OREANDA-NEWS. June 19, 2015. Nissan announced European sales for May of 59,368 units (Nissan and Datsun), representing a market share of 4.2 percent.

  2015 2014
May sales (units) 59,368 55,974
May market share 4.2% 3.7%

May highlights:

  • UK sales totaled 12,339 the highest-ever May sales, beating last year's record by 1,429 units.
  • LEAF sales in the UK were the highest ever in May at 362 units, beating last year by almost 100 units.
  • Nissan in Spain increased sales by 41 percent vs. previous year, with 5,191 units sold.
  • Germany totaled 5,487 units with 2.1 percent market share marking the best market share for May in 17 years.
  • Italy increased sales by more than 20 percent vs. previous year, recording 5,482 units sold.
  • France sales totaled 5,443 vehicles, representing a market share of 3.8 percent.
  • Datsun sales in Russia totaled 3,367 units.
Top Five European Markets for May 2015
# MARKET UNIT SALES
1 UK 12,339
2 RUSSIA 11,221
3 ITALY 5,719
4 GERMANY 5,487
5 FRANCE 5,443
Top Five Models for May 2015
# MODEL UNIT SALES
1 QASHQAI 19,166
2 JUKE 9,233
3 X TRAIL 6,884
4 MICRA 4,750
5 PULSAR 3,901

(Russia = Nissan & Datsun)