06 Jan 09 American Honda Reports Decline of Sales of 34.7% in December 2008

American Honda posted a total of 86,805 cars sold in December 2008, 34.7% lower than the December last year.

The Honda Accord is still the best-selling vehicles for Honda with 22,348 units being sold, which is a 28.5% decrease compared with December 2007. The economy probably helps the re-designed 2009 Honda Fit as it is doing relatively well by only dropping 1.5% in sales with 5,309 units being sold. 17,302 of the Honda Civic were sold last month, which is 36.4% decline compared with December 2007.

With the decrease of production of 2009 Honda Pilot and 2009 Honda Odyssey taking place, The Honda Pilot SUV and the Honda Odyssey minivan are down 35.3% and 53.4%, with 6,735 and 6,950 units sold. The Honda Element, the compact boxy wagon were down 53.5% with 1,336 units sold, compared with 2,875 units last year. The Japan-made Honda CR-V is doing well with only 13,933 units sold, which is a 25.3% decline. Mabe the rumored $1,000 dealer incentive helps CR-V a little bit.

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