Nissan North America Announces December 2008 Sales

FRANKLIN, Tenn., January 5, 2009: Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales for December of 62,102 units versus 89,555 units a year ago, a decrease of 30.7 percent. Sales of Nissan Division vehicles decreased 30.0 percent, while sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased by 34.6 percent.

  NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
  -- Nissan vehicles saw sales of 53,829 units in December compared with
     76,900 units sold in December 2007, a 30.0 percent decrease.
  -- Nissan's crossovers experienced a strong December, with sales of the
     Rogue up 10.0 percent from the prior year with 6,916 units, and sales
     of Murano up 53.9 percent, at 6,461 units.
  -- For the 2008 calendar year, Nissan sales totaled 838,361 units, a
     decrease of 10.9 percent from 941,200 in 2007.
  INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
  -- Infiniti sales for December were 8,273 units, down from 12,655 a year
     ago, a decline of 34.6 percent.
  -- For the 2008 calendar year, Infiniti sales totaled 112,989 units, a
     decrease of 11.1 percent from 127,038 in 2007.
  NNA INFORMATION
  -- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 62,102 units, compared with
     last December's sales of 89,555 units, marked a decrease of 30.7
     percent.
  -- For the 2008 calendar year, combined sales of Nissan and Infiniti
     totaled 951,350 units, a 10.9 percent decrease from 2007.
  -- To ensure consistency in our global sales reporting, Nissan North
     America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis,
     unadjusted for the number of selling days in the month. This December
     had 26 selling days, as did December 2007.

In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling. More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at NISSAN USA and INFINITI.