Honda Sales Falter By 8.2% In September - Acura Rallys With A 4% Gain For Month

Honda trucks continued to build strong momentum in September, with record total sales and strong performances across the lineup. While car sales ceded some ground to trucks, the strength of Honda passenger cars has pushed them to the top of industry retail market share, despite tight supplies of key models.

• Honda Pilot jumped 50.2% in September on sales of 15,464 units.
• CR-V sales topped 30,000 units for the month, just shy of another record.
• With gas prices topping $4.00/gallon in parts of the U.S., sales of Honda electrified vehicles continue to rise, with Accord Hybrid, Insight and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid combining for nearly 6,000 September deliveries.

The new RDX continued to break sales records and combined with strong MDX sales to set a new September record for Acura trucks.

• RDX set its 4th straight monthly sales mark since launching in June. Sales totaled 5,699 for the month, a gain of 54.3%.
• Acura's flagship luxury SUV, the MDX, turned in another strong performance with sales of 4,643 units in September.
• The refreshed and re-energized 2019 ILX goes on sale later this month.

MrEE - 10/3/2018 9:21:58 PM

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Accord and Civic being down is not surprising, but CRV and Ridgeline down is disappointing. Nissan Rogue shouldn't be taking sales from Honda.

MDarringer - 10/3/2018 10:05:09 PM

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The Ridgeline is poorly executed. It is simply a good $5K too expensive for what it is. The rolling freak show styling of the first Cringeline was half of the problem. The other half was F150 pricing for a rebodied minivan. A Tacoma or a Canyorado are 100% better.

cidflekken - 10/4/2018 4:20:23 PM

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First, the Nissan numbers are a combination of the Rogue and Rogue Sport. Not dissimilar if you combined the sales of the HR-V and CR-V (since the Nissan Kicks is $3K less expensive than the HR-V). And remember that Nissan has a high percentage of fleet sales where Honda's are substantially lower.