Shanghai (ZXZC)- Dongfeng Nissan continued its growth momentum in May, posting a sales growth of 16% year on year to 95,537 units. During the first five months, Dongfeng Nissan's deliveries reached 429,832 units with a YoY growth of 10%.

As to SUV sales, Dongfeng Nissan saw sales growth of 30.9% year on year. Specifically, with deliveries of 17,917 units in May, the Nissan X-TRAIL was the sales driver with a YoY sales growth of 29.4%. What's more, the model also led the pack among sales of Japanese SUVs through May. The entry-level compact SUV, the Qashqai continued its sales growth momentum with sales reaching 11,483 units in May. Sales of the Murano, the Kicks and the Terra reached 2,548 units, 3,530 units and 1,463 units respectively.

When it comes to sedan sales, the Sylphy and the Teana maintained strong growth momentum in May. Sales of the Sylphy and the Teana totaled 38,526 units and 10,203 units respectively in May with respective YoY growth of 20.4% and 14.4%. In addition, the TIIDA and the LANNIA also posted remarkable sales of 5,257 units and 2,938 units respectively in May.

In the first quarter of this year, Dongfeng Nissan reported a YoY sales growth of 5% to more than 240,000 units. Dongfeng Nissan set an annual sales target of 1,170,000 units in 2018, a 4.5% growth compared with that of last year. Dongfeng Nissan has just completed 36.7% of its annual sales target during the past five months. In the next seven months, Dongfeng Nissan will ramp up efforts in sales so that it can finish the sales target on schedule.