May 2006 Sales: Nissan North America

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May 2006 Sales: Nissan North America

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

· May sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 76,881 units decreased 10.5 percent on a daily sales rate basis when compared to last year with 82,440 units sold.

· Murano saw record sales for May, with 6,662 units sold marking a 3.4 percent increase from one year ago.

· Frontier pickup saw solid sales of 7,409 units in May, a 39.4 percent increase from year-ago.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

· Sales for Infiniti were down 15.2 percent with 9,786 units sold as compared with last May’s 11,079 units.

· The QX56 saw strong sales momentum, with 1,265 units sold marking a 5.6 percent gain over one year ago.

Nissan Announces May Sales

[sciguy_0504]

Those numbers are slightly surprising. I guess the Sentra finally lost steam.

[Satty]

Those numbers are slightly surprising.  I guess the Sentra finally lost steam.

Hertz didn't have anywhere to put any more after the thousands they bought in April.

[sciguy_0504]

Hertz didn't have anywhere to put any more after the thousands they bought in April.

[Chicagoland]

They are about to re-tool for the new ones, so they are slowing down, yes.

[toyoguy]

why is the new Xterra down, guess nobody can tell there is a new model. Goshn's strategy for Nissan appears mostly short-term.