December 2018: Nissan Group

[William Maley]

Nissan Group reports December 2018 and 2018 calendar year U.S. sales

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan Group announced total U.S. sales for December 2018 of 148,720 units, an increase of 7.6 percent versus the prior year. Nissan Group also announced total calendar year 2018 U.S. sales of 1,493,877 units, a decrease of 6.2 percent compared to the prior year.

Nissan Division December highlights:

• Nissan Division total sales grew 7 percent in the month of December.
• Rogue sales set an all-time monthly record with 42,523 units, up 6 percent.
• The Nissan Kicks crossover also saw its best month of sales since launch at 5,704 units.
• Sales of the Nissan Frontier pickup grew 27 percent in December to 7,492 units.

Nissan Division calendar year highlights:

• For the third consecutive year, the Rogue crossover was Nissan's top-selling model with 412,110 sales, an increase of 2 percent. It was the best-ever calendar year for Rogue sales.
• In 2018, Nissan trucks, SUVs and crossovers set an all-time record with 784,807 total sales, a 3 percent increase over the prior year.
• Sales of the all-electric Nissan LEAF grew 31 percent over the prior year.
• Other key models showed strong gains during the full calendar year 2018: Frontier (up 7 percent) and Murano (up 9 percent).

INFINITI today reported sales of 18,065 vehicles in the U.S. for December, an increase of 10 percent.

In December, deliveries of INFINITI's crossover and sport utility vehicles increased 41 percent for their best month ever, and for the year, rose five percent to above the 100,000 mark for the first time and an all-time record.  With deliveries of 19,207 in 2018, the QX80 had the best year in the full-size SUV's history.

The QX60 7-passenger crossover increased 72 percent for the month and 17 percent over prior year for a monthly and yearly record. The all-new QX50 crossover also increased in December and for the year.

NISSAN DIVISION	DEC	DEC	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2018	2017	% chg	2018	2017	% chg
Nissan Division Total	130,655	121,847	7.2	1,344,597	1,440,049	-6.6
Versa	6,735	7,125	-5.5	75,809	106,772	-29.0
Sentra	17,567	16,834	4.4	213,046	218,451	-2.5
Altima	17,064	18,199	-6.2	209,146	254,996	-18.0
Maxima	5,600	5,016	11.6	42,337	67,627	-37.4
LEAF	1,667	102	1534.3	14,715	11,230	31.0
Juke	5	245	-98.0	731	10,157	-92.8
370Z	202	304	-33.6	3,468	4,614	-24.8
GT-R	25	36	-30.6	538	578	-6.9
Total Car	48,865	47,861	2.1	559,790	674,425	-17.0
Kicks	5,704	0	n/a	23,312	0	n/a
Frontier	7,492	5,880	27.4	79,646	74,360	7.1
Titan	4,661	5,582	-16.5	50,459	52,924	-4.7
Xterra	0	0	n/a	0	1	-100.0
Pathfinder	6,799	6,053	12.3	67,550	81,065	-16.7
Armada	2,874	3,368	-14.7	32,650	35,667	-8.5
Rogue	42,523	40,172	5.9	412,110	403,465	2.1
Murano	8,033	9,718	-17.3	83,547	76,732	8.9
Quest	0	1	-100.0	3	4,950	-99.9
NV	2,013	1,638	22.9	16,902	17,858	-5.4
NV200	1,691	1,574	7.4	18,628	18,602	0.1
Total Truck	81,790	73,986	10.5	784,807	765,624	2.5
INFINITI	DEC	DEC	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2018	2017	% chg	2018	2017	% chg
Infiniti Total	18,065	16,379	10.3	149,280	153,415	-2.7
Infiniti Q50	3,690	5,583	-33.9	34,763	40,739	-14.7
Infiniti Q60	662	869	-23.8	9,017	10,751	-16.1
Infiniti Q70	329	406	-19.0	4,479	5,772	-22.4
Infiniti QX30	647	830	-22.0	8,101	14,093	-42.5
Infiniti QX50	3,329	1,785	86.5	25,389	16,857	50.6
Infiniti QX60	7,032	4,098	71.6	47,370	40,444	17.1
Infiniti QX70	4	292	-98.6	954	6,878	-86.1
Infiniti QX80	2,372	2,516	-5.7	19,207	17,881	7.4
Total Car	4,681	6,858	-31.7	48,259	57,262	-15.7
Total Truck	13,384	9,521	40.6	101,021	96,153	5.1
NISSAN GROUP	DEC	DEC	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2018	2017	% chg	2018	2017	% chg
TOTAL VEHICLE	148,720	138,226	7.6	1,493,877	1,593,464	-6.2
Total Car	53,546	54,719	-2.1	608,049	731,687	-16.9
Total Truck	95,174	83,507	14.0	885,828	861,777	2.8
Selling days	26	26		307	306

 

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[Drew Dowdell]

Frontier keeps right on selling like the new Tacoma, Canyon, and Colorado never happened.  Just like everyone else, all of the cars (except LEAF) are catastrophically down.  The entire Infiniti lineup just barely outsold the Tesla Model 3. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Holy Crap the bottom fell out of Maxima sales.