Honda Sales down 4% in October

[Kacey Green]

Ok overall but regionally may tell another story.

Kacey Green - CleanMPG - Nov. 3, 2009

Honda posted total October vehicle sales of 85,502, a decline of 4.0 percent compared to October 2008, based on the daily selling rate. Honda Division posted October sales of 75,751, a decline of five units versus October 2008.

Honda total car sales decreased by 4.4 percent, to 44,537. Honda light-truck sales decreased 2.3 percent, to 31,214. Models showing sales increases included Accord with sales of 23,210, up 13.1 percent; CR-V with sales of 15,667, up 14.7 percent; and Pilot with sales of 6,339, up 22.7 percent.

The Acura Division posted sales of 9,751 units, a decline of 7.0 percent compared to October 2008. The MDX was the best-selling vehicle with 3,834 units, up 23.0 percent; RDX was up 41.9 percent; and the TSX posted gains of 20.2 percent for the month.

The daily selling rate is calculated with 28 days for October 2009 and 27 days for October 2008. The year-to-date daily selling rate is calculated with 257 days for both October 2009 and October 2008. All percentages reflect the daily selling rate.

[chilimac02]

Oh Honda... Why have you changed the accord to a be-all-end-all car? Didn't the civic do that just as well? Maybe instead of all the different packages of each car, they should try and become the most reliable again.

[WriConsult]

How bad are I-II and HCH sales these days?

[xcel]

Hi Dan:

___Terrible to put it bluntly... Oct. 09 Hybrid and high_FE non-hybrid sales – Signs of recovery.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

[WriConsult]

Thanks for the link. I had missed that one.

Wow, only 239 HCHs in October. Ouch. I'm a little surprised to see the Insight outselling it 7:1 though.

[PaleMelanesian]

Wow. That's terrible!

[brick]

I don't understand Honda. Part of the reason I'm driving a Prius is the fact that I couldn't even find a HCH-II to test drive, much less take home. That was three years ago!