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Nissan North America Announces March 2007 Sales


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SEE ALSO: Nissan Buyers Guide
SEE ALSO: Infiniti Buyers Guide

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 3 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales of 111,119 units in March, up 3.9 percent from the prior year. Nissan Division sales increased by 2.8 percent over last year. Infiniti Division posted a sales increase of 12.6 percent versus the prior year. For the fiscal year, NNA sales total 1,035,003, a 4.0 percent decrease versus 2006.

  NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
   -- March sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 97,242 units increased by 2.8
      percent on a daily sales rate basis compared with last year's 91,209
      units sold.
   -- The Altima continued to build momentum with sales of 27,521 units, up
      11.6 percent over last March.
   -- Sales of the new Versa subcompact reached 6,573 units last month.
   -- For the fiscal year, Nissan division sales total 910,499, a 3.6
      percent decrease over last year.

  INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
   -- Sales for Infiniti were up 12.6 percent, with 13,877 units sold, as
      compared with last March's 11,886 units.
   -- The all-new G Sedan contributed sales of 6,656 units, up 59.6 percent
      over last March.
   -- For the fiscal year, Infiniti sales total 124,504, down 7.0 percent
      from the previous year.

  NNA INFORMATION
   -- For the month of March, Nissan and Infiniti sales totaled 111,119, a
      3.9 percent increase over March 2006 when compared with last year's
      sales of 103,095 units.
   -- Combined fiscal year sales for NNA totaled 1,035,003 down 4.0 percent
      over last year's sales of 1,075,097 units.
  NISSAN DIVISION SALES

                        March   March  Monthly DSR  CYTD    CYTD    CYTD DSR
                         2007    2006    % Change   2007    2006    % Change

  Nissan Division Total 97,242  91,209       2.8  246,436 234,040      2.6

  Versa                  6,573     N/A       N/A   16,195     N/A      N/A
  Sentra                 9,654  11,035     -15.6   25,823  30,787    -18.3
  Altima                27,521  23,790      11.6   74,029  60,628     18.9
  Maxima                 5,180   6,376     -21.7   13,597  16,590    -20.2
  350Z                   2,561   3,014     -18.1    5,258   7,033    -27.2
  Total Car             51,489  44,215      12.3  134,902 115,038     14.2

  Frontier               7,254   8,433     -17.1   17,210  19,824    -15.4
  Xterra                 5,705   6,968     -21.0   15,609  18,616    -18.3
  Pathfinder             6,323   8,489     -28.2   16,151  21,248    -26.0
  Murano                11,822   8,787      29.7   26,418  23,196     10.9
  Quest                  3,404   2,812      16.7    8,458   6,453     27.7
  Armada                 3,682   3,177      11.8    8,842   8,388      2.7
  Titan                  7,563   8,328     -12.4   18,847  21,277    -13.7
  Total Truck           45,753  46,994      -6.1  111,534 119,002     -8.7

  North American
   Produced             82,859  79,409       0.6  214,761 203,808      2.6
  Car                   48,928  41,201      14.5  129,644 108,005     16.9
  Truck                 33,931  38,208     -14.4   85,117  95,803    -13.5
  Import                14,383  11,800      17.5   31,675  30,232      2.1
  Car                    2,561   3,014     -18.1    5,258   7,033    -27.2
  Truck                 11,822   8,786      29.7   26,417  23,199     10.9

  INFINITI DIVISION SALES

                        March   March  Monthly DSR  CYTD    CYTD   CYTD DSR
                         2007    2006   % Change    2007    2006   % Change

  Infiniti Division
   Total                13,877  11,886      12.6   32,545  29,187      8.6

  I35                        0       0       N/A      N/A       0    -98.9
  G Sedan                6,656   4,022      59.6   15,323   9,338     59.8
  G Coupe                1,336   1,807     -28.7    2,991   4,968    -41.4
  M                      2,768   2,629       1.5    6,264   6,521     -6.4
  Q45                        2      80     -97.6       14     184    -92.4
  QX56                     936   1,191     -24.2    2,499   3,077    -20.9
  FX                     2,179   2,157      -2.6    5,453   5,096      4.2
  Total Car             10,762   8,538      21.5   24,592  21,012     14.0

  Total Truck            3,115   3,348     -10.3    7,952   8,175     -5.3

  COMBINED NISSAN AND
   INFINITI SALES
                        March   March  Monthly DSR  CYTD    CYTD   CYTD DSR
                         2007    2006   % Change    2007    2006   % Change

  TOTAL VEHICLE        111,119 103,095       3.9  278,981 263,227      3.2

  Total Car             62,251  52,753      13.8  159,494 136,050     14.2

  Total Truck           48,868  50,342      -6.4  119,486 127,177     -8.5

  Selling Days              28      27                 77      75

  * All numbers include Hawaii.
  * Infiniti division: 2 QX4s were sold in CY06.