Nissan Up 18% In December; 2009 Sales (Almost) Fully Exposed

Paul Niedermeyer
by Paul Niedermeyer

Some car makers make it easy; posting their sales details in a copy-friendly format instead of pdf. So the full details of Nissan’s not so bad December (up 18%) and not so great year (down 19%) are here for your perusal after the jump. First, the highlights:

  • Nissan Division posted sales of 64,296 units in December compared with 53,829 units sold in December 2008, a 19.4 percent increase.
  • Nissan Versa sales in December set a record for the month at 6,809 units, a 32.5 percent increase over December 2008 sales.
  • Other Nissan models with double-digit, year-over-year sales increases in December were Maxima (59.5 percent), Z (63 percent), Frontier (113.1 percent), Xterra (14.9 percent), Pathfinder (49.2 percent) and Armada (75.8 percent).
  • For calendar year 2009, Rogue set a record of 77,222 sales, a 7.2 percent increase over 2008, and sales of Maxima and Z saw increases of 13.3 percent and 26.9 percent, respectively, compared with calendar year 2008 sales.

Infiniti highlights and the full reveal follow:

Infiniti:

  • Infiniti sales for December 2009 were 9,108 units, up 10.1 percent from the 8,272 units sold in the same month a year earlier.
  • Infiniti EX sales set a December record with 901 units sold, a 2.7 percent increase over the 877 units sold in December 2008.
  • December sales of the Infiniti QX56 full-size luxury sport-utility vehicle rose 205.4 percent to 1,136 vehicles compared with December 2008 sales of 372 units.
  • Sales of the G37 Coupe totaled 1,626 units in December, a 54.4 percent increase over the same month in 2008, and FX sales were up 29.4 percent, to 1,096 units, compared with December 2008 sales of 847 vehicles.
NISSAN DIVISION


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December December Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD


2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg


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Nissan Division Total 64,296 53,829 19.4 689,014 838,361 -17.8


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Versa 6,809 5,138 32.5 82,906 85,182 -2.7


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Sentra 6,192 5,766 7.4 82,706 99,797 -17.1


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Cube 3,057 0 n/a 21,471 0 n/a


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Altima 18,643 17,311 7.7 203,568 269,668 -24.5


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Maxima 5,420 3,399 59.5 53,351 47,072 13.3


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350/370Z 924 567 63.0 13,117 10,337 26.9


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GT-R 119 149 -20.1 1,534 1,730 -11.3


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Total Car 41,164 32,330 27.3 458,653 513,786 -10.7


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Frontier 2,988 1,402 113.1 28,415 44,997 -36.9


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Titan 2,148 2,124 1.1 19,042 34,053 -44.1


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Xterra 1,864 1,622 14.9 16,455 33,579 -51.0


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Pathfinder 2,314 1,551 49.2 18,341 33,555 -45.3


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Armada 1,638 932 75.8 9,903 15,685 -36.9


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Rogue 6,551 6,916 -5.3 77,222 73,053 5.7


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Murano 5,502 6,461 -14.8 52,546 71,401 -26.4


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Quest 127 491 -74.1 8,437 18,252 -53.8


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Total Truck 23,132 21,499 7.6 230,361 324,575 -29.0


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North American


produced 48,143 39,736 21.2 523,124 681,840 -23.3


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Car 37,064 31,614 17.2 422,531 501,719 -15.8


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Truck 11,079 8,122 36.4 100,593 180,121 -44.2


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Import 16,153 14,093 14.6 165,890 156,521 6.0


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Car 4,100 716 472.6 36,122 12,067 199.3


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Truck 12,053 13,377 -9.9 129,768 144,454 -10.2


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INFINITI DIVISION


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December December Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD


2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg


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Infiniti Division


Total 9,108 8,272 10.1 81,089 112,989 -28.2


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G Sedan 3,541 3,929 -9.9 32,357 44,969 -28.0


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G Coupe 1,626 1,053 54.4 14,817 19,212 -22.9


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M 808 1,194 -32.3 8,501 15,618 -45.6


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QX56 1,136 372 205.4 6,440 7,657 -15.9


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EX 901 877 2.7 7,950 12,873 -38.2


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FX 1,096 847 29.4 11,024 12,660 -12.9


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Total Car 5,975 6,176 -3.3 55,675 79,799 -30.2


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Total Truck 3,133 2,096 49.5 25,414 33,190 -23.4


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NISSAN & INFINITI


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December December Monthly CYTD CYTD CYTD


2009 2008 % chg 2009 2008 % chg


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TOTAL VEHICLE 73,404 62,101 18.2 770,103 951,350 -19.1


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Total Car 47,139 38,506 22.4 514,328 593,585 -13.4


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Total Truck 26,265 23,595 11.3 255,775 357,765 -28.5


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Selling days 28 26 308 308


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* All numbers include Hawaii

SOURCE Nissan North America, Inc.

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  • PrincipalDan PrincipalDan on Jan 05, 2010

    (wolf whistle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) But Roger "Raji" Lowenthal from Be Cool called and wants his pimp coat back. I am seeing Versa's all over the place in my city of 20,000 that happens to have a Nissan dealer, mostly being driven by rather young people and a few gas saving commuters. But looking at the numbers I see a ton more Maxima's than I see Altima's around here, maybe folks in Gallup, NM just like bigger cars? I can't believe Armada sales are up that much though? WTF? A huge gas sucking SUV named after a fleet of Spanish ships that got their butts handed to them because they weren't maneuverable enough, and sales are actually UP?

  • ClutchCarGo ClutchCarGo on Jan 05, 2010

    That is one sweet, bitchin' ride in the photo. The car's not bad, either.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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