Nissan Division Reports May Sales
2 June 1998
Nissan Division Reports May Sales
- Altima Records Best May Ever -
CARSON, Calif., June 2 -- The Nissan Division of Nissan Motor
Corporation U.S.A. (NMC) reported total sales of 48,813 units. All Nissan
models, except Quest and 240SX, reported strong increases over last month,
with total sales up 34.0 percent.
Recording its best May ever and its best month since launch of the new
model, Nissan Altima sales totaled 17,811 units, up 19.3 percent over last
year. The Sentra turned in sales of 7,975 units, up 14.5 percent over last
year. Maxima sales totaled 8,689 units, bringing total May sedan sales to
34,475 units, up 10.7 percent versus last year.
Frontier, Pathfinder and Quest sales totaled 6,668, 4,451 and 1,080 units,
respectively, bringing combined truck sales to 12,199 units for the month.
Overall, the division was down 11 percent versus last year.
Combined May sales for Nissan and Infiniti Divisions totaled 52,992 units.
Sales of Nissan's North American-produced vehicles accounted for 72.7 percent
of May sales. Calendar year-to-date sales totaled 231,146 units, versus
323,055 units in 1997.
Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A., which includes the Infiniti luxury
division, markets and distributes Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in the United
States to more than 1,200 dealers.
Note: All numbers include Hawaii. Percentage based on DSR.
Contact: Maria Fotopoulos @ 310-771-5790. For a recorded message of May
unit sales by model, call 310-771-5631, choose option 3 and then option 2.
(Or visit the Nissan Online News Bureau at http://www.nissannews.com)
NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION U.S.A.
Sales Report - May 1998
Month-End Results
Cur. Year DSR % CYTD Year DSR %
Month Ago +/- Total Ago +/-
Nissan Motor
Corporation-Total52,992 62,507 -12.0 231,146 323,055 -26.1
Selling Days 26 27 -- 124 128 --
Nissan Division
Total Sales 48,813 56,943 -11.0 209,666 297,401 -27.2
NORTH AMERICA
(Memo) - Car** 27,748 26,837 7.4 100,087 137,242 -24.7
- Truck 7,748 13,232 -39.2 38,451 75,604 -47.5
- Total North
America 35,496 40,069 -8.0 138,538 212,846 -32.8
IMPORT
- Car** 8,866 10,001 -7.9 44,370 54,616 -16.1
- Truck 4,451 6,873 -32.7 26,758 29,939 -7.7
- Total Import 13,317 16,874 -18.0 71,128 84,555 -13.2
- Total Car 36,614 36,838 3.2 144,457 191,858 -22.3
- Total Truck 12,199 20,105 -37.0 65,209 105,543 -36.2
- (Hawaii)* 421 320 -- 2,091 1,879 --
Infiniti Division
Total Sales 4,179 5,564 -22.0 21,480 25,654 -13.6
- Total Car 2,959 3,889 -21.0 15,067 18,636 -16.5
- Total Truck 1,220 1,675 -24.4 6,413 7,018 -5.7
- (Hawaii)* 14 17 -- 72 76 --
TOTAL IMPORT
- Car 11,825 13,890 -11.6 59,437 73,252 -16.2
- Truck 5,671 8,548 -31.1 33,171 36,957 -7.3
- Total Import 17,496 22,438 -19.0 92,608 110,209 -13.3
ALL NUMBERS INCLUDE HAWAII
* Hawaii is broken out separately for information only.
** Year-ago sales of Mexico-produced cars are reclassified from Import to
North America.