NISSAN REPORTS MAY 2009 SALES IN EUROPE
ROLLE, Switzerland (June 5th, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported 37,891 sales in May, representing a decrease of 30% year on year.
Despite the introduction of scrappage incentives in many western European countries, the TIV continues to decline versus 2008 (-21% versus last year).
“Scrap incentives are boosting customer demand in some markets in Western Europe but despite this the TIV trend continues downward for the foreseeable future. Our Sales performance continues to meet our expectations and this should be further boosted with the full launch of Pixo in major markets in the next few months”, said Francois Goupil de Bouillé, Vice President - Sales for Nissan in Europe.
Key markets highlights:
Despite a TIV drop of 27%, the UK maintained their volume versus last year and improved market share.
France maintained its market share as well with 1.8%
Spain improves market share year & year (3.5% vs 3.3%)
Italy puts up good results by improving both its volume (+13.2%) & its market share (2.6 % vs 2.4% last year)
Belgium improves market share year on year 1.9% vs 1.8%
TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR MAY 2009
|
May 2009 |
Variation Vs May 2008 |
UK |
5 854 |
0,7% |
Italy |
5 823 |
13,2% |
Russia |
5 750 |
-40.6% |
Germany |
4 257 |
-15,4% |
France |
3 321 |
-13,5% |
Spain |
2 615 |
-46,8% |
Greece |
1 565 |
23,1% |
Belgium/Luxemburg |
1 222 |
0,6% |
Turkey |
781 |
42,0% |
Holland |
765 |
-10,1% |
Product Highlights
Before its launch & with a start of sales late in May, PIXO is in line with expectations
Micra still performs with similar sales volume as 2008 despite the continued deterioration in total TIV (-21%)
Qashqai+2 volumes keep growing
TOP 10 PRODUCTS FOR MAY 09
|
May 2009 |
Variation Vs May 2008 |
Qashqai |
13 339 |
-24,0% |
Micra |
6 507 |
-5,2% |
Note |
4 279 |
-45,4% |
Qashqai+2 |
3 114 |
|
X-Trail |
1 718 |
-66,3% |
Tiida |
1 200 |
-73,5% |
Navara |
949 |
-65,3% |
Almera Classic |
946 |
-52,2% |
Pixo |
821 |
|
Cabstar |
716 |
-40,9% |
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.
