EUROPEAN SALES - Nissan retains market share in October even with a growth in sales for the Nissan/Datsun Brands.

	2016	2015
October Sales (units)	54,935	53,162
October Market share	3.6%	3.6%

Nissan announced today European sales for October of 54,935 units (Nissan and Datsun), representing a market share of 3.6%. Calendar sales to date total 614,090 units. Market share calendar year to date is 3.8%.

In Europe the UK continues to be the dominant country, with a near 100% increase over second place, Russia and Germany, the notice that Nissan will continue to build within the UK, will help keep sales high, with the next generation Qashqai and all new model for the UK production facility, X-Trail coming next year.

October highlights:

• Sales in the UK totalled 12,140 units with a market share of 5.9%. Calendar year sales total 142,256 units and market share 5.4%.
• Sales in Russia totalled 6,345 units with a market share of 4.9%. Calendar year to date market share is 6.1%.
• Sales in Germany totalled 6,062 units with a market share of 2.2%. Calendar year sales to date total 66,582 units and market share of 2.2%, marking the best result since 2000.
• Nissan in Italy sold 5,470 units in October, with a market share of 3.4%. Calendar year sales to date totaled 54,048 and market share is 3.2%.
• Sales in France totaled 5,274 units with a market share of 2.5%. Calendar year sales total 62,864 units and market share is 3.2%.
• Sales in Spain totalled 5,354 with a market share of 5.3%. Calendar year sales to date total 54,097 units and market share is 4.9%. The Nissan LEAF is the best-selling electric vehicle in Spain from January to October 2016 with 494 units sold.
• Datsun sales in Russia totaled 1,200 units in October with 14,308 units sold from January to October 2016.

TOP 5 EUROPEAN MARKETS OCTOBER 2016
#	MARKET	UNIT SALES
1	UK	12,140
2	RUSSIA	6,345
3	GERMANY	6,062
4	ITALY	5,470
5	FRANCE	5,274

TOP 5 MODELS OCTOBER 2016
#	MODEL	UNIT SALES
1	QASHQAI	20,096
2	JUKE	7,652
3	X-TRAIL	5,813
4	MICRA	4,821
5	NOTE	2,561

Nissan employees create prototype 48 kWh LEAF, doubling the capacity of the production 24 kWh model.

• Nissan employees create prototype 48 kWh LEAF, doubling the capacity of the  production 24 kWh model
• Technicians formed from Nissan’s Innovation team worked on the project during evenings and weekends
• The prototype participated in several ECOseries events, showcasing its increased range and demonstrating Nissan’s commitment to its vision for Intelligent Mobility

In a demonstration of their passion for innovation, Nissan engineers have created a prototype Nissan LEAF with a 48 kWh battery – in their spare time.

Following the manufacturer’s principles of on-going research and development of electric vehicles, the 48 kWh prototype carries a battery twice the size of the original Nissan LEAF production model, with a 75 percent increase in driving range in everyday conditions.

It was created by a group of engineers at Nissan’s Technical Centre in Barcelona (NTCE-S), whose passion and commitment to their work has given rise to the Nissan Innovation team. The team of volunteers take on a range of exciting endeavours, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with electric vehicle technology.

The prototype, codenamed “Cocoon” in reference to the American sci-fi film of the same name, was built to compete in the Spanish motorsport event, ECOseries - a new initiative which rewards “efficiency and fuel economy rather than outright speed.”

Dario Fernandez, Senior Engineer at NTCE-S, said: “It has been a great privilege to work on this project and to see our finished prototype race in the ECOseries. We all have a real passion for what we do and being able to work on prototype projects gives us the creative freedom to be as innovative and forward-thinking as we possibly can.

“Battery range improvement is important to the on-going adoption of electric vehicles, so this was a great opportunity to utilise our knowledge of zero-emissions technology to look at how battery range could potentially be extended in this particular application.”

Gareth Dunsmore, Director of Electric Vehicles at Nissan Europe, said: "As a pioneer of the electric vehicle market, Nissan has consistently innovated and advanced its technology to remain at the forefront of the zero emission sector. Whilst there are no plans to put this prototype into production, it serves as a useful exercise in thinking outside the box, something our engineers and designers do on a daily basis. The Nissan LEAF 48 kWh showcases the passion our employees have for their work.”

These extra-curricular projects feed in to Nissan’s Intelligent Mobility vision and allow employees to draw on their expertise, skills and experience to experiment with technology, design and engineering. The Intelligent Mobility framework informs all of Nissan’s future products and technologies, with the aim of developing a smart, connected, sustainable zero emission transport network.

Nissan introduced the Nissan LEAF as the world’s first mass-market, 100 percent electric vehicle in 2010. Since then, the auto-manufacturer has continued to design and produce innovative zero emission solutions, including the e-NV200 pure electric light commercial vehicle and a longer range LEAF with a 30 kWh battery.

UK SALES 2015 - Nissan fleet sales top 85,000 units last year giving it another record period.

• Record year for Nissan corporate sales
• Fleet registrations top 85,000 in 2015
• LCV sales up by a quarter

Nissan has enjoyed another bumper year for fleet sales in the UK, registering a record 74,768 passenger cars during 2015. Up 18% on the 63,353 sales achieved in 2014, the volume gives the brand an all-time high 5.68% share of the UK fleet market (5.38% in 2014) and ranks it seventh in the list of fleet vehicle manufacturers.

The brand also enjoyed an outstanding year for sales of light commercial vehicles (LCVs), registering 10,398 fleet vans during the calendar year – an increase of 24% on the 8,394 sales in 2014.

In total, Nissan supplied 85,119 vehicles to fleet customers in 2015 – a 19% increase on 2014.

The all-conquering Qashqai crossover remained Nissan’s most popular fleet model, with 33,628 registered during 2015 compared to 26,866 in 2014 (+25%).

The largest of Nissan’s crossover family, the X-Trail, also performed well with fleet registrations more than doubling to 4,580.

Meanwhile, sales of the Pulsar C-Segment hatch were up an astonishing 631% to 4,567 units in 2015.

Nissan also continued to dominate the pure EV market, with fleet registrations of the all-electric LEAF up 51% to 1,830 units and registrations of the e-NV200 almost trebling (281%) to 602 units.

Barry Beeston, Director of Corporate Sales at Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd, said: “We have made significant advances during 2015, building on our outstanding product line-up and strengthening both our corporate sales team and our overall fleet proposition.”

“This includes the introduction of new systems and processes designed to ensure we are fully focused on the needs of our customers, both nationally and at a local level, and also a new fleet ‘promise’ that sets in stone commitments to our customers.”

• Nissan Sunderland Plant produces the Nissan Qashqai, Note and Juke and the 100% electric Nissan LEAF
• Production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles began in 2012
• Total plant volume since 1986 stands at more than eight million units with 80 per cent of production exported to 100 markets worldwide
• Total investment made and announced since then is over £3.5 billion
• 500,238 units were produced at Sunderland plant in 2014
• In 2014, one in three cars built in the UK was a Nissan.
• Sunderland Plant currently employs more than 6,700 people
• Nissan's European Design Centre is located in Paddington, London and employs around 65 people
• Nissan's European Technical Centre is based in Cranfield, Bedfordshire and employs around 1,000 people
• Nissan’s sales and marketing headquarters in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire employs around 190 people