Aug: 1239 => total: 1239
Sept: 2407 => total: 3646
Oct: 2737 => total: 6383
Nov: 3755 => total: 10,138
Dec: 3115 => total:13,253
Jan: 3572 => total: 16,825

 

I'm in the Jan catagory

 

Jan. purchase here as well

 

Mine was supposed to be here January.

 

abz123...

Are those total US sales, North American sales, or worldwide sales ?

 

North American sales.

 

I thought the total was supposed to be 30,000 units for the year.

 

Doesn't that look like almost 17,000 in 6 months....?

 

If I remember correctly... I thought the 30,000 figure was for worldwide production.

So if this 17,000 figure is only North American sales... Japan sales have to be factored in as well - including my Z !!

 

It's only been 6 months with ~17,000. They are ahead of schedule for 30,000 for the full twelve month.

 

I doubt the sales forecast is linear, unless they had a bunch of dipshits creating it. W/ all the pre-orders and pre-intro hype, the forecast should be highly front-end loaded. If anything, I'd guess that they're behind the runrate needed for 30K in the first 12 months.

Cool, that much sooner before I can get a nice discount on one!

 

Not so fast!! The way i see it this year is the real test. Now that lot's of peeps have seen a lot of the pre orderers cars on the road and are undoubtably impressed, just have to be, I would think that '03 sales will be better than '02. But that is just a guess. But judging by Jan sales this year, I may be correct. Too soon to tell.
And, I would wager that a lot of the car market never even heard of a 350Z 6/8 months ago.

 

I agree with this. People roll down there windows and ask me what kind of car it is. That they had never heard of it. Nissan should advertise it more heavily for a couple of months. On the other hand I would like to keep the car unique, and it wont be if they sell like Accords

 

As I recall, initial reports were that Nissan was shooting for 35K units a year in the US, then that was backed down to 30K in later reports. Looks likes like the original targets were more accurate.

Also, since I picked up my Z Halloween night just before my dealership closed, I must have been purchaser #6383!

 

I believe the 30K number is correct for world wide production units of this car for the 2003 model year. So ~17,000 in North America in 6 months is pretty darn good. Does anyone have the numbers for units sold in Japan or the world wide units sold? That would tell us a heck of a lot more.