Nissan Sales Jump 31.9% In February - Infinit Sale Rise 10.7%

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported February 2010 sales of 70,189 units versus 54,249 units a year earlier, an increase of 29.4 percent, compared with February 2009. Nissan Division sales rose 31.9 percent for the month, while sales of Infiniti vehicles were 10.7 percent higher than a year before.

"Both the Nissan and Infiniti divisions experienced strong sales in February, with combined sales up 29.4 percent from last year," said Brian Carolin, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, NNA. "The gains were posted across our car and truck lineups."

NNA INFORMATION

Combined Nissan and Infiniti sales of 70,189 units were 29.4 percent higher than February sales a year before of 54,249 units.
To ensure consistency in global sales reporting, NNA calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis, unadjusted for the number of selling days. February had 24 selling days, as did February a year before.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

Nissan vehicles posted sales of 63,148 units in February compared with 47,890 units sold in February the previous year, a 31.9 percent increase.
Sales of the Versa subcompact were up 130.1 percent over February a year ago, with sales of 11,609 units marking a record February.
The Rogue compact crossover also saw record sales in February, with 6,143 units, up 11.4 percent over the prior year.
Other vehicles experiencing strong year-over-year sales gains were Maxima (89.5 percent), Frontier (56.5 percent), and Armada (101.2 percent).

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

Infiniti sales for February 2010 were 7,041 units, up 10.7 percent from the 6,359 units sold in the same month a year earlier.
Sales of the G Sedan were up 25.2 percent to 2,686 units, and sales of the G Coupe rose 41.1 percent over last February, with 1,270 units.
The QX56 full-size luxury SUV was up 219.4 percent in February with sales of 808 units.

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PerformanceGuy - 3/2/2010 3:43:24 PM

+2 Boost

That's pretty impressive. I suspect that the Nissan got a lot of new customers from people who are moving away from Toyota. So I would expect Honda to have an increase too, as these two companies will benefit most from Toyota falling.