Nissan global production in February 72.4% higher than in 2009

Nissan Motor Company Ltd. on March 29 announced its production, sales and export figures for February 2010.

Production
Nissan's global production in February was up considerably by 72.4 percent year-on-year to 270,366 units.

Production in Japan saw a significant increase of 121.3% year-on-year to 97,109 units due to increased output of the Fuga, Serena and other export models.

Production outside of Japan saw a notable increase of 53.4% year-on-year to 173,257 units.

In the United States, production saw a significant increase of 59.0% year-on-year to 41,382 units due to increased demand for all models led by Altima and Frontier.

In Mexico, production was up considerably by 60.0% year-on-year to 37,086 units due to increased demand for Tiida.

In the United Kingdom, production increased 37.1% year-on-year to 29,606 units due to increased demand for all models led by Qashqai.

In Spain, production saw a considerable increase of 155.8% year-on-year to 7,456 units due to increased demand for all the models led by Navara.

In China, production increased 23.4% year-on-year to 35,810 units marking an all-time record for the month of February.

Production in other regions was also remarkably up by 114.1% year-on-year to 21,917 units.

Sales
Global sales increased 21.7% to 294,289 units compared to the previous year.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 63,687 units in Japan, up 14.6% year-on-year.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in February increased 17.8% year-on-year to 47,942 units due to increased demand for Fuga and models eligible for the preferential tax exemption like Serena, Note and X-Trail.

Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were up 5.7% from the previous year to 15,745 units due to increased demand for Roox.

Sales outside of Japan increased 23.9% year-on-year to 230,602 units.

Sales in the U.S. increased 29.4% year-on-year to 70,189 units due to increased demand for Versa, Maxima and Sentra.

In Europe, sales increased 4.4% year-on-year to 35,502 units due to increased demand for Micra, Qashqai and Pixo.

China saw a record month in February with sales up 34.4% year-on-year to 58,323 units due to increased demand for Sylphy and Teana.

Sales in other regions increased 26.6% year-on-year to 47,591 units.

Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in February saw a substantial increase of 199.1% year-on-year to 50,279 units.

Exports to North America saw a huge increase of 278.0% year-on-year to 23,870 units due to increased demand for Rogue, Infiniti G series, and Murano.

Exports to Europe was up considerably by 508.9% year-on-year to 4,195 units due to strong demand for X-Trail.