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02 Jun 09 American Honda Reports May 2009 Sales

It is common that car manufacturers to have decrease on sales by double digits no matter which brand it is.

American Honda reports the Sales for May 2009 with the decrease of 39.2% compared with May 2008. The best-selling Honda car in May 2009, the Honda Accord, posted a 48.3% decrease compared with May 2008. The hidden incentives on the Accord and the Civic ends in April, which could be the reason that sales for the Accords and the Civic drop.

Surprisingly, sales for the Honda Pilot and the Honda Odyssey only decrease by 12.3% and 6.5%, with 7,412 units and 12,127 units sold.

For the year 2009 so far, sales drops 33.3% compared with the first five months of year 2008.

Month-To-Date

April

May

%

% MTD

2009

2008

Change

DSR

Fit

5,730

8,205

(30.2)%

(27.5)%

Accord

22,597

43,728

(48.3)%

(46.3)%

Civic

20,723

53,299

(61.1)%

(59.6)%

S2000

116

316

(63.3)%

(51.9)%

FCX Clarity

1

-

Insight

2,780

-

Odyssey

12,127

12,966

(6.5)%

(2.9)%

Pilot

7,412

8,449

(12.3)%

(8.9)%

CR-V

14,550

19,959

(27.1)%

(24.3)%

Element

1,378

2,686

(48.7)%

(46.7)%

Ridgeline

1,461

3,496

(58.2)%

(56.6)%

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