divisions totaled 64,060 units, a 1.6 percent increase versus May of last year.

Sales of Nissan's North American produced vehicles for May totaled 43,994 units, which represents 76.0 percent of all Nissan vehicles sold in the United States.

In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.nissandriven.com or contact the corporate media line at 310-771-5631.

Note: All numbers include Hawaii. Percentage changes based on DSR.

                      Nissan Division Sales for May 2002

                           Current Month           Calendar Year-to-Date
                      May      May      DSR %     May       May      DSR %
                      2002     2001      Chg.    2002       2001      Chg.

     Nissan Division
         Total       56,427   57,334    -1.6%   280,275    258,176    +8.6%
       Sentra         9,261    9,933    -6.8%    45,332     40,698   +11.4%
       Altima        19,070   13,374   +42.6%    84,686     62,644   +35.2%
       Maxima         7,310   10,629   -31.2%    49,974     45,559    +9.7%
     Total Car       35,641   33,955    +5.0%   180,004    148,923   +20.9%
       Frontier       7,020    8,818   -20.4%    31,757     39,817   -20.2%
       Xterra         6,885    6,882     0.0%    33,152     31,319    +5.9%
       Pathfinder     5,123    4,800    +6.7%    26,879     26,963    -0.3%
       Quest          1,758    2,879   -38.9%     8,483     11,154   -23.9%
     Total Truck     20,786   23,379   -11.1%   100,271    109,253    -8.2%
     Selling Days        26       26                127        127