Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced its production, sales and export results for August 2007.
1.Production
Nissan’s global production in August grew 16.7% year-on-year to 267,390 units.
In Japan, Infiniti G35 (Skyline in Japan) and the all-new Rogue crossover (launched end-September in the US) contributed to the increased production. Domestic production grew 10.1% from the prior year to 87,187 units.
Overseas production rose 20.1% year-on-year to 180,203 units.
In the US, despite increased production of the Altima, overall production fell by 8.4% year-on-year to 65,087 units.
In Mexico, models such as the Sentra and the Versa (Tiida in Japan) led to increased production rising 41.5% to 49,253 units.
In the UK, the new Qashqai (Dualis in Japan) and the Note contributed to a production increase of 75.8% year-on-year to 22,097 units.
In Spain, production increased by 34.6% to 9,384 units, supported by sales of the Navara pickup.
Production in other regions rose 39.9% year-on-year to 34,382 units, due to increased production of the new Livina and Tiida in China, the Frontier Navara in Thailand, and the Grand Livina in Indonesia.
2.Sales
In Japan, Nissan’s registrations in August rose 2.2% year-on-year to 38,750 units due to early demand for the new X-Trail launched in August, Dualis launched in May and Skyline. Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were also up 14.4% on the previous year to 9,036 units. Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 47,786 units in Japan, up 4.3% year-on-year.
The company’s share of the domestic market rose 0.7 percentage points year-on-year to 17.0%, while the corresponding market share including mini-vehicles rose 1.0 percentage points to 13.8%.
Nissan sales in the US grew 6.3% year-on-year to 95,527 units, boosted by increased sales of the Altima, Versa, and Infiniti G35 sedan.
In Europe, strong performance from the Qashqai, the new X-Trail, and Navara helped boost Nissan sales to 36,570 units, exceeding the previous year’s results by 6.0%.
3.Japan Exports
Nissan’s exports in August grew 1.2% to 46,344 units year-on-year.
Exports to North America rose 48.8% year-on-year to 18,734 units.
Exports to Europe declined 19.9% year-on-year to 5,598 units. -Nissan release
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