NISSAN ANNOUNCE APRIL SALES IN EUROPE

Nissan Announce April Sales Results in Europe

ROLLE, Switzerland (May 6, 2010) - Nissan in Europe has reported sales of  44,347 units in April, representing an increase of 17% year on year with a market share of 2.9%. TIV decreased by 5% versus April 2009. Although the TIV in France, UK and Spain are above last year and these markets were strong in April, Germany and Italy TIV were below last year's levels at 30% and 15% respectively.

Bernard Loire, Vice President Sales Operations for Nissan in Europe commented:

"Despite a decreasing April TIV in Europe, we managed to sell 17% more than last year and thus increase our market share by 0.5 points in April. Our order trends continue to be strong particularly on Qashqai which allow us to start May with a strong order bank."

Key markets highlights:

TIV increased above last year's levels in many markets

UK (+12%) France (+7%) Spain (+38%)

Italy (-15%) Germany (-30%)

TOP 10 COUNTRIES for April 2010

Product Highlights

• Note sales +23%
• Qashqai sales +28%
• Navara sales +16%

TOP 5 PRODUCTS for April 2010

About Nissan in Europe

Nissan employs around 12,500 people in its European design, research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales and marketing operations. In calendar year 2009, the company sold 498,027 vehicles across 40 markets in Western and Eastern Europe including Russia. Furthermore, the company produced a total of 390,727 vehicles in its Spanish and British plants.

For more information, please go to http://www.newsroom.nissan-europe.com 

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CONTACT

For further information on all markets, please contact Nissan Corporate Communications - Europe.

Sara Jenkins Legouge NE Corporate Communications +41 21 822 59 13

E-mail: slegouge@nissan-europe.com

Editor's Notes:

(*)        The sales figures quoted are retail sales figures for a large European scope covering all of Nissan Europe's markets including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel and the French Overseas Territories.

            These figures are not to be confused with the figures published by the ACEA who report registration             figures and do not cover such a broad European scope as Nissan.

The market shares provided are based on the provisional Total Industry Volume (TIV) figures.                                                               

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