July 4th,
2003
New
record set by End of Financial Year sales
REGISTERING
its highest June sales in thirteen years with a total of 6323 units,
Nissan Australia has achieved its best monthly sales result since
October 1990 and a 17% increase over the same period last year. The driving force behind that exceptional result
was the company’s popular commercial vehicle range. With 4696 units
sold, June 2003 was Nissan’s most successful commercial vehicle sales
month ever!
Navara 4x4 sales also hit a new high in June with
1310 units, a 64% increase over the same period last year. Other outstanding results came from the Patrol
wagon with 1181 sales - its best June result since 1999 - and the
workhorse Patrol cab-chassis with 411 sales. Nissan’s popular passenger vehicle range also
performed strongly during June, notching up 1627 sales. The all-new 350Z sports coupe recorded an
impressive 181 sales during the month, taking total Z sales in the five
months since launch to 913 units – well above the vehicle’s original
annual forecast. And the popular Pulsar contributed strongly to
Nissan’s outstanding month with 1359 units. Nissan’s director of
sales and marketing, Paul Stead, said the excellent sales result
achieved during the second quarter was expected to continue. “We are in the process of announcing some
significant updates to our Pulsar, X-TRAIL and Patrol line-ups, as well
as a pre-release sales campaign for our fantastic all-new 350Z
Roadster,” said Mr Stead. “With these enhancements to our popular
passenger and commercial vehicle ranges, we expect that Nissan’s
winning streak will continue.”
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Its
most popular model, the extreme X-TRAIL four-wheel drive, convincingly
outsold all its rivals in the compact SUV segment for the third
consecutive month and accounted for 1437 sales in June – its best
month on record. 