In the U.S., Nissan Group announced total sales for December 2018 of 148,720 units, an increase of 7.6 percent versus the prior year. Nissan Group also announced total calendar year 2018 U.S. sales of 1,493,877 units, a decrease of 6.2 percent compared to the prior year. INFINITI reported sales of 18,065 vehicles in the U.S. for December, an increase of 10%. In December, deliveries of INFINITI's crossover and sport utility vehicles increased 41% for their best month ever, and for the year, rose five percent to above the 100,000 mark for the first time and an all-time record.
In Canada, the Nissan Group set an all-time calendar year sales record with 149,117 total sales in 2018 - an increase of 1.7% over 2017. This marks six years of consecutive annual sales growth for the Nissan Group in Canada. INFINITI reported 2018 sales totaling 12,581, an increase of 1.2% over 2017 and its best year ever in Canada. This marks seven consecutive years of annual sales growth for the INFINITI brand in Canada.
Nissan China delivered solid results for calendar year 2018 despite a sluggish TIV, with cumulative sales rising 2.9% from a year earlier to 1,563,986 vehicles. The company and its PV businesses (Dongfeng Nissan, Dongfeng Venucia) and LCV businesses (Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. – DFAC and Zhengzhou Nissan - ZNA) all posted solid growth for the year despite overall negative growth in the industry, cementing a solid foundation for Nissan’s performance in China in 2019 and beyond.
In Europe, Nissan announced European sales for December of 47,193 (Nissan and Datsun), representing a market share of 3.1%. Highlights include sales in Russia totaling 11,074 vehicles, representing a market share of 6.3%; and sales in the UK totaled 6,413 vehicles, representing a market share of 3.7%.