Nissan Sales Leap 17.8% In May - Infiniti Pulverizes Last Year With A 31.4% Increase

Nissan highlights:

• Nissan Division set a May record at 125,558 sales in the month, an increase of 17.8 percent. This marks a monthly record for Nissan division in 14 of the last 15 months.
• May was the best-ever month for Nissan LEAF with 3,117 sales, an increase of 45.8 percent over the prior year. In May, LEAF passed 50,000 total U.S. sales since launch, further establishing it as the leader among electric vehicles.
• Nissan Altima sales set a May record at 36,053, up 12.9 percent. Year-to-date, Altima has the largest sales increase of any car in the midsize category.
• Nissan Sentra also set a May sales record at 21,932, breaking the previous mark set in 1984 when Sentra was Nissan’s top-selling model. Sentra sales were up 75.4 percent for the month.
• Sales of the Nissan Rogue crossover set a May record with 18,722, an increase of 8 percent.
• Nissan Versa sales increased 30.5 percent to 11,243 in May, also a record for the month.
• Juke crossover sales also set a May record at 3,825, an increase of 33.4 percent over the prior year.

NOTE: To ensure consistency in global sales reporting, Nissan North America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis, unadjusted for the number of selling days. May 2014 had 27 selling days, while May 2013 had 26 selling days.

ExarSadow - 6/3/2014 5:37:02 PM

+1 Boost

Lasts much longer, doesn't overprice itself just because "its German." Seems pretty logical.

infiniti_G35c - 6/4/2014 1:05:11 AM

+1 Boost

Wow Nissan is really kicking ass. Would be cool to see how the Altima stacked against the Accord and Camry.

I wonder how the revamped Murano will do relative to the existing vehicle. I'd also like to see a refreshed Frontier or Armada.

On the Infiniti front--the FX (QX70?) needs some help STAT!

cidflekken - 6/4/2014 11:11:44 AM

+1 Boost

Accord and Camry bold outsold the Altima. Altimas always have a strong Q1, possibly offloading last year's leftovers to fleets, then they taper off and trail the Accord and Camry the rest of the year. Accord sold 39k units and Camry sold 49k.