NISSAN IMPROVES MARKET SHARE
ROLLE, Switzerland (February 4th, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported 36,735sales in January, representing a decrease of 27.3% year on year.
However, market share for January reached 3.2%, which is an increase of 0.2% points compared with the previous year.*
“Tough conditions prevail in all markets across Eastern and Western Europe but to achieve our highest monthly market share since March 2008 was a great achievement” said Francois Goupil de Bouille, Vice President - Sales for Nissan in Europe.
Key markets highlights:
· Russia remained Nissan Europe’s strongest market recording sales of 6,828 units in January.
· Despite the deterioration of the economic climate, some markets demonstrated high increase in sales volume. The sales in Bulgaria, Hungary and Holland increased, respectively, by 45.9%; 45.2% and 36.1% year on year.
· Market share in Spain and Portugal improved year on year in January with 4.6% (v 3.6%) and 2.7% (v 2.1%) respectively. In Russia, despite the decline in volume Nissan gained market share compared with the same month in 2008, reaching 5.9% in January.*
Key models highlights:
· Despite steep declines in total industry volume across Europe, sales of Nissan’s compact crossover Qashqai remained strong with 11,990units sold in January, representing an increase of 14% compare to December 2008.
· Sales of Navara, Qashqai+2 and Note went up compared to last month, with an increase of 27.1%; 25.1% and 14.4%, respectively.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR JANUARY 2009
| | January 2009 | Variation Vs January 2008 |
| Russia | 6,828 | -23.3% |
| UK | 5,725 | -7.2% |
| Italy | 4,740 | -18.8% |
| Spain (inc Cnr) | 2,694 | -32.9% |
| France | 2,248 | -36.5% |
| Germany | 2,045 | -51.8% |
| Belgium/Lux | 2,012 | 30.6% |
| Ireland | 1,533 | -67.4% |
| Greece | 1,329 | 2.8% |
| Poland | 1,016 | 9.4% |
TOP 10 PRODUCTS FOR JANUARY 2009
| | January 2009 | Variation Vs January 2008 |
| Qashqai | 11,990 | -17.6% |
| Micra | 4,398 | -33.8% |
| Note | 3,547 | -51.6% |
| X-Trail | 2,913 | -33.7% |
| Navara | 2,506 | -31.5% |
| Qashqai+2 | 2,351 | |
| Tiida | 2,034 | -52.9% |
| Almera Classic | 1,019 | -48.0% |
| Pathfinder | 861 | -39.4% |
| Primastar | 760 | -44.2% |
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.
