Shanghai (ZXZC)- Nissan's China sales climbed 5% year on year to 146,028 units (including imported vehicles) in October, the Japanese automaker announced on November 5.

For the first ten months, Nissan sold 1,131,502 new vehicles in the world's largest auto market, a year-on-year decrease of 8%, 1.7 percentage points lower than the drop in Jan.-Sept. sales.

Seventh-generation Altima; photo credit: Nissan China

Last month, Nissan China's PV business unit attained a 4.6% year-on-year growth by selling 124,197 vehicles. Dongfeng Nissan's sales grew 7.4% from a year ago to 116,072 units, its highest-ever figure in terms of Oct. sales volume.

Both sedan and SUV sales sustained growth for Dongfeng Nissan. In Oct., the sales of the seven-generation Altima, the Sylphy and the Tiida reached 10,548 units (+4.1% YoY), 54,620 units (+28.3% YoY) and 6,706 units (+4.1% MoM) respectively. Notably, the Sylphy's sales hit a record high level regarding Oct. volume.

The joint venture saw the Oct. sales of Nissan-branded SUVs jumped 17.4% month on month to 41,521 units, including 2,192 Muranos (+34% MoM), 16,209 X-Trails (+6.9% MoM), 18,502 Qashqais (+19% MoM), 2,782 Kicks (+44.2% MoM) and 1,836 Terras (+71.4% MoM).

As part of PV business, Dongfeng Venucia had a sales volume of 8,125 units last month. The Venucia Star, the Venucia D60 and the Venucia T60 together accounted for 88% of the brand's Oct. sales with 2,605 units, 2,881 units and 1,691 units delivered respectively.

Light-duty commercial vehicle sales leapt 17% over the year-ago period to 19,331 units in October. The rising movement should be credited to the double-digit growth achieved by both Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (+18.1%) and Zhengzhou Nissan (+13.2%).