jaje

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020904/cgw047_1.html

Acura, Honda Divisions Both Set New Marks
Wednesday September 4, 12:32 pm ET


TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- American Honda recorded its best sales month ever and shattered a host of other all-time sales records in the process, according to figures released today by American Honda Motor, Co., Inc.
Total American Honda August sales of 137,273 were up 12.9 percent from last year and broke the previous monthly record of 117,768 set in August 2000.

Other all-time sales records include:

- Total American Honda car sales of 95,868, up 3.4 percent from last year and breaking the previous record of 91,587 set in August 1997;

- Total American Honda truck sales of 41,405, up 43.2 percent from last year and breaking the previous record of 36,178 set in June 2002;

- Acura Division sales of 16,333, up from last August's total of 15,743 and breaking the previous record of 16,229 set in May 2002;
- Honda Division sales of 120,940, up 14.9 percent from last year and breaking the previous record of 105,037 set in August 2000;

- Accord sales of 48,269, up 21.7 percent from last year and breaking the previous record of 44,894 set in March 1991;

- CR-V sales of 15,197, up 36.1 percent from last year and breaking the previous record of 14,596 set in July 2002.

"Consumers were driven to dealerships in August by a combination of model year closeouts, low interest rates and other industry incentives," said Dick Colliver American Honda executive vice president. "With the all-new 2003 Accords going on sale Sept. 9, Honda dealers were particularly aggressive in selling off '02 Accords. Couple that with the continued strong demand for light trucks including the CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot and Acura MDX and you have the ingredients for an all-time record sales month."

- Year-to-date American Honda sales of 844,518 are running 2.2 percent ahead of last year's record setting pace.



(Edit: Sorry Joel, but it was absolutely unreadable.

The chart of the sales is available at the top of the page where jaje put it.)

98CoupeV6

I'm surprised how many Accords moved out....48,000 is incredible. And freaking Toyota *****ed and moaned in 2001 because they "lost sales" during the model changeover....my ass they did. They just didn't market anything right.

The RSX was down surprisingly, probably from increased competition.

S2K is still selling almost 10 grand a year...no way they'll discontinue it. It's gone from an icon low production model to a profitable sports car. Noone thought it'd sell this good.

s2ktonv

Thumbs up too Honda Motor Company.....

:thumbup:

:bigok:

Troopa-R

Looks like Toyota had a record shattering month too. Too bad the Accord kicked the Camry's ass. haha :fawk:

LINK

kazi

The RL is still picking up some more sales. Up almost 20% from last year's month. Not bad for very aged FWD V6.

yianni64

Well, they cut really good deals on the RL.

Once your in the dealership, ive heard the line, "well for only a few thousand more you can get our flagship, the RL......."

jaje

http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=3186

rb6teg

geeze.....what the heck happened to Daewoo??? They got murdered in those totals........h:

JaydeeEmzOwnzYo

your point? Sales mean nothing. You know how many years Camry took over sales, and repeat buyers?

yianni64

Do what now?

Anyways, the new Camry lost to the now out of date Accord. Not a good sign for the next 4 years of this current camry.