Nissan Reports an 18.5 Percent Increase in Sales
1 October 1999
Nissan Reports an 18.5 Percent Increase in Sales
- Trucks Post 31 Percent Sales Increase as Xterra's Popularity
Continues to Grow -
CARSON, Calif., Oct. 1 -- Bolstered by continued strong truck
sales and growing popularity amongst its sedans, Nissan Division of Nissan
North America, Inc. (NNA) posted September sales of 53,364 units, an increase
of 18.5 percent versus last year. Some of Nissan's sales highlights for the
month of September include:
-- Nissan truck sales rose 31.0 percent over September 1998, totaling
26,457 units.
-- Sales for the Xterra rose 5.0 percent over last month, totaling 6,578
units in September.
-- Quest sales jumped 4.2 percent over a year ago with 3,438 units sold
and is up 55.8 percent for the calendar year.
-- Frontier Crew Cab accounted for 33.4 percent of the 10,231 Frontiers
sold.
-- The Nissan Maxima led the division in sales with 11,641 units, an 88.3
percent increase over 1998.
-- Altima sales jumped 45.7 percent over a year ago with 10,032 units
sold.
-- Pathfinder posted sales of 6,210 units while Sentra had sales of 5,216
units.
Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti Divisions for September totaled
60,940 units, up 19.8 percent over a year ago. Combined sales for the
calendar year totaled 507,360 units, up 6.8 percent versus last year. Sales
of Nissan's North American-produced vehicles totaled 35,505 units during the
month, which accounted for 66.5 percent of Nissan's total sales volume.
In North America, Nissan's operations include styling, engineering,
consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and
manufacturing. Nissan in North America, which includes employees and
facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, generates more than 90,000
jobs, approximately 20,000 directly and over 71,000 through approximately
1,500 Nissan and Infiniti retailers across the continent. More information on
Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles
can be found online at http://www.nissandriven.com or contact the corporate media
line at 310-771-5631.
Note: All numbers include Hawaii. Percentage changes based on DSR.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Sales Report - September 1999
Month-End Results
Cur. Year DSR % CYTD Year DSR %
Month Ago +/- Total Ago +/-
Nissan North
America, Inc.
-Total 60,940 50,876 19.8 507,360 475,117 6.8
Selling Days 25 25 -- 230 230 --
Nissan Division
Total Sales 53,364 45,050 18.5 455,232 431,405 5.5
NORTH AMERICA
(Memo)
- Car 15,258 18,443 -17.3 176,588 198,400 -11.0
- Truck 20,247 13,554 49.4 130,189 90,225 44.3
- Total North
America 35,505 31,997 11.0 306,777 288,625 6.3
IMPORT
- Car 11,649 6,408 81.8 98,079 92,927 5.5
- Truck 6,210 6,645 -6.5 50,376 49,853 1.0
- Total Import 17,859 13,053 36.8 148,455 142,780 4.0
- Total Car 26,907 24,851 8.3 274,667 291,327 -5.7
- Total Truck 26,457 20,199 31.0 180,565 140,078 28.9
- (Hawaii)* 493 544 -- 3,642 3,500 --
Infiniti Division
Total Sales 7,576 5,826 30.0 52,128 43,712 19.3
- Total Car 5,996 4,342 38.1 38,772 31,495 23.1
- Total Truck 1,580 1,484 6.5 13,356 12,217 9.3
- (Hawaii)* 28 30 -- 166 170 --
TOTAL IMPORT
- Car 17,645 10,750 64.1 136,851 124,422 10.0
- Truck 7,790 8,129 -4.2 63,732 62,070 2.7
- Total Import 25,435 18,879 34.7 200,583 186,492 7.6
ALL NUMBERS INCLUDE HAWAII
*Hawaii is broken out separately for information only.
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