Nissan North America sales climbed 27.7% in December, 18% for 2010

RP news wires
Tags: business management, manufacturing

Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) on January 4 reported record December U.S. sales of 93,730 units versus 73,404 units a year earlier, an increase of 27.7 percent. Nissan Division sales were up 26.3 percent for the month, also a December best. Sales of Infiniti vehicles rose 37.3 percent over the prior year.

For 2010, NNA full-year sales finished up 18 percent, at 908,570 units. Nissan Division sales finished at 805,159, an increase of 16.9 percent versus 2009. Infiniti sales finished at 103,411, gaining 27.5 percent.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

Nissan vehicles posted sales of 81,228 units in December compared with 64,296 units sold in December the previous year, an increase of 26.3 percent.
Nissan Rogue and Versa set new December records. Rogue totaled 10,363 deliveries, up 58.2 percent; and Versa at 10,201, an increase of 49.8 percent.
Altima deliveries totaled 23,016, a 23.5 percent increase over December 2009.
The 100-percent electric, zero-emission Nissan LEAF marked its first deliveries in December.

"We finished the year strong, thanks to high demand for bread-and-butter models like Altima, Versa, Sentra and Rogue," said Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager, Nissan division. "We're continuing Nissan's growth, with double-digit gains in 2010 for the majority of our lineup, which is only strengthened by the addition of great new vehicles like Nissan LEAF and Juke."

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

Infiniti sales for December were 12,502 units, up 37.3 percent from the 9,108 units sold in the same month a year earlier.
The all-new Infiniti M Line finished the year strong, with deliveries up 115.5 percent over December 2009.
Sales of the Infiniti G Sedan Line rose 58.0 percent, due in part to initial sales of the new G25 sports sedan.
The all-new QX luxury SUV enjoyed its best December since 2004, with 1,610 units sold, an 41.7 percent increase over the prior year.

"Infiniti had another great sales month, with consumers continuing to respond to Inspired Performance, led by the Infiniti M Line, G Line and QX," said Ben Poore, vice president, Infiniti Business Unit. "We're proud to have used this strong lineup of vehicles to grow Infiniti sales back over annual 100,000 units."

Note: To ensure consistency in global sales reporting, Nissan North America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis, unadjusted for the number of selling days. December 2010 had 27 selling days versus 28 in December 2009.


NISSAN DIVISION
	Dec.	Dec.	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2010	2009	% chg	2010	2009	% chg

Nissan Division Total	81,228	64,296	26.3	805,159	689,014	16.9
Versa	10,201	6,809	49.8	99,705	82,906	20.3
Sentra	10,780	6,192	74.1	94,065	82,706	13.7
Cube	1,085	3,057	-64.5	22,968	21,471	7.0
Altima	23,016	18,643	23.5	229,263	203,568	12.6
Maxima	4,462	5,420	-17.7	60,569	53,351	13.5
LEAF	19	0	n/a	19	0	n/a
370Z	726	924	-21.4	10,215	13,117	-22.1
GT-R	38	119	-68.1	877	1,534	-42.8
Total Car	50,327	41,164	22.3	517,681	458,653	12.9
Frontier	3,783	2,988	26.6	40,427	28,415	42.3
Titan	2,193	2,148	2.1	23,416	19,042	23.0
Xterra	1,851	1,864	-0.7	20,523	16,455	24.7
Pathfinder	2,462	2,314	6.4	21,438	18,341	16.9
Armada	2,257	1638	37.8	19,344	9,903	95.3
Juke	3,163	0	n/a	8,639	0	n/a
Rogue	10,363	6,551	58.2	99,515	77,222	28.9
Murano	4,829	5,502	-12.2	53,999	52,546	2.8
Quest	0	127	-100.0	177	8,437	-97.9
Total Truck	30,901	23,132	33.6	287,478	230,361	24.8
North American produced	61,005	48,143	26.7	608,927	523,124	16.4
Car	48,459	37,064	30.7	483,602	422,531	14.5
Truck	12,546	11,079	13.2	125,325	100,593	24.6
Import	20,204	16,153	25.1	196,213	165,890	18.3
Car	1,849	4,100	-54.9	34,060	36,122	-5.7
Truck	18,355	12,053	52.3	162,153	129,768	25.0

INFINITI DIVISION
	Dec.	Dec.	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2010	2009	% chg	2010	2009	% chg

Infiniti Division Total	12,502	9,108	37.3	103,411	81,089	27.5
G Sedan	5,596	3,541	58.0	41,653	32,357	28.7
G Coupe	1,477	1,626	-9.2	16,490	14,817	11.3
M	1,741	808	115.5	14,618	8,501	72.0
QX56	1,610	1,136	41.7	11,918	6,440	85.1
EX	903	901	0.2	8,312	7,950	4.6
FX	1,175	1,096	7.2	10,420	11,024	-5.5
Total Car	8,814	5,975	47.5	72,761	55,675	30.7
Total Truck	3,688	3,133	17.7	30,650	25,414	20.6

NISSAN & INFINITI
	Dec.	Dec.	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2010	2009	% chg	2010	2009	% chg

TOTAL VEHICLE	93,730	73,404	27.7	908,570	770,103	18.0
Total Car	59,141	47,139	25.5	590,442	514,328	14.8
Total Truck	34,589	26,265	31.7	318,128	255,775	24.4
Selling days	27	28		282	285
* All numbers include Hawaii