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While Edmunds.com predicted an increase of 4.7 percent in terms of its April sales for Nissan, the Japanese car company reported recently that they have sold 11.1 percent fewer vehicles last month compared to April of 2006. This report came after the Aprils selling days for this year ended.

Aside from reporting a reduction in April sales, the third largest Japanese car company also reported that year to date sales is also down by 14 percent. These sales reductions came in spite of the fact that the companys luxury division Infiniti posted a 12 percent sales increase for the past month of April. Nissans total sales output for the month of April this year reached 61,179 vehicles while the year to date sale remains almost unchanged.

The decreased sale for Nissan is reflected in the lowered sales by both its truck and car segments. Total car sales for the Nissan division reached 33,166 vehicles which is 11.1 percent lower than last April 2006s 40,424 vehicles. While April sales have gone down, year to date sale through the first four months of this year is higher than last years for the same period of time.

Fueled by strong sales achieved earlier this year, Nissan Divisions car segment year to date sale is now at 168,068 vehicles, an increase of 8.1 percent compared to last years 155,462 cars sold for the first four months. For trucks, Nissans April sales showed a reduction of 17.3 percent. Last years April saw the Nissan Division sold 36,678 trucks while this years April only saw Nissan sell 28,013 trucks. Year to date sale for the Nissan Divisions truck segment is also lower compared to last year. For the first four months of last year Nissan already sold 155,680 trucks while this year, Nissan only sold 139,547 trucks and that amount is a reduction of 10.4 percent.