Nissan North America Announces January Sales
 

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales for January of 53,884 units versus 76,605 units a year ago, a decrease of 29.7 percent. Sales of Nissan Division vehicles decreased 31.2 percent, while sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased by 17.7 percent.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

-- Nissan vehicles saw sales of 46,769 units in January compared with 67,961 units sold in January 2008, a 31.2 percent decrease.

-- The all-new 2009 370Z, Nissan's performance icon which went on sale in January, is off to a strong start with sales of 1,280 units, an increase of 47.0 percent versus prior-year levels.

-- The compact and versatile Rogue crossover saw sales of 5,802 units, an increase of 6.8 percent from January 2008.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

-- Infiniti sales for January were 7,115 units, down from 8,644 a year ago, a decline of 20.9 percent.

-- Infiniti's crossovers experienced a strong January, with sales of the EX up 12.5 percent over the prior year with 776 units, and sales of the FX up 74.9 percent, at 1,417 units.

NNA INFORMATION

-- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 53,884 units, compared with last January's sales of 76,605 units, marked a decrease of 29.7 percent.

-- To ensure consistency in our global sales reporting, Nissan North America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis, unadjusted for the number of selling days in the month. This January had 26 selling days, and January 2008 had 25 selling days.

Source: Nissan North America Announces January Sales | SYS-CON UK

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Looks like everyone had a pretty rough January except for Kia +3.5%, Subaru +8%, and Hyundai +14.3%.

Glad to see the 370Z is off to a good start.

When the 370Z officially went on sale in Japan on Dec 1, 2008 , they saw a 200% increase in the sale as well.

How does the first month of the 370Z sales compare to the first month of 350Z sales back in what, 2003? Im curious.

NOOOO! You want a bad start....until you get yours! THEN let sales go through the roof! :D

1280 vs 5802 of the Rogue, and i don't see that many Rogue on the road, so our car will be even rarer.

As well we should on a "Cult" car that has the same type of following as the Z has.

•Sales of the iconic Z sports car totaled 1,452 units in February, a 33.0 percent increase from a year ago.

Comparing this january to last january is obvious, but how about jan versus december. I think that would be a better indicator as to whether the market is up, down, or the same for nissan.

Yeah .. .good sales # = low discounts.

Isn't january kind of a "lull" in terms of car sales anyways since people in snowy states typically avoid that kind of purchase that time of year? I know all my friends and family in wisconsin and ohio always hold off until spring.

That would be the # to compare. Not the first year new model sales vs the last year of the previous model.
Although that's still positive in terms of $ sales.