Nissan North America Announces Best Month Ever; NNA Achieves More than 19% Increase in July Sales Over 2004

Business Wire, August 2, 2005

GARDENA, Calif. -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) (Nasdaq:NSANY) continues its sales momentum by reporting 107,300 total sales in July, an increase of 19.4% over last year. This month marks the best sales month in the history of Nissan North America, as well the Nissan division. In addition, it was the best July ever for the Infiniti division. Strong July sales of Nissan models including Murano, Titan, and the Infiniti M set all-time records. At the same time, Altima, Pathfinder, and Armada, as well as Infiniti models G35 Sedan, QX56, and FX achieved their best-ever July sales.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

--Best month ever for Nissan Division

--July sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 93,905 units were up 20.5 percent when compared to last year with 80,935 units sold

--Murano (7,550 units sold) and Titan (9,114) had their best month ever; Altima (24,865), Pathfinder (8,249), and Armada (3,909) had their best July

--Calendar year-to-date sales are up 17.3 percent with 570,202 units sold

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

--Best July ever for Infiniti Division

--Sales for Infiniti were up 12.5% percent from last July with 13,395 units sold

--The all-new M continued its strong sales momentum with 2,755 units sold making it the best month yet

--G35 Sedan (3,954 units sold), FX (2,733) and QX56 (1,294) had their best July

--Calendar year-to-date sales are up 8.1 percent with 79,819 units sold

NNA INFORMATION

--It was the best month ever in NNA history with 107,300 units sold when compared to last year with 93,297 units sold. The previous monthly record was last March with 105,804 vehicles sold

--Calendar year-to-date sales through July are up 16.1 percent with 650,021 units sold

In North America, NNA's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on NNA and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.nissannews.com or by contacting the corporate media line at 310/771-5631.

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NISSAN DIVISION SALES
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                  July    July   Monthly     CYTD     CYTD   CYTD DSR
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                   2005    2004  % Change     2005     2004  % Change
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Nissan Division
 Total           93,905  80,935      20.5% 570,202  491,410      17.3%
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Sentra           12,369   9,162      40.2%  74,686   66,927      12.8%
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Altima           24,865  22,933      12.6% 155,341  139,632      12.5%
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Maxima            6,680   7,277      -4.7%  44,193   42,884       4.2%
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350Z              2,513   2,578       1.2%  17,098   19,417     -11.0%
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Total Car        46,427  41,950      14.9% 291,318  268,860       9.6%
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Frontier          7,749   7,010      14.8%  42,229   40,696       4.9%
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Xterra            6,325   6,112       7.5%  40,732   39,278       4.9%
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Pathfinder        8,249   3,334     156.9%  46,317   16,821     178.4%
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Murano            7,550   5,593      40.2%  44,639   32,548      38.7%
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Quest             4,582   4,657       2.2%  27,255   30,448      -9.5%
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Armada            3,909   3,553      14.3%  24,550   19,716      25.9%
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Titan             9,114   8,726       8.5%  53,162   43,043      24.9%
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Total Truck      47,478  38,985      26.5% 278,884  222,550      26.7%
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North American
 Produced        83,817  69,429      25.4% 507,324  422,599      21.4%
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Car              43,914  39,371      15.8% 274,220  249,418      11.2%
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Truck            39,903  30,058      37.9% 233,104  173,181      36.1%
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Import           10,088  11,506      -9.0%  62,878   68,811      -7.6%
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Car               2,513   2,579       1.2%  17,098   19,442     -11.1%
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Truck             7,575   8,927     -11.9%  45,780   49,369      -6.2%
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INFINITI DIVISION SALES
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                  July    July   Monthly     CYTD     CYTD   CYTD DSR
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                   2005    2004  % Change     2005     2004  % Change
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Infiniti
 Division Total  13,395  12,362      12.5%  79,819   74,672       8.1%
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I35                  12   1,125     -98.9%   1,027    7,205     -85.6%
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G35 Sedan         3,954   3,921       4.7%  25,319   24,603       4.1%
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G35 Coupe         2,515   2,859      -8.6%  15,846   17,260      -7.2%
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M                 2,755     292     879.8%  12,261    1,315     842.9%
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Q45                 130     200     -32.5%     768    1,169     -33.6%
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QX56              1,294   1,247       7.8%   8,497    5,975      43.8%
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FX                2,733   2,717       4.5%  16,099   17,135      -5.0%
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Total Car         9,366   8,397      15.8%  55,220   51,553       8.3%
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Total Truck       4,029   3,965       5.5%  24,599   23,119       7.6%
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COMBINED NISSAN AND INFINITI SALES
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                  July    July   Monthly     CYTD     CYTD   CYTD DSR
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                   2005    2004  % Change     2005     2004  % Change
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TOTAL VEHICLE   107,300  93,297      19.4% 650,021  566,082      16.1%
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Total Car        55,793  50,347      15.1% 346,538  320,413       9.4%
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Total Truck      51,507  42,950      24.5% 303,483  245,669      24.9%
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Selling Days         26      27                178      180
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