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For James Jenkins, good news is tempered with a bit of frustration.

Jenkins, manager-product planning for Honda Trucks, says the ’16 HR-V subcompact CUV has been a runaway best-seller far exceeding the automaker’s sales projections. That poses a problem car companies don’t mind too much but nevertheless want to remedy: inadequate capacity.

?We figured sales would be good, but they’ve turned out to be really good,” Jenkins says here in an interview while Honda updates the Midwest Automotive Media Assn. on its light-truck lineup. ?As soon as the truck arrives at the dealership there’s a buyer for the HR-V.

?We estimated first-year sales of 70,000 HR-Vs and that’s way too conservative,” he says. ?We’re looking at ways now to make more. Plant capacity is the question. We can’t make 100,000 HR-Vs the first year, but we’re looking at ways to make more.”



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