Nissan Marketing Director Geraldine Davys has spoken with Sky News about how the company has progressed through the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent positive resilience shown.
Total new car sales were down by almost 30 per cent nationally in August across all brands. While the lowest sales were recorded in Victoria which were down 66 per cent across all car brands as compared to the same month last year.
"I think it’s fair to say that we have certainly been through incredibly patchy period, right through from I suppose the start of this pandemic to now," Ms Davys told Sky News. However Ms Davys said in the last three months "we're seeing some really nice improvements, particularly outside of course, of Victoria which is still in stage four lockdowns.
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