{"id":192,"date":"2011-03-05T14:19:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredericknissan.com\/blogs\/52\/?p=192"},"modified":"2011-03-05T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T18:19:21","slug":"maryland-nissan-sales-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/uncategorized\/maryland-nissan-sales-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"NISSAN ACHIEVES RECORD U.S. MARKET SHARE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153\" title=\"nissan logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fredericknissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/nissan-logo.gif\" alt=\"nissan logo\" width=\"371\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nissanusa.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nissan North America<\/a>, Inc. (NNA) today reported a record U.S. market  share of 9.3 percent in February \u2013 the highest share ever achieved in  any month in the company\u2019s history.  These gains add to the company\u2019s  continued string of U.S. market share advances, including a gain of 0.4  percentage points in 2010 calendar year when NNA placed amongst the top  three fastest growing automotive manufacturers in the U.S.  In February, NNA achieved sales of 92,370 units versus 70,189 units a  year earlier, an increase of 31.6 percent.  Nissan Division sales were <strong> up 31.8 percent<\/strong> for the month and also set a new February record.  Sales  of Infiniti vehicles rose 29.9 percent over the prior year and marked  the 13th consecutive month of double digit sales improvement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNissan continues to grow in the U.S. market through rigorous  improvements in our Marketing effectiveness, entry into new product  segments like commercial vehicles and strengthening our performance in  existing segments,\u201d said Carlos Tavares, chairman, Nissan Americas.  \u201cAs  we bring on stream more new products like the NV commercial van line,  the all-new Nissan Quest and other future products we intend for our  presence in the market to grow further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nissan Division (83,226 sales) was up 31.8 percent over February  2010 for a market share of 8.4 percent \u2013 a record for any month.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericknissan.com\/searchnew.aspx?make=Nissan&amp;model=Rogue\" target=\"_blank\">Nissan Rogue<\/a> (11,427) was up 86.0 percent versus last year and set a new all time volume and segment share record.<\/li>\n<li>Nissan Sentra (12,599 sales) was up 62.2 percent versus last year for a segment share of 10.5 percent \u2013 the best since Sept. 1996.<\/li>\n<li>Nissan Maxima (5,318 sales) set a new February segment share record at 11.3 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Nissan Frontier (3,527 sales) was up 39.3 percent versus last year and the best February segment share since 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Nissan Armada (1,806) was up 49.1 percent versus last year and tied its best segment share ever at 10.2 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infiniti Division (9,144 sales) was up 29.9 percent over the  prior year for a share of \u2018Total Luxury\u2019 of 8.7 percent \u2013 a February  record.<\/li>\n<li>Infiniti Division has posted 13 consecutive monthly double digit  sales increases and was the fastest growing import luxury brand in the  U.S. in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>G Sedan (4,044 sales) was up 50.6 percent versus last year and set a new all-time share record of 11.6 percent.<\/li>\n<li>QX56 (902 sales) set a new February share record of 9.7 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NOTE: To ensure consistency in global sales reporting, Nissan North  America calculates monthly variances on a straight-percentage basis,  unadjusted for the number of selling days. Both February 2011 and  February 2010 had 24 selling days.  In North America, Nissan&#8217;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 and has been recognized  as a 2010 ENERGY STAR\u00ae Partner of the Year by the U.S Environmental  Protection Agency. More information on Nissan in North America, the  Nissan LEAF and zero emissions can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nissanusa.com\/\">www.nissanusa.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported a record U.S. market share of 9.3 percent in February \u2013 the highest share ever achieved in any month in the company\u2019s history. These gains add to the company\u2019s continued string of U.S. market share advances, including a gain of 0.4 percentage points in 2010 calendar year when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,24,25,29,37,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youngernissan.com\/blogs\/52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}