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To: EPS who wrote (64)	6/3/1998 8:11:00 AM
From: EPS	Respond to of 124

Nissan Division Reports May Sales 2 June 1998 Nissan Division Reports May Sales - Altima Records Best May Ever - CARSON, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nissan Division of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. (NMC) reported total sales of 48,813 units. All Nissan models, except Quest and 240SX, reported strong increases over last month, with total sales up 34.0 percent. Recording its best May ever and its best month since launch of the new model, Nissan Altima sales totaled 17,811 units, up 19.3 percent over last year. The Sentra turned in sales of 7,975 units, up 14.5 percent over last year. Maxima sales totaled 8,689 units, bringing total May sedan sales to 34,475 units, up 10.7 percent versus last year. Frontier, Pathfinder and Quest sales totaled 6,668, 4,451 and 1,080 units, respectively, bringing combined truck sales to 12,199 units for the month. Overall, the division was down 11 percent versus last year. Combined May sales for Nissan and Infiniti Divisions totaled 52,992 units. Sales of Nissan's North American-produced vehicles accounted for 72.7 percent of May sales. Calendar year-to-date sales totaled 231,146 units, versus 323,055 units in 1997. Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A., which includes the Infiniti luxury division, markets and distributes Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in the United States to more than 1,200 dealers. Note: All numbers include Hawaii. Percentage based on DSR. 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.

To: EPS who wrote (64)	6/3/1998 8:14:00 AM
From: EPS	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 124

J.D. Power expands quality survey on new cars Defect numbers will jump as result May 28, 1998 BY CHARLOTTE W. CRAIG Free Press Automotive Writer When J.D. Power and Associates releases its closely watched survey of new-car quality next week, the number of reported defects per model will be much higher than last year. Not to worry, says the chief researcher for the California-based company: Vehicle quality has remained about the same. It's the survey itself that has changed. Chance Parker, director of product research for J.D. Power, said the company has raised the number of questions in its decade-old Initial Quality Study, giving consumers about 135 defects they can check "yes" or "no," versus about 90 in the old survey. So the number of defects per 100 new cars will be up. "But the quality of cars and trucks has been maintained. It's the instrument that has changed," Parker told members of Detroit's Automotive Press Association on Wednesday. He said the survey's new list of possible defects scoops up technological gadgets that have been added to vehicles over the past decade. It also removes some defects that "don't occur much anymore -- like engine dieseling and body rust -- that are taking up space," Parker said. The new questionnaire also groups problems in a more consumer-oriented pattern, Parker said. For instance, seats and sound systems have their own categories, rather than being lumped together in one category for electrical systems. Left unsaid: With 1997's survey registering an unprecedented 22-percent improvement over 1996 quality, many models were averaging less than one defect per new car, making it difficult to distinguish any real difference among models. Nissan, Toyota and Honda divisions were the top finishers in last year's study. Vehicles in those divisions had no more than 0.6 defects per car. Saturn, the top domestic finisher, averaged 0.73 defects. Business writer Charlotte W. Craig can be reached at 1-313-222-8775.