Nissan Motor sold 117,100 cars in China in September through its local joint venture with Dongfeng, up 83.4% year on year, the Japanese automaker said on Tuesday.
That followed a 1% rise in August and a 1.8% increase in July, Reuters reported.
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The news agency noted the sharp rise in sales last month was due partly to low sales last September after Japan’s decision to nationalise disputed islands in the East China Sea sparked anti-Japan sentiment among Chinese consumers.
In the first nine months of 2013, Nissan sold 885,700 vehicles, up 0.2%.
Meanwhile, Mazda and its local joint ventures reported a 34.4% rise in September sales, although sales in the first nine months of the year were down 15.8%.
