QOTD: How Many Leafs Were Bought So Far?
A game of two questions: How many Nissan Leaf do you think were sold so far? And where does it sell the best? Answer after the jump.
There you go:
Official numbers, factory-direct. How close were your guesses?
(FY=Fiscal Year. FY12= April 2012 to date.)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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So Europeans as usual are behind the curve. Why everyone else are buying less of Leaf they just discovered it.
Worth noting that FY12 covers less than eight months at this point. We'll see what the final tally ends up at, but extrapolating out to a full 12 month sales window it's not far off of FY11 sales.