How many Nissan vehicles were sold in Australia in 1996?

See Nissan's sales history, top models, peak years and how it is tracking against the market.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
Nissan vehicles sold
25,048
1996
Top model
Pulsar
7,814 sales
Peak year
2012
79,747 sales
Latest YTD vs prior
−33.6%
same period last year
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1996, Nissan recorded 25,048 new-vehicle sales in Australia. Nissan Pulsar was the leading model in this view, with 7,814 sales. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 79,747 sales in 2012. That was 4.4% higher than the previous full-year result.

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1996 · Nissan).

Sales by year: 1996 · Nissan

Year-by-year totals for 1996 · Nissan.
YearTotalvs prev
2026 YTD17,184−33.6%
202535,511−21.6%
202445,284+15.0%
202339,376+48.6%
202226,491−35.8%
202141,263+7.7%
202038,323−24.2%
201950,575−12.3%
201857,699+2.0%
201756,594−15.3%
201666,826+1.2%
201566,062+0.1%
201466,025−14.0%
201376,733−3.8%
201279,747+17.4%
201167,926+8.4%
201062,676+18.5%
200952,901−10.7%
200859,214−1.3%
200760,015+12.4%
200653,392−4.7%
200556,032−12.0%
200463,654+8.7%
200358,568+15.7%
200250,628+16.0%
200143,633−3.6%
200045,278−5.0%
199947,640+6.1%
199844,893+39.4%
199732,208+28.6%
199625,048+4.4%
199523,981−3.9%
199424,961−5.2%
199326,339−36.5%
199241,501−17.1%
199150,064—
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Purchase data

Top models: 1996 · Nissan

Best-selling vehicles for 1996 · Nissan, with each model's share of Nissan sales.
#VehicleSalesShare
1Nissan Pulsar
7,81431.2%
2Nissan Patrol
5,93323.7%
3Nissan Navara
3,11512.4%
4Nissan Micra
2,77511.1%
5Nissan Maxima
1,6796.7%
6Nissan Pathfinder
1,6016.4%
7Nissan Bluebird
1,1824.7%
8Nissan 200SX
7653.1%
9Nissan Civilian Bus
1100.4%
10Nissan 300ZX
520.2%
11Nissan Infiniti
200.1%
12Nissan Nx Coupe
10.0%
13Nissan Serena
10.0%

Key notes: 1996 · Nissan

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Nissan total in 1996: 25,048
Top Nissan model: Pulsar (7,814)
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1996/nissan
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.