Nissan North America Announces May 2008 Sales

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 3 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported May sales of 100,874 units, compared to 93,062 in the prior year. Adjusted for the number of selling days, sales were up 4.4 percent, marking a record May. On the same basis, Nissan Division sales rose 5.7 percent, from 82,314 units to 90,379 units, while the Infiniti Division saw sales of 10,495 units decrease from 10,748 units the prior year, a decline by 6.0 percent.

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  NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
  -- Nissan vehicles saw sales of 90,379 units in May, a 5.7 percent
     increase on a daily sales rate basis compared with May 2007's 82,314
     units sold, marking a record May for the Nissan Division.
  -- The Altima Sedan, Hybrid and Coupe combined for sales of 34,428 units,
     the best month in the vehicle's history, up 38.3 percent versus the
     prior year.
  -- Sales of the Versa subcompact reached 10,378 units, an increase of 10.6
     percent from May 2007.
  -- The Rogue achieved sales of 7,467 in May, the most that have been sold
     in any month since it launched in September 2007.
  -- Sales of Nissan cars combined for a year-on-year increase of 17.2
     percent, while truck sales fell 14.0 percent.

  INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
  -- Infiniti sales declined from 10,748 units to 10,495 units in May, a
     decrease of 6.0 percent.
  -- Sales of the G37 Coupe rose 90.3 percent over May 2007, with sales of
     2,275 units.
  -- Sales of the all-new EX reached 1,201 units in May. An all-new FX goes
     on sale later this month.

  NNA INFORMATION
  -- Combined sales for Nissan and Infiniti of 100,874 units, compared with
     last May's sales of 93,062 units, marked an increase of 4.4 percent on
     a daily sales rate basis and a record May.

In North America, NNA's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing.