NISSAN REPORTS FEBRUARY SALES IN EUROPE
ROLLE, Switzerland (March 5th, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported 33,991sales in February, representing a decrease of 36.6% year on year.
Despite very difficult conditions with a TIV down 25%, Nissan is maintaining its market share, reaching 2.8% in February 2009.*
“We are fighting in an adverse environment with good achievements. The performance in most of our markets is solid and the market share achievements are excellent in Russia, UK & Spain”, said Francois Goupil de Bouille, Vice President - Sales for Nissan in Europe.
Key markets highlights:
· Market shares in UK, Spain (both 4.3%), Holland (2.2%), Central Eastern Europe (4.4%) and Belgium (3%) are ahead of last year.
In Italy, Nissan’s market share remains stable compared with the same month in 2008, reaching 2.4% in February.*
· In Germany where the government have introduced Scrap incentives, the market grew 19% versus Last year, the only market in Europe to show growth.
Key models highlights:
· Sales of Infiniti went up compared to last year with an increase of 85%
TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR FEBRUARY 2009
|
February 2009 |
Variation Vs February 2008 |
Russia |
8 050 |
-40% |
Italy |
4 263 |
-26% |
Germany |
2 840 |
-24% |
Spain (inc Cnr) |
2 826 |
-54% |
UK |
2 616 |
15% |
France |
2 507 |
-47% |
Belgium/Lux |
1 748 |
20% |
Poland |
1 245 |
9% |
Ireland |
912 |
-59% |
Greece |
849 |
-30% |
TOP 10 PRODUCTS FOR FEBRUARY 2009
|
February 2009 |
Variation Vs February 2008 |
Qashqai |
10 553 |
-30% |
Micra |
4 155 |
-42% |
Note |
3 148 |
-59% |
X-Trail |
2 878 |
-38% |
Qashqai+2 |
2 428 |
|
Tiida |
1 918 |
-59% |
Navara |
1 854 |
-43% |
Almera Classic |
1 473 |
-56% |
Primastar |
710 |
-45% |
Cabstar |
706 |
-42% |
About Nissan in Europe
Nissan employs around 13,500 people in its European design, research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales and marketing operations. In calendar year 2008, the company sold 601,647 vehicles across 40 markets in Western and Eastern Europe including Russia. Furthermore, the company produced a total of 539,580 vehicles in its Spanish and British plants. For more information, please go to www.nissaneurope-newsbureau.com
For further information on all markets, please contact Nissan Corporate Communications - Europe.
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CONTACT
Gina Pasco Corporate Communications, Nissan International SA +41 218 225 792
E-mail: gpasco@nissan-europe.com
Isabelle Huet Corporate Communications, Nissan Europe SAS +33 130 135 644
E-mail: ihuet@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, 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.