[Snopes]

Does anyone have any idea how the Murano is selling? I ask for several reasons. 1) You don't see many around. 2) You don't see TV ads much anymore. 3) The lots here in Charlotte are _loaded_ with '03s. 4) The lots have very, very few '04s. 5) They sold me a SE AWD, leather, preferred/touring package, sunroof, chrome wheels for a little over the base price. 6) The Nissan salesman said the FX35 was not selling well and might be discontinued (but he said this when I told him I was considering the FX35).

Does anyone have any hard numbers (and what they mean in terms of financial success or failure of the model)?

George

 

[familyman]

NISSAN DIVISION SALES

September September Monthly DSR CYTD CYTD CYTD DSR
2003 2002 % Change 2003 2002 % Change
Nissan Division Total 58,989 48,796 15.9 505,679 503,130 0.5
Sentra 8,570 7,674 7.0 71,348 82,641 -13.7
Altima 16,459 16,431 -4.0 154,860 155,933 -0.7
Maxima 6,895 6,813 -3.0 69,856 81,111 -13.9
350Z 3,386 2,407 34.8 29,737 3,646 715.6
Total Car 35,310 33,360 1.4 325,940 323,379 0.8
Frontier 6,127 5,481 7.1 48,986 58,600 -16.4
Xterra 5,576 5,190 3.0 50,007 61,066 -18.1
Pathfinder 3,260 3,628 -13.9 27,390 45,234 -39.4
Murano 4,644 N/A N/A 41,050 N/A N/A
Quest 4,008 1,137 237.8 12,242 14,851 -17.6
Total Truck 23,679 15,436 47.0 179,739 179,751 0.0
North America Produced 47,607 35,913 27.0 381,162 373,092 2.2
Car 31,896 24,105 26.8 269,927 238,575 13.1
Truck 15,711 11,808 27.5 111,235 134,517 -17.3
Import 11,382 12,883 -15.3 124,517 130,038 -4.2
Car 3,414 9,255 -64.6 56,013 84,804 -34.0
Truck 7,968 3,628 110.5 68,504 45,234 51.4

INFINITI DIVISION SALES

September September Monthly DSR CYTD CYTD CYTD DSR
2003 2002 % Change 2003 2002 % Change
Infiniti Division Total 10,523 6,869 46.8 89,856 63,845 40.7
I35 1,162 1,716 -35.1 11,194 20,021 -44.1
G35 Sport Sedan 3,494 2,612 28.2 27,724 21,467 29.1
G35 Sport Coupe 2,554 N/A N/A 21,978 N/A N/A
M45 468 N/A N/A 3,508 N/A N/A
Q45 202 263 -26.4 1,834 3,049 -39.8
QX4 71 2,247 -97.0 4,923 13,570 -63.7
FX45 2,572 N/A N/A 18,685 N/A N/A
Total Car 7,880 4,622 63.4 66,248 50,275 31.8
Total Truck 2,643 2,247 12.7 23,608 13,570 74.0

 

[hfelknor]

There were 4999 more (O3s) sold in October with 46,049 cars YTD.

and in November there was a mix of 03's and 04s (More 03's but we don't know the mix) and there
were 5435 sold with 51,484 YTD.

Allow them an additional 4000 Cars in Dec, and they will be somewhere around 55,000/57,000 cars YTD. Some o3s and some 04s.
Remember these figures are Nissan North America Sales figures. They are not a compilation of Dealer sales figures so there may be a couple of thousand on lots out there.

They anticipated sales of 50,000 year, so they are safely there.

However, to give you something to compare, there were 150,000 Toyota Highlanders sold last year. THey are far more common, obviously.

"IF" Nissan can sustain 50K units per year, then that's a good deal.
They will make money, and we won't be seeing MOs everwhere. Of course they are culmunitive , so in a few more years they will be quite common.

The upside of being common is the availabilty of aftermarket parts if that rings your bell.

It is now safe to say, that the Murano is successful.
Just be sure that people understand that it is a success considering what it's target number was.
It very likely will never sell as many as the Honda Pilot nor the Toyota Highlander. And that is a "good thing" IMO.

They "should" do an ad every now and then.
I getthe impression that 50K units may not be just a target, it may be capacity.

Homer

 

[dklanecky1]

January sales are out:

Month Units % to Total
Jan-04 4,079 6.6%
Dec-03 4,591 7.4%
Nov-03 5,435 8.7%
Oct-03 4,999 8.0%
Sep-03 4,644 7.5%
Aug-03 6,188 9.9%
Jul-03 5,027 8.1%
Jun-03 4,720 7.6%
May-03 5,568 9.0%
Apr-03 4,436 7.1%
Mar-03 4,386 7.1%
Feb-03 3,347 5.4%
Jan-03 2,734 4.4%
Dec-02 1,747 2.8%
Nov-02 307 0.5%

62,208 100.0%

Another strong month for Nissan witha 27% increase over LY.

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