Nissan’s China business achieves highest-ever July sales

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd. said its sales in China rose 11.6% in July from a year ago to 120,945 vehicles, the highest-ever July sales and the fifth-month-in-a-row growth the Japanese automaker has achieved.

Its PV business arm—including Dongfeng Nissan and Dongfeng Venucia—delivered a total of 99,540 vehicles in July, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%.

Dongfeng Nissan also achieved its best-ever July sales (including the sales of Nissan-branded imported models) with 94,238 vehicles handed over to consumers, a 13.5% growth compared to the year-ago period.

(Sylphy, photo source: Dongfeng Nissan)

The joint venture posted sustained growth in both car and SUV July sales. To be specific, the deliveries of the seven-generation Altima and the Sylphy series reached 10,161 units (+20.5%) and 46,851 units (+65%), while 31,809 consumers took delivery of SUVs, including 14,530 and 13,047 bought the X-trails and the Qashqais respectively.

Dongfeng Venucia had a sales volume of 5,302 vehicles in July. The Venucia Star (Chinese pinyin, “Xing”), the Venucia D60 and the Venucia T60 served as major sales contributors, with 2,139 units, 1,740 units and 784 units delivered respectively.

Nissan's light commercial vehicle (LCV) business in China logged a robust 31.3% increase by selling 18,662 vehicles in July. The wholesales of Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (DFAC) and Zhengzhou Nissan mounted up 33.4% and 24.3% to 14,623 units and 4,039 units.

Selling 717,287 vehicles in total, Nissan recorded a 13.2% year-on-year drop in China sales for the first seven months, 3.8% percentage points lower than the decrease in first-half volume.

“Although Nissan's China sales have continue to grow, there will be many uncertainties in the automobile market for the second half of the year as the COVID-19 pandemic still exists within and without China,” said Shohei Yamazaki, Senior vice president of Nissan and President of Dongfeng Motor Company Limited.