Nissan North America Announces April Sales
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 1, 2008 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales of 75,855 units in April, an increase of 4,731 vehicle sales compared with April 2007.
NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
- Nissan-brand vehicles saw sales of 66,318 units in April, compared with
61,179 during April 2007. Adjusted for a difference in the number of
in selling days, this represents a 0.1 percent increase.
- Versa posted its best April with sales of 6,865, up 26.4 percent on a
daily sales rate basis from April 2007.
- Nissan passenger car sales showed a 16.7 percent sales increase in
April to 41,943 units sold versus 33,166 units sold in April 2007. On
a daily sales rate basis, Altima sales were up 28.1 percent and Sentra
sales increased 25.5 percent in April 2008 compared with last year.
INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
- Infiniti sales reached 9,537 units in April, 408 units less than in
April 2007. Adjusted for the number of selling days, this represented
an 11.5 percent decline.
- The G37 Coupe posted a 50.4 percent gain in April over a year ago with
sales of 1,928 units in 2008 compared with 1,183 sales in April 2007.
- The Infiniti EX, the brand's newest entry in the luxury crossover
segment, was the Division's best-selling truck in April with 949 units
sold.
NNA INFORMATION
- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 75,855, compared with last
April's sales of 71,124 units, marked a decrease of 1.6 percent on a
daily sales rate basis
In North America, NNA's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on NNA and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at NISSAN.

