Nissan celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Qashqai with a list of facts and figures.

• Nissan Qashqai – the world’s first crossover – turns 10
• Customer and media events taking place across Europe to celebrate
• Nissan previews anniversary celebrations with new ’10 years of success’ video.

It is exactly 10 years since the Nissan Qashqai crossover first went on sale, and the brand is planning to celebrate in style.

Customer events and media activities will be taking place across Europe to mark the occasion.

Nissan is the first brand to reach the 10-year milestone for one simple reason – the Qashqai is the model which pioneered the crossover segment as the automotive industry and car-buying consumers know it today.

Ahead of the official start of the anniversary celebrations, Nissan has released a short video which traces the car’s decade in the spotlight

About Nissan in the UK

• 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 £3.6 billion
• 476,589 units were produced at Sunderland plant in 2015
• In 2015, 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 220 people

Nissan has confirmed that it will build the next generation Qashqai and X-trail at the Sunderland UK Production Facility.

Nissan Motor Company Ltd. today announced, following its Executive Committee meeting, that it will produce the next Qashqai and will add production of the next X-Trail model at its Sunderland, U.K. Plant.

Nissan’s decision follows the U.K. government’s commitment to ensure that the Sunderland plant remains competitive. As a result, Nissan will increase its investment in Sunderland, securing and sustaining the jobs of more than 7,000 workers at the plant.

“I am pleased to announce that Nissan will continue to invest in Sunderland. Our employees there continue to make the plant a globally competitive powerhouse, producing high-quality, high-value products every day,” said Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Nissan. “The support and assurances of the U.K. government enabled us to decide that the next-generation Qashqai and X-Trail will be produced at Sunderland. I welcome British Prime Minister Theresa May’s commitment to the automotive industry in Britain and to the development of an overall industrial strategy.”

Nissan’s Sunderland plant opened in 1986 and has produced almost 9 million cars since. One in three British cars are produced in Sunderland, which is the UK’s largest car plant of all time. In addition, 80% of production from Sunderland is exported to over 130 international markets. More than 2 million Qashqai’s have been built in Sunderland in less than 10 years. In addition to the 7,000 direct employees at Sunderland, the plant supports a further 28,000 British automotive supply chain jobs. To date, Nissan has invested more than £3.7 billion in Sunderland.

EUROPE SALES SEPT - Nissan breaks records in the UK and pushes sales higher across the whole of Europe.

	2016	2015
September Sales (units)	78,192	77,270
September Market  share	4.2%	4.5%

Nissan announced today European sales for September of 78,192 units (Nissan and Datsun), representing a market share of 4.2 percent. Calendar sales to date total 559,155 units.

With the UK well and truly ahead as any other European market, it is no wonder that Nissan utilises the country to produce vehicles at its state of the art facility, producing not just Nissan, but the new Infiniti Q30/QX30 sub compact too.

The brand also had a hugely successful Paris Motor Show, with the world launch of the new Micra Supermini, at long last the car has gotten back to its roots and is designed with loads of flair and not like the last couple of models that have failed miserably to match the sales of the MKI and MK II

September highlights:

• Sales in the UK totaled 29,229 units with a market share of 5.5 percent. Calendar year sales total 130,116 units.
• Sales in Germany totaled 7,491 units with a market share of 2.4 percent marking the best September result since 2011 and Nissan in Germany is the best-selling Japanese brand. Calendar year sales to date total 60,520 units.
• Sales in France totaled 7,108 units with a market share of 3.5 percent. Calendar year sales total 57,590 units.
• Nissan in Italy sold 4,912 units in September, with a market share of 2.9 percent. Calendar year sales to date totaled 48,578. The Nissan LEAF is the Italian electric market leader in Italy from January to September 2016 with 346 units sold.
• Datsun sales in Russia totaled 1,516 units in September with 13,108 units sold from January to September 2016.
• Sales in Russia totaled 6,682 units with a market share of 5.2 percent.
• Sales in Spain totaled 4,651 with a market share of 5.1 percent. Calendar year sales to date total 48,743 units.

Top Five European Markets in September 2016
#	Market	Unit Sales
1	UK	29,229
2	Germany	7,491
3	France	7,108
4	Russia	6,682
5	Italy	4,912

Top Five Models in September 2016
#	Market	Unit Sales
1	Qashqai	27,210
2	JUKE	11,183
3	X-Trail	9,570
4	Micra	7,793
5	Note	5,447

Record sales in Western Europe for Nissan driven by sales increases in major markets including Europe & USA

• Record sales in Western Europe driven by sales increases in major markets including UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain
• European market share with the Datsun brand is 4.0%, in line with FY14
• Best-ever electric vehicle sales, with 16,916 LEAFs sold in Europe; e-NV200 sales of 3,794
• Qashqai, Juke and X-Trail make Nissan the No 1 crossover brand

Nissan has today announced European sales in fiscal year 2015 (ending March 31^st) of 710,321 and Nissan sales in Western Europe of 621,910, an increase of 9.4% on 2014 levels and an all-time high.

Nissan with Datsun recorded European sales of 737,501 units in FY2015, in line with 2014 sales. March 2016 sales totalled 95,720, again in line with the previous year. This marks the sixth consecutive year of market share growth and consistently healthy sales since 2009 levels.

Nissan sales increased in all major markets in Western Europe during FY2015 with measurable increases in Spain +19.3%, Germany +13.2% Italy +8.8%, UK +4.2% and in France +3.9%.

The brand’s European sales were bolstered by the launch of NP300 Navara and the new longer range Leaf 30 kWh. The pioneering Nissan Qashqai crossover continues to go from strength to strength with more than 250,000 customers in FY2015 choosing its style, efficiency and advanced technologies such as the Safety Shield and Around View Monitor.

The expansion of Nissan’s electric vehicle line- up is paying great dividends. The Nissan LEAF continues to lead the electric vehicle segment globally and sold 16,916 cars in Europe this outgoing fiscal year, a new annual record. Nissan is leading the way in important new technologies with much more to come both in electric cars and in autonomous driving vehicles - the future of transportation.

Guillaume Cartier, Nissan’s Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Europe, said: “We have a commitment to continue to bring more to our customers – more choice, more value and more innovative and exciting products.

Nissan stands apart from its class. We deliver quality and we continue to reinvent and break boundaries such as the new Nissan Micra which is launching this year. We are very excited about Nissan’s piloted drive Qashqai, featuring autonomous drive technologies, which will be coming to Europe in 2017”.

Nissan’s product line-up is strong and cohesive which results in Nissan’s European car plants breaking records year after year.  2016 marks the thirtieth Anniversary of Nissan’s UK plant in Sunderland which has produced more than 400,000 units for the sixth consecutive year.  Nissan produced 615,000 vehicles in Europe in 2015.

KEY MARKET HIGHLIGHTS FOR FY2015

SPAIN	Market share 5.0% - highest sales volume in 10 years, Nissan leads the electric vehicle market in Spain with 32% of market share, total LCV sales up 32%
UK	Market share 5.4% - Qashqai becomes the 5th best-selling car this fiscal year, X-Trail achieves an 80%, YoY volume increase with 10,852 units, Leaf achieves a record volume of 5,106 units
ITALY	Market Share 3.5% - Best-selling models Qashqai, Micra & Juke
GERMANY	Market share 2.2% -Best share and retail for Nissan in Germany since 2000; Fastest growing LCV brand in the market.

COUNTRY	FY2015 TOTAL SALES	FY2014 TOTAL SALES	% INCREASE / DECREASE
UK	164,406	157,770	+4.2%
RUSSIA	113,179	168,712	-32.9%
FRANCE	76,838	73,927	+3.9%
GERMANY	75,201	66,418	+13.2%
ITALY	62,982	57,859	+8.9%
SPAIN	61,005	51,133	+19.3%
EUROPE	737,501	740,641	-0.4%

TOP 5 EUROPEAN MARKETS MARCH 2016
#	MARKET	UNIT SALES
1	UK	31,401
2	GERMANY	8,876
3	FRANCE	8,816
4	RUSSIA	8,821
5	SPAIN	7,202

TOP 5 EUROPEAN MARKETS FY 2015
#	MARKET	UNIT SALES
1	UK	164,406
2	RUSSIA	113,179
3	FRANCE	76,838
4	GERMANY	75,201
5	ITALY	62,982

TOP 5 MODELS MARCH 2016
#	MODEL	UNIT SALES
1	QASHQAI	32,667
2	JUKE	14,466
3	X TRAIL	11,169
4	MICRA	9,703
5	NOTE	5,598

TOP 5 MODELS FY 2015
#	MODEL	UNIT SALES
1	QASHQAI	251,025
2	JUKE	109,272
3	X-TRAIL	72,541
4	MICRA	69,465
5	NOTE	41,934