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![]() | Nissan North America Announces May SalesPublished 2009-06-02 14:11By Nissan North America |


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NNA INFORMATION
-- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 67,489 units, compared with
last May's sales of 100,874 units, marked a decrease of 33.1
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 May had 26
selling days, and May 2008 had 27 selling days.
NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
-- Nissan vehicles saw sales of 60,993 units in May compared with 90,379
units sold in May 2008, a 32.5 percent decrease.
-- Launched May 5th, the all-new, uniquely styled 2009 cube(R) saw sales of
1,745 units.
-- The Rogue compact crossover increased sales of 11.0 percent from a year
ago with 8,287 units, posting its largest monthly sales volume.
-- Sales of the flagship Maxima sedan posted an 86.0 percent increase over
year-ago, with sales of 6,082 units in May.
INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
-- Infiniti sales for May were 6,496 units, down from 10,495 units a year
ago, a decline of 38.1 percent.
In
NISSAN DIVISION
May May Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD
2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg
Nissan Division Total 60,993 90,379 -32.5 257,302 393,909 -34.7
Versa 5,031 10,378 -51.5 26,396 36,752 -28.2
Sentra 5,618 13,980 -59.8 28,414 48,186 -41.0
cube 1,745 0 0.0 1,745 0 0.0
Altima 18,408 34,428 -46.5 80,078 133,465 -40.0
Maxima 6,082 3,270 86.0 18,858 18,664 1.0
350/370Z 1,278 1,268 0.8 7,203 5,747 25.3
GT-R 146 0 0.0 717 0 0.0
Total Car 38,308 63,324 -39.5 163,411 242,814 -32.7
Frontier 3,111 4,119 -24.5 10,108 21,173 -52.3
Titan 1,623 2,163 -25.0 7,514 15,925 -52.8
Xterra 1,204 1,914 -37.1 6,238 14,033 -55.5
Pathfinder 1,419 2,382 -40.4 7,218 15,630 -53.8
Armada 784 1,212 -35.3 3,625 7,763 -53.3
Rogue 8,287 7,467 11.0 31,344 30,812 1.7
Murano 5,088 6,121 -16.9 23,800 37,331 -36.2
Quest 1,169 1,677 -30.3 4,044 8,428 -52.0
Total Truck 22,685 27,055 -16.2 93,891 151,095 -37.9
North American
produced 44,449 75,523 -41.1 192,493 320,019 -39.8
Car 35,139 62,056 -43.4 153,746 237,067 -35.1
Truck 9,310 13,467 -30.9 38,747 82,952 -53.3
Import 16,544 14,856 11.4 64,809 73,890 -12.3
Car 3,169 1,268 149.9 9,665 5,747 68.2
Truck 13,375 13,588 -1.6 55,144 68,143 -19.1
INFINITI DIVISION
May May Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD
2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg
Infiniti Division
Total 6,496 10,495 -38.1 32,144 52,565 -38.8
G Sedan 2,885 4,127 -30.1 12,365 21,079 -41.3
G Coupe 980 2,275 -56.9 4,776 9,875 -51.6
M 658 1,371 -52.0 4,268 7,555 -43.5
QX56 586 660 -11.2 1,769 4,166 -57.5
EX 540 1,201 -55.0 3,640 5,211 -30.1
FX 847 861 -1.6 5,326 4,679 13.8
Total Car 4,523 7,773 -41.8 21,409 38,509 -44.4
Total Truck 1,973 2,722 -27.5 10,735 14,056 -23.6
NISSAN & INFINITI
May May Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD
2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg
TOTAL VEHICLE 67,489 100,874 -33.1 289,446 446,474 -35.2
Total Car 42,831 71,097 -39.8 184,820 281,323 -34.3
Total Truck 24,658 29,777 -17.2 104,626 165,151 -36.6
Selling days 26 27 127 129
* All numbers include Hawaii
SOURCE Nissan North America








