TOKYO (May 25, 2007)--Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced production, sales and export results for April.
1.Production
Nissan’s global production in April rose 4.6% year-on-year to 239,592 units.
In Japan, products such as the Infiniti G35 sedan (new Skyline in Japan), Serena, and Cube were positive contributors. However, overall domestic production dropped 20.6% from the year prior to 69,464 units, as a result of the reduced output of other models.
Overseas production rose 20.3% year-on-year to 170,128.
In the US, models such as the new Altima sedan contributed to a rise in product output of 1.3% to 54,076 units.
In Mexico, models such as the new Versa (Tiida in Japan) and Sentra increased output by 64.9% year-on-year to 36,402 units.
In the UK, the new Qashqai contributed to a growth in output of 19.3% year-on-year to 27,325 units.
In Spain, increased output of the Navara and Primastar commercial vehicles pushed figures up 15.1% to 15,322 units.
Production in other regions rose 24.2% year-on-year to 37,003 units, mainly due to increased output of the new Frontier Navara in Thailand, and the new Livina, new Livina Geniss minivan and Bluebird Sylphy compact sedan in China.
2. Sales
In Japan, Nissan’s registrations in April dropped 10.7% year-on-year to 30,984 units. The new Skyline launched in November and Serena saw increased sales, but failed to offset declining sales of other models. Furthermore, domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 0.9% on the previous year to 9,245 units. Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 40,229 units in Japan, down 8.6%.
The company’s share of the domestic market dropped 0.1 percentage points year-on-year to 14.2%, while the corresponding market share including mini-vehicles was at 11.2%, the same as the previous year.
Nissan sales in the US dropped 18% year-on-year (11.1% after equivalent adjustment for actual days of selling) to 71,124 units. The new Versa and the Infiniti G35 sedan saw increased sales, however did not offset declining sales of other models.
In Europe, the new Qashqai and Note helped to boost Nissan sales to a total of 47,965 units, exceeding the previous year’s results by 2.8%.
3. Japan Exports
Nissan’s exports in April fell 18.6% to 41,017 units, compared to the same month in the year prior.
Exports to North America dropped 44.0% year-on-year to 11,248 units.
Exports to Europe totaled 7,200 units, up 14.9% from the previous year.
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