Nissan Announce February Sales in Europe

2010/03/04

Nissan Announce February Sales in Europe

ROLLE, Switzerland (March. 5, 2010) - Nissan in Europe has reported sales of 35,502 units in February, representing an increase of 4% year on year with a Market Share of 2.9% on a flat TIV versus February 2009. In general, Western European TIV's were higher than last year where scrap incentives were still having an affect, but Eastern Europe continues to be lower. The exception is Germany where the scrap affect is at an end and TIV was 29% lower than previous year. 

Bernard Loire, Vice President Sales Operations for Nissan in Europe commented:

 "Nissan in Europe's market share in February was healthy at 2.9% and customer demand for our core models continues to be strong. We have healthy order banks going into the important month of March"

Key markets highlights:

TIV increased above last year's levels in many markets

UK (+27%) France (+15%) Spain (+45%) Italy (+20%)

Germany (-29%)

TOP 10 COUNTRIES for February 2010

Product Highlights

• Micra sales up 44% year on year
• Note sales up 25%
• Qashqai sales +6%
• NV200 sales continue to grow above planned levels

TOP 5 PRODUCTS for February 2010

About Nissan in Europe

Nissan employs around 12,500 people in its European design, research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales and marketing operations. In calendar year 2009, the company sold 498,027 vehicles across 40 markets in Western and Eastern Europe including Russia. Furthermore, the company produced a total of 390,727 vehicles in its Spanish and British plants.

For more information, please go to http://www.nissaneurope-newsbureau.com/

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CONTACT

For further information on all markets, please contact Nissan Corporate Communications - Europe.

Sara Jenkins Legouge NE Corporate Communications +41 21 822 59 13

E-mail: slegouge@nissan-europe.com

Editor's Notes:

(*)        The sales figures quoted are retail sales figures for a large European scope covering all of Nissan Europe's markets including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel and the French Overseas Territories.

            These figures are not to be confused with the figures published by the ACEA who report registration             figures and do not cover such a broad European scope as Nissan.

The market shares provided are based on the provisional Total Industry Volume (TIV) figures.