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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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A total of 1,011 GM hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, down 48.3% Nissan North America, Inc. Sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped 26.6% Tags: Hybrids Sales. from September 2008. NNA) reported September 2009 sales of 55,393 units versus 59,565 units last year, a decrease of 7%. year-on-year to 345 units.

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US LDV Sales Down 34.4% in April; Hybrid Sales Down 45.5%

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Nissan North America, Inc. Sales of the volume leading ALtima were down 46.9% to 12,012 units, including 222 Altima hybrids. NNA) reported sales for April of 47,190 units versus 75,855 units a year ago, a decrease of 37.8%. Passenger car sales were off 38.3% to 30,249 units; light truck sales were down 36.9%

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US LDV Sales Fall 37.1% in January; January SAAR Below 10 Million

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GM delivered a total of 923 hybrid vehicles in the month. In January, GM North America produced 65,000 vehicles (6,000 cars and 59,000 trucks). Nissan North America, Inc. The Altima was the top-selling car with 14,135 units, down 34.7% Nissan sold 644 units of the Altima Hybrid, an increase of 36.2%

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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The 2009 model Escape Hybrid and Mariner Hybrid are the most fuel-efficient utility vehicles in America. Nissan North America reported sales for July of 71,847 units, a decrease of 24.6%. Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altima hybrid, up 44.1% Total Altima sales were down 21.2% to 20,448 units.

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Hybrid sales continue downward trend

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Its hybrid sales marked the first full month of sales for the Honda Insight and so grew by 25.5 Nissan - Nissan North America reported sales of 47,190 - a decrease of 37.8 Just 222 Altima Hybrids were sold during the month. per cent year on year. per cent from last year’s 75,855.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

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There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."

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US vehicle sales show significant decrease

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The new Honda Insight did help to boost sales however - 2,780 models were sold meaning hybrid sales of Honda cars increased by 3.5 per cent for Nissan North America, down to 67,489 units. The Altima remained the volume leader although sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped by 78.5 Nissan: Sales fell by 33.1

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