TOKYO (June 25, 2007)--Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced production, sales and export results for May.
1.Production
Nissan's global production in May rose 6.9% year-on-year to 262,572 units.
In Japan, products such as the Infiniti G35 sedan (Skyline in Japan) were positive contributors although the overall domestic production dropped 12.3% from the year prior to 71,489 units.
Overseas production rose 16.4% year-on-year to 191,083 units.
In the US, models such as the new Altima sedan contributed to a rise in product output of 5.1% to 58,636 units.
In Mexico, models such as the new Versa (Tiida in Japan) and Sentra led to an increased output of 29.9% year-on-year to 43,845 units.
In the UK, the continued success of the new Qashqai saw production output grow by 15.4% year-on-year to 29,966 units.
In Spain, increased output of the Navara and Primastar commercial vehicles raised figures up 4.0% to 21,376 units.
Production in other regions rose 32.9% year-on-year to 37,260 units, due to increased output of the new Frontier Navara in Thailand, and the new Livina and Bluebird Sylphy compact sedan in China.
2.Sales
In Japan, Nissan's registrations in May dropped 8.7% year-on-year to 38,028 units. The new Dualis launched in May, Skyline launched in November, and Serena saw increased sales, but failed to offset declining sales of other models. Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 2.4% from the previous year to 9,756 units. Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 47,784 units in Japan, down 7.5%.
The company's share of the domestic market dropped 0.1 percentage points year-on-year to 16.1%, while the corresponding market share including mini-vehicles was down 0.2 percentage points to 12.6%.
Nissan sales in the US grew 7.4%* year-on-year to 93,062 units, boosted by increased sales of the new Altima, new Sentra, new Versa and new Infiniti G35.
In Europe, the new Qashqai boosted Nissan sales to a total of 50,083 units, exceeding the previous year's results by 3.6%.
*3.2% after equivalent adjustment for actual days of selling.
3.Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in May fell 30.8% to 28,891 units, compared to the same month in the year prior.
Exports to North America dropped 48.0% year-on-year to 7,085 units.
Exports to Europe totaled 4,814 units, down 27.1% from the previous year.
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