NISSAN REPORTS MARCH SALES IN EUROPE
ROLLE, Switzerland (April 3rd, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported 41,938sales in March, representing a decrease of 47,7% year on year.
“The introduction of scrap incentives in some markets has boosted demand but overall the market place is still very challenging. Nissan continues to perform in line with our expectations across most European markets”, said Francois Goupil de Bouillé, Vice President - Sales for Nissan in Europe.
Key markets highlights:
· Provisional market shares in Russia (7.4%), Spain (4.8%), Belgium (2.5%), Poland (3.5%) and Portugal (2.9%) are ahead of last year.
· In countries where the Government introduced Scrap incentives, the market grew: +40% in Germany versus last year, +3 % in France versus last year, and in Italy the market improved versus previous months.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR MARCH 2009
| | March 2009 | Variation Vs March 2008 |
| Russia | 9 926 | -37,9% |
| UK | 8 901 | -53,8% |
| Italy | 4 452 | -23,2% |
| Spain | 3 479 | -47,2% |
| Germany | 2 981 | -37,5% |
| France | 2 317 | -63,2% |
| Poland | 1 121 | -14,8% |
| Greece | 1 034 | -22,9% |
| Holland | 920 | -36,6% |
| Ireland | 858 | -71,6% |
TOP 10 PRODUCTS FOR MARCH 2009
| | March 2009 | Variation Vs March 2008 |
| Qashqai | 11 670 | -49,7% |
| Note | 5 087 | -62,7% |
| Micra | 4 929 | -60,6% |
| X-Trail | 3 980 | -42,1% |
| Qashqai+2 | 3 105 | 0,0% |
| Tiida | 2 425 | -40,1% |
| Navara | 2 232 | -61,5% |
| Almera Classic | 1 774 | -51,8% |
| Primastar | 1 076 | -50,5% |
| Pickup | 788 | 785,4% |
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.