American Honda Motors posted record November sales of 111,431 Honda and Acura vehicles, up 4.7%, surpassing the previous November 2006 record of 106,446, announced today. American Honda year-to-date sales increased 2.7% to 1,419,750.
Honda Division year-to-date sales increased 4.8% to 1,257,228. Honda Division posted record November sales of 98,521, up 10.4% compared to last year. November records for individual models included the CR-V with sales of 16,498, up 1.6%, and the Fit, with sales of 5,361, up 106.0% for the month. Sales of the all-new Accord increased 25.2% to 28,161. Sales of the Civic increased 24.8% to 25,141; the Civic Hybrid increased 46.6% to 3,238.
"Even In these uncertain times, our bread-and-butter products are showing real growth," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda. "The all-new Accord continues to set a blistering pace with sales up by more than 25 percent."
The real disappointments for the Honda Division were the Ridgeline and Element both down at least 1,000 units. The most biggest, disappointed was the Pilot, which lost nearly 50% of its sales, about 5,000 units were moved out this year, compared to more than 9,000 last year.
Acura Division posted sales of 12,910 for November. The MDX sport utility vehicle led the division with sales of 4,891. November sales of the TL performance luxury sedan totaled 4,064; the TSX sports sedan totaled 1,884. Sales of the RDX sport utility vehicle totaled 1,679. All sales were down in November. Each and every model posted at least a 10% decrease to as much as 46% decrease in the RL.