Nissan has said that its global sales in 2013 increased 3.3% year-on-year to 5,102,979 units, a new calendar year record.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 678,824 units in Japan, up 2.9% year-on-year.

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In Japan, Nissan’s vehicle registrations in 2013 decreased 2.7% year-on-year to 492,895 units.

Sales outside of Japan increased 3.4% year-on-year to 4,424,155 units. Nissan highlights included:

  • In the US, sales increased 9.4% year-on-year to 1,248,421 units, a calendar year record.
  • In Mexico, sales increased 7.6% year-on-year to 264,463 units, a calendar year record.
  • In Europe, sales decreased 4% year-on-year to 651,476 units.
  • In China, sales were up 17.2% year-on-year to 1,266,167 units, achieving a calendar year record. Nissan said there have been six straight months of sales increases in China since July.
  • Sales in other regions decreased 5.1% year-on-year to 900,804 units.

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