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How Nissan got to 10%

The Rogue Sport, top, and the Sentra are key pieces in Nissan's market share push. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS ILLUSTRATION)
April 03, 2017 05:00 AM
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Nissan's market share strategy
Steps taken by Nissan North America to operate at a bigger volume
  • Portfolio: A more appealing Sentra, Altima; more compact crossovers, including the Rogue, sourced from 3 factories
  • Organization: More sales regions with more field staff and more local authority on inventories, advertising
  • Marketing: More effort to look beyond general market preferences for buyers
  • Customers: Dealers encouraged to improve customer satisfaction and build service
OEM04_305019989_V3_-1_MONZEBLLLCLV.jpg "We had to grow the entire organization to be capable of selling that many cars and trucks"Nissan's Christian Meunier

NASHVILLE -- For Nissan North America to claim a 10 percent U.S. market share, it first had to turn itself into a company that was capable of achieving a 10 percent share.

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