Fleets bought 29,487 Nissan cars from January to June 2013, a rise of 4,102 year on year, which represents a record 5.4% market share.

The top performer was Juke, which rose 49% to 7,469 units (from 5,023 in 2012) while combined Qashqai sales rose to 16,561, a rise of 2,325 over 2012. Both LEAF and NV200 minibus also experienced sales growth.

Nissan also put in a strong performance for LCV sales, with 4,445 vans bought by fleets in the first six months of 2013, a 51% rise over the same period in 2012 from 2,944.

Nissan’s LCV market share rose from 3.6% to 4.8% helped by strong NV200 sales growth to 2,336 units, a 114% increase over 2012. The Primastar, Cabstar, NV400 and Navara pick up also reported sales growth in this period.

‘Our fleet sales growth is a sign of the investment we have been making in all aspects of our business over the past two years,’ said Barry Beeston, Nissan GB’s corporate sales director.

‘With the current launch of the all-new NOTE into the B-sector and the further investment in our dealer network we hope to see continued fleet growth during the remainder of 2013,’ he added.