Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – Nissan has sold its 150,000th X-TRAIL in Australia and, to celebrate, Nissan Australia's Managing Director and CEO, Richard Emery, has surprised one lucky buyer.

The local milestone was reached when sales figures from the month of November 2014 were tallied, revealing that the 150,000th X-TRAIL had been sold in Australia, thirteen years to the month since the Australian release of the first-generation X-TRAIL in 2001.

To mark the occasion, Nissan randomly selected an X-TRAIL buyer from November's sales tally and gave them a pleasant surprise. The lucky recipients: the Adair family from Darley in Victoria.

The Adairs decided a white Nissan X-TRAIL ST-L was the perfect family car. With two young children, it met all of their needs and, last November, they took delivery of their new car at Western Nissan in Caroline Springs, Victoria.

Recently, they received a telephone call from Richard, Western Nissan's new Sales Cadet. After asking if the Adairs would be happy to participate in a Facebook video to celebrate the sale of the 150,000th Nissan X-TRAIL in Australia, Richard arranged to use their car at the dealership for the filming. At the conclusion of the shoot he kindly drove Mrs Adair from her home to Western Nissan to collect her car.

 

Mrs Adair arrived at the dealership to find her X-TRAIL not in the car park but in the showroom and adorned with 200 red balloons. Greeting her was a camera crew and a huge round of applause from the entire dealership team. She was also met with a confession from Richard the Sales Trainee, who was really Richard Emery, the Managing Director and CEO of Nissan Australia, and she received the exciting news that, in celebration of Nissan's sales milestone with the X-TRAIL, her car was free of charge.

"I couldn't wait to tell her the news," Richard said. "Both of us were thrilled. To mark this important occasion for Nissan my team and I wanted to make a customer's day in the best possible way. What better way to do this than to give away an X-TRAIL to a fortunate owner?" he said.

"More than 150,000 Nissan X-TRAIL SUVs have found a home in Australian driveways and this is Nissan's way of saying 'thank you' for such a great expression of support for this popular model.

"The Nissan X-TRAIL has long been a favourite with Australians. The first-generation model made its debut in November 2001 and quickly developed a reputation for versatility as a family car and adventure wagon, meeting the extensive needs of many different buyers. The new Nissan X-TRAIL hit Australia's roads in April last year, adding even more appeal with new styling, a variety of leading-edge technologies and even greater capability for weekend adventures.

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