In the U.S., Nissan Group announced total U.S. sales for April 2019 of 95,698 units, an increase of 9% compared to the prior year. Highlights include Altima sales up 59% to 16,531 units, and Pathfinder SUV sales up 72% to 4,713 units. INFINITI reported sales of 8,491 vehicles. The QX50 luxury crossover, up 7 percent to 1,513, had its best April ever.
In Canada, Nissan Group announced total sales of 11,556 units, a decrease of 5.3% year-over-year. The Nissan Division recorded 10,642 vehicles sold in April, and INFINITI reported sales of 914 units in April representing a 23.3% increase from 2018.
In China, Nissan reported steady growth for its passenger vehicle and light commercial vehicle businesses in the first four months of 2019, continuing to outperform the sluggish market for the past nine consecutive months. Year-to-date sales by Nissan China and Dongfeng Nissan rose 0.9% from a year earlier to 465,302 vehicles and 1.4% to 339,030 vehicles, respectively. The light commercial vehicle business – Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (DFAC) and Zhengzhou Nissan (ZNA) – in the past four months sold 73,960 vehicles, representing an increase of 16.9% from a year earlier.