Nissan North America Announces December Sales [Jan. 3, 08]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 3, 2008) – Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales of 89,555 units in December, a 2.4 percent decrease from the prior year. Nissan Division sales declined by 2.2 percent over last year for the month, while Infiniti Division sales decreased by 3.5 percent versus the prior year. NNA finished the 2007 calendar year with sales totaling 1,068,238 units, a 4.5% increase over 2006.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS· Nissan-brand vehicles saw sales of 76,900 units, a 2.2 percent decrease on a daily sales rate basis compared with last year’s 78,663 units sold. · Sales of the all-new Rogue crossover totaled 6,288 units in its third month of sales.· The Versa subcompact saw a record December, with sales of 6,214 units, up 49.8 percent versus the prior year.· The Altima achieved record sales in December, with 25,151 units, including 2,977 units of Altima Coupe and 964 Altima Hybrids. The Altima also experienced a record calendar year, with 2007 sales totaling 284,762 units.· Nissan Division sales for 2007 totaled 941,200 units, a record calendar year and a 4.5 percent increase over 2006

Rogue sales continue to improve. Numbers for the Rogue's first 3 full months.

October = 5,038November = 5,650December = 6,2882007 sales total = 17,808

January = 54352008 sales total = 5435

In Canada the Rogue led all Nissan sales for December with 1313 sold (mine was one!)http://www.newswire.ca/en/rele....html

Cristen wrote:In Canada the Rogue led all Nissan sales for December with 1313 sold (mine was one!)http://www.newswire.ca/en/rele....html

So Rogue sales are at 20700 between the US and Canada in the first 3 months. I know it may be early but it looks to me like the build quality of the Rogue is outstanding so far. Just take peak at some other forums for small crossovers and you'll see numerous posts for problems and issues, and this includes several significant problems on the small SUV sales leader the Honda CRV.

Ticmxman wrote: ... and this includes several significant problems on the small SUV sales leader the Honda CRV.

Oh wow, really! ... could you be more specific, what significant problems are there? ... are there any significant problems with the FWD CR-V?

PINODY wrote:Oh wow, really! ... could you be more specific, what significant problems are there? ... are there any significant problems with the FWD CR-V?

Significant probably was a little bit to stong of a word for me to choose. Please note that the majority of CRV owners are probably happy with their vehicle. But there are some current issues and past problems that continue...ac...pull to right...rear differential. I traded an 03 CRV with a transmission issue with 45K miles. The rear differential problem is in AWD only.

Rear differential problem: http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX/.f12b00f/84

Mixed problems for current and past years CRVs, including pull to the right in an 2008 CRV that was returned to the dealer:http://townhall-talk.edmunds.c.../5709

Rear main oil leak problem 2007CRV:http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX/.f10d3d2/17

Modified by Ticmxman at 8:33 AM 1/5/2008
Modified by Ticmxman at 8:35 AM 1/5/2008

The stalling, and not starting issue was one of the items that stopped me from a CRV. That and the fact that the Nissan Dealer was a couple of miles away while the Honda dealer/service was 30 miles away.

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.c...start

Very impressive sales numbers for the Rogue. Nissan must be extremely pleased!!!

The Rogue is the third highest selling vehicle in the Nissan/Infiniti fleet. Altima sold 25k units, Sentra 6879 and the Rogue 6288.

Rogue outsold Versa by a very slim margin (6214) and all other vehicles for the company.

January Sales figures are out.

Jan '08 = 543508 sales total = 5435

October = 5,038November = 5,650December = 6,2882007 sales total = 17,808

Down a bit from December, but I'm sure Nissan is exceedingly happy with these sales figures so far.