May 2016: Nissan Group USA

[William Maley]

Nissan Group reports May 2016 U.S. sales

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan Group today announced total U.S. sales for May 2016 of 133,496 units, a decrease of 1 percent over the prior year.

 

Nissan highlights:

• Nissan Division finished May with 122,668 sales, down 1 percent.
• Sales of the Nissan Versa increased 20 percent to 12,114, setting a May record.
• Nissan Maxima sales climbed to 5,032, up 219 percent.
• Overall sales of Nissan crossovers, trucks and SUVs set a May record, up 1 percent.
• Sales of the Rogue crossover set a May record with sales 26,428, up 6 percent.
• Sales of the Murano crossover increased 6 percent to 5,978.
• Sales of the Frontier pickup truck increased 46% to 7,941.

NISSAN DIVISION	MAY	MAY	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2016	2015	% chg	2016	2015	% chg
Nissan Division Total	122,668	124,305	-1.3	603,641	557,960	8.2
Versa	12,114	10,121	19.7	57,778	56,765	1.8
Sentra	20,204	20,616	-2.0	102,293	88,701	15.3
Cube	1	108	-99.1	15	675	-97.8
Altima	28,404	33,630	-15.5	142,220	142,613	-0.3
Maxima	5,032	1,578	218.9	25,830	10,468	146.8
LEAF	979	2,104	-53.5	4,697	7,742	-39.3
Juke	2,271	2,625	-13.5	10,032	12,080	-17.0
370Z	554	800	-30.8	2,387	3,335	-28.4
GT-R	63	111	-43.2	271	667	-59.4
Total Car	69,622	71,693	-2.9	345,523	323,046	7.0
Frontier	7,941	5,439	46.0	36,845	30,368	21.3
Titan	922	1,218	-24.3	5,203	4,894	6.3
Xterra	4	1,198	-99.7	34	5,734	-99.4
Pathfinder	5,981	7,421	-19.4	34,022	34,770	-2.2
Armada	794	1,488	-46.6	4,497	5,971	-24.7
Rogue	27,428	25,901	5.9	119,637	112,154	6.7
Murano	5,978	5,715	4.6	33,828	23,161	46.1
Quest	1,122	1,154	-2.8	7,971	4,307	85.1
NV	1,465	1,447	1.2	7,578	6,575	15.3
NV200	1,411	1,631	-13.5	8,503	6,980	22
Total Truck	53,046	52,612	0.8	258,118	234,914	9.9
INFINITI	MAY	MAY	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2016	2015	% chg	2016	2015	% chg
Infiniti Total	10,828	10,474	3.4	53,920	54,295	-0.7
Infiniti Q40	2	1,164	-99.8	54	6,929	-99.2
Infiniti Q50	2,367	3,423	-30.9	17,905	16,930	5.8
Infiniti Q60	103	367	-71.9	606	1,926	-68.5
Infiniti Q70	515	691	-25.5	2,625	3,871	-32.2
Infiniti QX50	1,632	248	558.1	6,935	1,015	583.3
Infiniti QX60	4,274	3,141	36.1	16,592	14,775	12.3
Infiniti QX70	511	382	33.8	2,684	2,519	6.6
Infiniti QX80	1,424	1,058	34.6	6,519	6,330	3.0
Total Car	2,987	5,645	-47.1	21,190	29,656	-28.5
Total Truck	7,841	4,829	62.4	32,730	24,639	32.8
NISSAN GROUP	MAY	MAY	Monthly	CYTD	CYTD	CYTD
	2016	2015	% chg	2016	2015	% chg
TOTAL VEHICLE	133,496	134,779	-1.0	657,561	612,255	7.4
Total Car	72,609	77,338	-6.1	366,713	352,702	4.0
Total Truck	60,887	57,441	6.0	290,848	259,553	12.1
Selling days	24	26		126	127

 

 

[G. David Felt]

Interesting revealing numbers. So where everyone else is selling more CUVs and SUVs, Nissan actually dropped big time in sales as well as a considerable across the board drop in sales of the Q product line for Infinity. At least there the luxury CUVs are selling.