Record US Honda/Acura Sales

Honda and Acura US posted record May sales, with total units sold increasing to 145,367, up from 141,810 in 2006, breaking the previous May record set in 2004.

Honda US posted record May sales of 129,447, up from May 2006 results of 125,639.

Honda 's new May record was bolstered by all-time record sales of the compact Civic and subcompact Fit and a new May record for the CR-V crossover SUV, now the best-selling SUV in the U.S. Civic sales went up 32.6% to 39,993, shattering an all-time record. Civic Hybrid sales of 4,520, up 50.4%, also broke the all-time record of 4,146 set in August 2005. Record May CR-V sales increased by 35.9% to 19,513. Fit results of 5,361 achieved a new all-time record.

Other Honda US products for May include the Accord, 31,915; Odyssey, 15,235; and Pilot, 10,133. Ridgeline and Element volume totalled 3,600 and 3,187.

Year-to-date, Honda Division sales of 551,220 are up 2.5% with total car sales increasing by 3.9 percent and light truck sales increasing by 0.7% on a DSR basis.

Acura US sales totaled 15,920. The recent introductions of the completely redesigned MDX luxury SUV and all-new RDX crossover SUV pushed Acura light truck sales up 82.6% to 6,635. The MDX posted strong May sales of 4,623, up 27.2% versus last year and up 7.1%.

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