Eskimo

TORRANCE, Calif., Apr 3, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- American Honda posted
its best-ever March sales result, bolstered by a new best-ever month for its
Acura Division -- and all-time record sales of its light trucks.

American Honda March sales rose 1.4 percent over year-ago totals to 106,347
according to figures released today by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Sales of
Honda and Acura light trucks showed a 9 percent increase to 27,425 units, a new
one-month high for the company. American Honda calendar year-to-date sales of
283,564 rose 6.5 percent over last year's record setting pace.

Acura Division sales rose 31.7 percent to 15,982 in March, boosted by all-time
record sales of the 3.2 TL luxury sedan and the hot-selling MDX sport-utility
vehicle. March totals bested Acura's previous one-month record of 14,871 set in
August of 1989. Acura Division year-to-date sales are up 36.2 percent over the
same period last year.

"From an industry perspective things appear to be cooling off a bit, but we're
bucking the trend with some very strong new products," said Dick Colliver,
executive vice president of sales for American Honda.

Year-to-date Honda Division sales of 241,514 are up 2.6 percent over year-ago
totals. Accord sales of 37,647, up 5.5 percent in March, added to the American
Honda increase. Accord year-to-date sales of 106,312 are up 18.9 percent.MODEL BREAKOUTS
BY DIVISION
Honda Division
Total 90,365 92,719 -2.5% 241,514 235,307 2.6%
Accord * 37,647 35,696 5.5% 106,312 89,377 18.9%
Civic * 27,243 30,037 -9.3% 69,772 76,657 -9.0%
Prelude 766 780 -1.8% 1,973 2,026 -2.6%
S2000 1,218 884 37.8% 2,678 2,088 28.3%
Insight 424 187 126.7% 1,058 397 166.5%
EV-Plus 1 1
Odyssey * 12,558 12,673 -0.9% 31,357 31,536 -0.6%
Passport * 1,155 1,626 -29.0% 4,296 4,993 -14.0%
CR-V 9,354 10,835 -13.7% 24,068 28,232 -14.7%
* Domestic
Vehicle Ttl 71,622 71,486 0.2% 185,673 180,875 2.7%
Accord 31,976 29,284 9.2% 85,223 72,691 17.2%
Civic 25,934 27,905 -7.1% 64,798 71,660 -9.6%
Passport 1,155 1,626 -29.0% 4,296 4,993 -14.0%
Odyssey 12,557 12,671 -0.9% 31,356 31,531 -0.6%

Acura Division
Total 15,982 12,136 31.7% 42,050 30,880 36.2%
Integra 1,902 2,452 -22.4% 4,809 6,389 -24.7%
CL * 1,927 2,168 -11.1% 5,145 3,925 31.1%
TL * 6,922 6,126 13.0% 17,856 16,656 7.2%
RL 856 1,327 -35.5% 2,621 3,713 -29.4%
NSX 17 35 -51.4% 49 76 -35.5%
MDX * 4,358 11,570
SLX 0 28 0 121
Selling Days 27 27 77 77

Eskimo

Damn, sorry about the above formatting. Cut & paste didn't work. So here are the column headings:

Month-to-Date
March 2001 March 2000 DSR**

Year-to-Date
March 2001 March 2000 DSR**

**DSR is Daily Selling Rate

doopstr

I wonder if that was because '01s are going for at or under invoice. I suspect that will slow down when the '01s are gone.

Guest

Are they already trying to get rid of the 01 TLs as fast as they can already? If so how much are they now? I thought they are gonna really try to get rid of them around summertime? Cant wait to get mine

FlyingPig

When all the 01 TLs are sold at invoice, I'm sure it would go fast.
'01 TL had very good value without any help from '02 TL.

March sales/1st quarter
Lexus 20,700 51,540
BMW 17,300 46,700
Acura 15,982 42,050
Did MBUSA released the numbers yet?

Guest

nice.....CL sales are in the toilet.......should give me a better deal when i get mine

VTEC Animal

TL's have always been Acura's big seller since the 2nd gens came out. I think they're going to continue this super hot selling trend on them for a long time. The only reason why those MDX figures aren't near as great is because production is cut so low, otherwise they'd be a lot better.

Sador

I just got my '01 TL at invoice and all the accessories at cost! They are trying to do everything they can to push the older ones off the lot to make room for the '02 models which are going right at MSRP here in Houston. It doesn't seem to matter whether you want the Type-S or not, they won't budge much on the price of either.

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2001 TL Dark Emerald Pearl w/ Navi
Rear-Wing Spolier, Wood Kit.


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