North American September Sales

US Sales

US Honda posted record September sales of 127,200 Honda and Acura vehicles, up 13.8% it announced today. American Honda year-to-date sales totaled 1,193,520, up 2.8%.

Honda Division posted record September sales of 112,831, up 17.5% compared to last year. September records for individual models included the CR-V with sales of 19,769, up 68.7% for the month; the Odyssey with sales of 16,464, up 24.2% for the month; and Fit sales of 4,565, up 139.1% for the month. Accord sales increased 31.2% to 35,031. Honda Division total truck sales of 48,120, up 15.3%, set a new September record.

"The mid-September launch of the all-new Accord helped increase sales momentum for both the model and the Honda brand," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda. "The diverse lineup of Honda cars and light trucks has become the strongest and most competitive in the company's history."

Acura Division posted sales of 14,369 with new September records set for the MDX and RDX sport utility vehicles. Sales of the MDX increased 34.1% to 5,162; RDX sales increased 19.1% to 1,951. Overall, Acura light-truck sales increased by 29.6% to 7,113. September sales of the TL luxury performance sedan totaled 4,324; the TSX sports sedan totaled 2,574.

All in total, Honda is having a great year, not so sure about Acura (especially without having an new 2008 model year lineup (all returning models). But the RL is slip, sliding away on ice as it decreased 63% last month compared to September 2006, it only sold approx. 350 units compared to September 2006's 1,000 units!

Canadian Sales

In Canada though, sales were a complete different story. Due in part of Canada's strong and looming dollar, sales of September were respectable, but not great.

Acura's sales were down 30% at 1,525 units for September compared to 2,180 units in September 2006, while Honda's sales were down 9.4% at 13,317 units compared to 14,702 units in September 2006. The sales of the Honda Accord and Honda Fit were one of the best months yet with the Accord doubling in sales, but Honda Canada could not meet demand for the popular Honda Civic.

In total, all passenger cars/trucks/etc. were all down in September in Canada.