Infiniti Reports May Sales
2 June 1998
Infiniti Reports May Sales
- Core Products Lead Increase from April -
CARSON, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Infiniti, the luxury division of
Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. (NMC), reported May sales of 4,179 units, a
4.0 percent increase from the previous month's sales of 3,865 units.
With sales of 2,112 units, the Infiniti I30 was up 10.5 percent versus
April, and sales for the QX4 reached 1,220 units, up 6.7 percent versus last
month. Sales for the Q45 totaled 617 units.
Overall, the Infiniti Division was down 22 percent versus last year's May
performance of 5,564 total sales. Combined May sales for Nissan and Infiniti
Divisions totaled 52,992 units.
Infiniti is supported by a network of more than 145 retailers. For
information on the complete line of Infiniti luxury vehicles and the Total
Ownership Experience(TM) philosophy, visit Infiniti online at
infiniti-usa.com.
Contact: Maria Fotopoulos @ 310-771-5790. For a recorded message of May
unit sales by model, call 310-771-5631, choose option 3 and then option 2.
(Or visit the Nissan Online News Bureau at nissannews.com)
NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION U.S.A.
Sales Report - May 1998
Month-End Results
Cur. Year DSR % CYTD Year DSR %
Month Ago +/- Total Ago +/-
Nissan Motor
Corporation-Total52,992 62,507 -12.0 231,146 323,055 -26.1
Selling Days 26 27 -- 124 128 --
Nissan Division
Total Sales 48,813 56,943 -11.0 209,666 297,401 -27.2
NORTH AMERICA
(Memo) - Car** 27,748 26,837 7.4 100,087 137,242 -24.7
- Truck 7,748 13,232 -39.2 38,451 75,604 -47.5
- Total North
America 35,496 40,069 -8.0 138,538 212,846 -32.8
IMPORT
- Car** 8,866 10,001 -7.9 44,370 54,616 -16.1
- Truck 4,451 6,873 -32.7 26,758 29,939 -7.7
- Total Import 13,317 16,874 -18.0 71,128 84,555 -13.2
- Total Car 36,614 36,838 3.2 144,457 191,858 -22.3
- Total Truck 12,199 20,105 -37.0 65,209 105,543 -36.2
- (Hawaii)* 421 320 -- 2,091 1,879 --
Infiniti Division
Total Sales 4,179 5,564 -22.0 21,480 25,654 -13.6
- Total Car 2,959 3,889 -21.0 15,067 18,636 -16.5
- Total Truck 1,220 1,675 -24.4 6,413 7,018 -5.7
- (Hawaii)* 14 17 -- 72 76 --
TOTAL IMPORT
- Car 11,825 13,890 -11.6 59,437 73,252 -16.2
- Truck 5,671 8,548 -31.1 33,171 36,957 -7.3
- Total Import 17,496 22,438 -19.0 92,608 110,209 -13.3
ALL NUMBERS INCLUDE HAWAII
* Hawaii is broken out separately for information only.
** Year-ago sales of Mexico-produced cars are reclassified from Import to
North America.
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