May 2006 Sales: Nissan North America

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

· May sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 76,881 units decreased 10.5 percent on a daily sales rate basis when compared to last year with 82,440 units sold.

· Murano saw record sales for May, with 6,662 units sold marking a 3.4 percent increase from one year ago.

· Frontier pickup saw solid sales of 7,409 units in May, a 39.4 percent increase from year-ago.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

· Sales for Infiniti were down 15.2 percent with 9,786 units sold as compared with last May’s 11,079 units.

· The QX56 saw strong sales momentum, with 1,265 units sold marking a 5.6 percent gain over one year ago.

Nissan Announces May Sales

Those numbers are slightly surprising. I guess the Sentra finally lost steam.

Those numbers are slightly surprising.  I guess the Sentra finally lost steam.

Hertz didn't have anywhere to put any more after the thousands they bought in April.

Hertz didn't have anywhere to put any more after the thousands they bought in April.

They are about to re-tool for the new ones, so they are slowing down, yes.

why is the new Xterra down, guess nobody can tell there is a new model. Goshn's strategy for Nissan appears mostly short-term.