Nissan production and sales results for April 2002

Tokyo - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today reported today production, sales and export figures for April.  For the month, global production increased 17.0%, while total unit sales for the three main regions, including Japan (excluding mini-cars), North America and Europe were up 9.6%.

Production
Nissan's global production in April increased for the second straight month to 220,884, up 17.0% from a year ago.

Domestic production in April was 105,677 units, up 11.2% from a year ago, marking the second consecutive year-on-year increase.  The increase was driven by orders for the new March and Wingroad in Japan, and exports of X‑TRAIL to various overseas markets and Infiniti G35 to North America.

Nissan's overseas production in April totaled 115,207 units, up 22.9% from April 2001.

Nissan's production in the U.S. increased 42.1% on continued strong demand for the new Altima and Xterra.  Mexican production increased by 24.3% from last year, with the start of production of a new compact car Platina in March.  In Europe, UK production was up 25.3% following the introduction of the new Primera. as production of the new Primera has been well received In Spain, production decreased 18.5% compared to last year due to the discontinuation of older products including the Serena.

In other regions, production increased 5.6% in April.

Sales
Nissan's domestic registrations for April increased 4.1% to 48,256 units, the first year-on-year increase in eight months. This was due to the tripling in volume of the March following the launch of the new model in March, and strong demand for the Wingroad. The recently launched new March which more than tripled its volume and strong demand for the Wingroad lead the domestic registration to the first year-on-year increase in eight months.  Nissan's domestic market share was rose to 18.2%, a 1.2 points higher than  increase from April 2001.  Nissan's domestic sales including mini-cars increased 12.6% to 52,217 units.  Sales for the new Moco launched on April 10 was reached 3,960 units.

Nissan's sales in the U.S. increased 19.6% from April 2001, and in Canada up 34.6%.  In both countries the company saw continuing strong sales of the new Altima and the Infiniti G35 launched in March.  In Mexico, sales increased 27.9%.

Nissan's sales in Europe decreased by 5.0% from April 2001.  The new Primera was launched during March and is in the preliminary stages of rollout expected to be complete by summer.

Exports from Japan
Nissan's exports in April increased 17.2% to 49,205 units, marking the third consecutive year-on-year increase.  The overall increase is due primarily to strong exports of the recently launched X‑TRAIL in numerous overseas markets, G35 to North America and strong demand of the vehicles for the for vehicles in the Middle East.

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Global Production by Country

*1 Others include production in Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines and South Africa, excluding CKD production

Global Unit Sales by Main Market (Region)

*2 Japan sales are categorized into passenger cars and commercial vehicles based on chassis.
*3 U.S. sales are based on retail including Hawaii.
DSR (daily selling rate)-adjusted year-on-year change in April is +14.8%.
     Nissan Division: 53,431 units
  Infiniti Division: 7,741 units
*4 Canada and Mexico sales are based on retail.                                     
*5 North America sales are based on retail including Guam, Saipan and other islands.
*6 Europe sales are based on retail in the whole Europe including Turkey and Israel from the April 2002 results.

Vehicle Exports from Japan

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