Nissan North America January sales up 10.4%
Nissan North America (NNA) has reported a 10.4% increase in 2012 January sales to 79,313 units compared to 71,847 units a year earlier.
Nissan Division sales saw a 12.5% rise during the month at 72,517 units, over the 64,442 units sold in January 2011.
Sales of Infiniti vehicles fell by 8.2% to 6,796 units compared to 7,405 a year earlier, while Nissan Rogue sales were up by 5.1% to 9,904 units.
The automaker's truck lineup has seen a 21.6% rise over last January, which is led by Frontier which has seen an increase of 35.3% while Pathfinder sales rose to 30.6%.
The company reported sales of 9,418 units for Versa in January, an increase of 8.5% compared to the same period prior year.
In January the sales of the Infiniti QX luxury utility totaled 1,020, an increase of 30.4% over last year.
Nissan Division vice president and general manager Al Castignetti said the company carried momentum from a strong finish to 2011 into January.
"January's performance, especially for key models like Altima, Versa, Rogue and Frontier, reinforces our optimism that 2012 is going to be an even better year than 2011 for Nissan," Castignetti said.
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