NISSAN REPORTS ASIA AND OCEANIA SALES FOR MAY 2013
HONG KONG--Media OutReach--June 10 2013-- Nissan today announced its May sales for the Asia and Oceania region, totaling 22,620 units, down 18.2% versus the previous year.
|
May |
May |
Monthly |
YTD |
YTD |
YTD |
|
2013 |
2012 |
% chg |
2013 |
2012 |
% chg |
|
4,550 |
10,126 |
-55.1% |
8,960 |
15,929 |
-43.8% |
|
5,940 |
6,883 |
-13.7% |
11,070 |
11,566 |
-4.3% |
|
5,300 |
5,500 |
-3.6% |
9,310 |
10,943 |
-14.9% |
|
4,540 |
2,825 |
60.7% |
8,000 |
5,459 |
46.5% |
Other |
2,290 |
2,303 |
-0.6% |
4,420 |
4,224 |
4.6% |
TOTAL |
22,620 |
27,637 |
-18.2% |
41,760 |
48,121 |
-13.2% |
* Please note May 2013 figures (all in bold) are rounded to last digit.
HIGHLIGHTS
Thailand
- The expiration of the government's first-car buyer incentive program has continued to impact sales in the sub-compact car segment.
- Commercial vehicles, however, reported a 40.7 percent increase compared to last May. Navara sales were up 34.3 percent to 1,080 units.
Australia
- Passenger vehicles led May sales with Pulsar recording 1,178 unit sales, the model's second-best sales result since its launch last August.
- Sales of SUVs and pick-up trucks decreased compared to the prior year.
Indonesia
- Grand Livina drove sales
for
- Evalia recorded 550 units of sales while March sold 670 units for the month.
Malaysia
- Edaran Tan Chong Motor's (ETCM) May sales hit an all-time monthly high of 4,540 units, a 60.7 percent increase from the prior year.
- Almera (2,270 units) and Grand Livina (790 units) were the main contributors to May sales.
"Sales
in the region has been impacted by government measures," said Takayuki Kimura,
Nissan regional vice president for Asia and
Note 1: Nissan's May sales figures as above are rounded to last digit.
Note 2: Nissan's Asia region does not
include
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11 Jun 2013