The passenger car business segment achieved a month-on-month growth, and the Nissan Qashqai set the best sales record in August

(September 6, 2022, Beijing) Nissan Motor Co. today announced the results for August and January-August 2022 in China. Nissan Motor China’s August sales, including the passenger car and light commercial vehicle business segments, were 99,570 units, down 12.0% year-on-year. Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.’s (DFL) passenger vehicle segment (including Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands) sold 88,133 units, down 8.9% year-on-year and up 1.9% month-on-month. The light commercial vehicle segment (including Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Nissan) sold 11,437 units, down 30.4% year-on-year.

Affected by external factors such as the shortage of components such as chips in the industry and the new crown epidemic, Nissan Motor’s sales in China, including the two business segments of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, from January to August were 745,793 units, down 18.5% year-on-year.

Nissan’s sales performance in China ^* (passenger car + light commercial vehicle + vehicle import)

Number of units sold in August	compared to the same month last year	Number of units sold from January to August	year-on-year
99,570	-12.0%	745,793	-18.5%

Passenger car business segment of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands ^** )

Number of units sold in August	compared to the same month last year	Number of units sold from January to August	year-on-year
88,133	-8.9%	623,413	-17.2%

Light commercial vehicle business segment of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Nissan)

Number of units sold in August	compared to the same month last year	Number of units sold from January to August	year-on-year
11,437	-30.4%	122,380	-24.7%

*The passenger car in the above table is the retail sales data, and the light commercial vehicle is the wholesale sales data

Mr. Shohei Yamazaki, Senior Vice President of Nissan Motor Company, Chairman of Nissan China Management Committee, and President of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., said: “With the improvement of the shortage of parts and components such as chips in the whole industry and the prevention and control of the epidemic, we are very pleased to see The month-on-month growth of the passenger vehicle segment through this month.”

Mr. Shohei Yamazaki added: “The business environment remains uncertain for the rest of 2022. With the improvement in the supply of parts and the overall improvement of the domestic epidemic situation, as well as a series of government incentives With the auto consumption policy, we look forward to seeing the company’s business continue to recover by the end of the year.”

1 ) August sales highlights

• Within the scope of Nissan (passenger car + light commercial vehicle + imported vehicle)
  • In August 2022, Nissan’s retail sales in China were 99,570 units.

• Passenger car business segment of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands ^** )
  • Dongfeng Nissan (including Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands) sold 88,133 units in August, up 1.9% from the previous month. Among them, the sales volume of Nissan brand models was 80,006 units; the sales volume of Venucia brand models was 7,637 units, a year-on-year increase of 31.5%.
  • Dongfeng Nissan (including Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands) accumulated sales of 623,413 units from January to August. Among them, the cumulative sales volume of Nissan brand models was 556,032 units; the cumulative sales volume of Venucia brand models was 62,331 units, a year-on-year increase of 35.0%.

• Light commercial vehicle business segment of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Nissan)
  • The light commercial vehicle segment sold 11,437 units in August. Among them, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. sold 8,324 units; Zhengzhou Nissan sold 3,113 units.
  • In the light commercial vehicle segment, the cumulative sales volume from January to August was 122,380 units, a year-on-year decrease of 24.7%.

2 ) Product related

• Dongfeng Nissan ‘s sales of sedan and SUV models in August and January-August are as follows:
  • Nissan’s seventh-generation Teana ALTIMA (14,176 units sold) and the Sylphy series (43,810 units sold, up 12.1% MoM) drove sales growth of Nissan- branded sedan models this month. Nissan’s seventh-generation Teana ALTIMA from January to August (cumulative sales of 104,686 units, up 12% year-on-year) drove the growth of Nissan’s sedan models from January to August.
  • Total sales of Dongfeng Nissan’s SUV lineup , which includes the Nissan, Venucia and Infiniti brands, were 23,834 units in August. The Nissan Qashqai (15,358 units sold, up 15% year-on-year) had its best August sales record. Loulan, Qijun, Qashqai and Kicks all achieved month-on-month growth, driving the growth of Dongfeng Nissan’s SUV models this month.
  • Venucia V (3,072 units sold), Venucia D60 series (3,992 units sold), and Venucia D60EV (3,397 units sold, up 276% year-on-year) drove Venucia ‘s sales growth in August.
  • The QX50, Q50L and the all-new Infiniti QX60 drove Dongfeng Infiniti’s sales growth in August.

• From January to August, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. sold a total of 90,707 units, including 11,392 new energy vehicles and 5,650 export models.
• The Nissan Navara and Dongfeng Ruiqi pickups (2,222 units sold) drove the increase in Zhengzhou Nissan ‘s August sales.

**Includes Infiniti imported models.