Nissan’s profit zoomed up more than 10-fold in July-September from a year earlier, boosted by a weak Japanese yen and strong vehicle sales around the world. The Japanese automaker, allied with Renault SA of France, reported a 190.7 billion yen ($1.3 billion) profit in the last quarter, up from 17.4 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales surged 25% to 3.15 trillion yen ($20.9 billion), the company said Thursday.
Dunno about the US but in Canada they’re one of the few brands whose prices haven’t gone crazy in the past few years, both in terms of price increases on a given model and trim, and in terms of not phasing out their basic economy offerings.