The Floor Falls Out From Under Nissan - Sales Plunge 19% In January, Infiniti Suffers A 3% Decline

Nissan Group announced total U.S. sales for January 2019 of 100,741 units, a decrease of 19 percent compared to the prior year.

Nissan highlights:

• Frontier truck sales rose to 6,062 units, up 3 percent.
• NV commercial van sales increased 24 percent to 1,263 units.
• Nissan LEAF all-electric vehicle sales increased to 717 units, up 378 percent.

INFINITI today reported U.S. sales of 10,302 vehicles in January, a decrease of 3 percent.

The QX60 seven-passenger crossover, up 38 percent, and the QX80 full-size sport utility vehicle, up 6 percent, had their best January ever, contributing to a 7 percent increase in INFINITI's CUV and SUV lines.

carsnyc - 2/1/2019 10:38:41 PM

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New Altima given the cold shoulder

dumpsty - 2/5/2019 3:28:05 PM

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Recent Altima owners are buying Pathfinder, Rogue, Murano or jumping over to Accord, Camry.

mobydee71 - 2/5/2019 10:25:50 PM

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I recently drove thru the rental lot at my airport & there were at least 5 or 6 new Altimas at the Enterprise lot. They were all SL models.