NISSAN REPORTS JUNE 09 SALES IN EUROPE

2009/07/08

NISSAN REPORTS JUNE 09 SALES IN EUROPE

NISSAN REPORTS JUNE 2009 SALES IN EUROPE

ROLLE, Switzerland (July 7, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported 42,100 sales in June, representing a decrease of 26% year on year.

“In Western Europe in the major markets of UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy combined, customer demand was high and we sold more cars than June 2008, driven mainly by Government scrap incentives plus the first full month of Pixo sales ” - Francois Goupil de Bouillé, Vice President - Sales for Nissan in Europe.

Key markets highlights:

• France improved its market share with 1.9% vs 1.6%  last year
• Spain also improved market share year on year (3.3% vs 3.1%)
• Italy showed good results also improving its market share (2.4 % vs 1.8% last year)
• UK Market share increased to 3.7% vs 3.2% last year
• Greece and Ireland are also up on the previous year

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Product Highlights

·              After the first full month of sales, demand for PIXO is very strong in all markets

·              Qashqai sales continue to perform above expectations with the order bank growing steadily

·              Qashqai +2 continues to grow in the market

·              Micra sales continue to grow driven by scrap incentives across most major markets

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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

Isabelle Huet       Corporate Communications, Nissan Europe SAS            +33 130 135 644

E-mail:      ihuet@nissan-europe.com

Sara Legouge      Corporate Communications, Nissan International SA      +41 218 225 913

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, 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.