Honda, Acura sales strong despite shortened window - Bellefontaine Examiner
reports August 2015 sales of 155,491 Honda and Acura vehicles, a decrease of 6. 9 percent over particularly strong August 2014, when the industry had one additional selling day and an early Labor Day weekend. The Honda Division sold a total of 140,178 units, while Acura reported 15,313 vehicles sold in August. New Honda cars and trucks sold briskly last month with Accord, Civic and CR-V easily surpassing the 100,000 mark in combined sales to stay on pace to top 1 million units and CR-V having its best month in history. The East Liberty-built CR-V set an all-time monthly sales record with sales of 34,771 units and the Marysville-built Accord topped more than 40,000 cars sold. “The shorter sales month versus last year obscures the continued strong sales momentum of core Honda models,” said Jeff Conrad, Honda Division senior vice president and general manager. The new RDX, another East Liberty product, continued a quick sales pace, while MDX sales were slowed by short inventory. The TLX – Acura’s best-selling sedan— continues on a hot streak with sales of 4,353 for the month. “Strong sales of both sedans and trucks is now a reality for the Acura brand,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda. Source: www.examiner.org
