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June Sales
Fuel-efficient Fit sets all-time record; Civic and Acura TSX set June records
07/01/2008 - TORRANCE, Calif. -

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced total June sales of 142,539, up 13.8 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis(1), setting a new record for the month. Reflecting a shifting automotive marketplace, total car sales set a new June record for the first time since 1990 at 97,639, up 34.2 percent versus last year. Year-to-date American Honda sales are up 4.8 percent to 798,358.

"Staying true to our core values is allowing Honda to weather the storm of rising gas prices and help consumers find shelter in our products," said **** Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda. "Our factories are doing everything they can to produce the fuel-efficient models consumers are desperately in need of."

Honda Division sales rose 17.9 percent over last year to a new June record of 130,083, driven by record car sales which increased 41.4 percent to 89,947. The fuel-efficient Fit posted its best month ever with sales of 10,003, up 100.5 percent, while Civic hit a new June record, up 23.1 percent to 39,967, and Accord rose 54.5 percent to 39,704. Honda Division light-truck sales of 40,136 reflect a decrease of 14.2 percent. Honda Division sales are up 7.4 percent to 720,444, year-to-date.

Acura Division sales totaled 12,456. Sales of the completely redesigned 2009 TSX sports sedan increased 27.5 percent and set a new June record of 3,869.

(1) All percentages in this release reflect the daily selling rate as calculated with 24 days for June 2008, versus 27 for 2007. Year to date, the daily selling rate is calculated with 153 days for 2008, versus 154 for 2007.

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Acura Sales
TSX posts best-ever June sales

TORRANCE, Calif. - 07/01/2008

The TSX sports sedan posted best-ever June sales, making it Acura's top-selling vehicle for the month as the luxury division posted June sales of 12,456 units, down 16.4 percent* based on the daily-selling-rate. Acura year-to-date sales of 77,914 are down 14.3 percent versus 2007.

In just its second full month on sale, the redesigned TSX sports sedan set a new June record with sales of 3,869 units, surpassing the previous record of 3,414 set in 2007. Year-to-date sales TSX reached 17,683, up 2.2 percent compared to last year.

"The TSX is receiving a tremendous response from customers who want it all - performance, luxury and fuel efficiency," said **** Colliver, executive vice president of sales. "The all-new TSX is clearly the right product at the right time."

The TL performance luxury sedan posted June sales of 3,454 units, bringing year-to-date sales to 23,681. Additionally, the MDX luxury SUV was Acura's top-selling light truck with monthly sales of 3,425 units. Year-to-date MDX sales reached 24,562 units.

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09TSX

*lol* Mr. Colliver should change his name, he gets blanked for obsenities This is great news for Acura and especially for 'us' new TSX owners who have been poopooed on for being so dumb for purchasing such a hideous TSX *laughing* I am proud to be part of those numbers and am prepared to hear all the 'negative' spin and number manipulating argument...Its time to celebrate our TSX is a winner!!

Thanks for posting these facts

Colin

I was expecting a drop in this months sales (vs last month) for our store. We ran out of '08s in February so we don't have these to sell. From the release date to the end of May we received 3 batches of cars totaling about 60 TSXs and we sold most of them.

This month we received 8. It becomes a self fulfilling prophesy that if you only have ~18 to sell, you won't sell more than 18 (duh). I have a number or customers on a waiting list for specific color/trim/transmission combos that we don't have in stock.

TSX69

I predicted that the 2009 would sell the same as the 1st generation since there were no radical changes/improvements. Altho I do believe that last month's sales #s were inflated by leftover 2008s, I think that holds less truth this month & next month I probably would not even consider it anymore.

They are definitely on track to making their 40,000/year target & hopefully sales will only go up once the turbo-diesel hits.

Colin

I agree they're on track, but not sure about them going up. They could always shift production from gas to diesel, and thus keep the number available to dealers the same. They have a history of doing this. TL-S' are produced at the expense of regular TLs.

Of course I'm not saying they'll do this. I think we can all agree it would be stupid to do so, but you never know.....

hunterk1

I love the fact that every vehicle that gets reasonably good mileage has shot up in sales (*excepting hybrids) while all the gas guzzlers have seen precipitous drop offs. The Fit sees a 100% increase LOL!

TSX, 1st gen (& I'd bet 2nd gen too), driven nicely, will net +30mpg in 50%/50% driving (at least mine does). "performance, luxury and fuel efficiency"... amen to that!

Colin

I would guess the reason for the drop in Hybrid sales is the fact that dealers must be out of them. Can't sell what you don't have.

The interesting thing is that Civic and Corolla hwy mileage it supposed to be 35! I'd take 30 in a TSX over 35 in a Corolla any day and twice on Sunday!

hunterk1

Yeah, you're right - there was an article recently that discussed the fact that Prius sales are down because they're totally old out... there are no more to sell and they are having trouble ramping up production of the batteries.

I too would prefer a TSX to the Civic/Corolla, and I have been getting ~35mpg or better highway mileage in the TSX! I bet the Civic would get +40mpg highway if treated right.

wackura

This just doesn't seem possible unless you're driving a constant 40mph in 6th over flat terrain with a tail wind. I can see someone casualy achieving 31 mpg but 35 seems overly optimistic.

ill45

maybe he is practicing the "hypermilage" technique

kyle-wdp

I got 363 miles out of my first tank in the tsx, when divided by the gallons of the second tank, it was 22 overall mpg. I looking to get better as the vehicle gets some miles on it. 30 hwy is well within reason

MMC Racing

I reset the trip as I started a 100 mile drive from San Diego to LA up the 5.. I kept the car at 72mph on cruise control and at the end of 100 miles it said 34.2mpg.. This is an auto trans 09 TSX that now has 1100 miles on it.

I did a full tank test recently of mixed driving with 2 long highway trips (SD to LA, LA to SD) with mixed driving and rush hour included. I managed 28.1mpg over the 389 miles.

cruiserchuck

The TSX had the highest sales of all Acura vehicles. I believe this is the first month that has ever happened.

CL6

That's because the entire line-up is old.

spurfan15

It's surely possible. The new TSX is rated 21/30 and my 02 Accord V6 is rated 18/26 under the new ratings system. I've gotten over 32 mpg on a full tank before, and I usually get between 30 and 31. I've gotten 35 mpg on a commute before.

If I can get 32 in an Accord V6, you can definitely get 35 in a TSX.

Btw, I do hypermile (at least to an extent). I do: stay in the right lane, keep my speed on the freeway around 55-60 instead of 65, time my acceleration and speed so I don't have to break as much, accelerate more slowly, turn my engine off if I know I'm going to be waiting somewhere for a while, use little air conditioning, etc. I do not: draft semis, over-inflate tires, turn my engine off while moving, coast in neutral, etc. I'm sure I would get better mileage if I did those things, but some of them aren't worth the safety or maintenance risk, and some are illegal.

akt1000

The 14 percent increase in TSX sales from 2007 to 2008 is definitely a big plus for Acura, although the unknown breakdown between the first generation vs the second generation TSX sales numbers leaves a little question in many people's minds (including mine).

I do have a related quesion, which I am hoping that someone can answer. All the car dealers (at least in our area) are open every day of the week for sales. So, what days of the month do they consider as selling days and which ones they don't. The press release by Honda considered only 24 selling days in June 2008 vs 27 selling days in June 2007, thus quoting the TSX sales per selling day to have increased by 27 percent.

[R]isque'

Who cares? They are selling more, and it's not due to the CL9.....

prballard

It was number one in May as well.

hunterk1

At the risk of hijacking this thread, it's possible.

I've done ~125 freeway miles and averaged 42.6 on the MID; I know it's off, but not by over 7mpg.

Once a week I drive from Denver to Boulder, it's a 52 mile round-trip for me. If I fill up the tank in the morning just before getting on the freeway (i.e. so I'm all freeway miles), I get home in the evening with an MID reading 38-42 mpg. I do use hyper-mileage techniques.

Now note I'm not saying I can maintain +35mpg easily or readily when I mix in a lot of city miles...

I would imagine that is why Hondas are selling so well; they are very efficient vehicles. That's one of the reasons I bought the TSX, I knew I could do better than the EPA estimates in a Honda.

Colin

Thats a damn good question. We're open every day too, so we had 30 selling days last month. I guess they must be counting weekdays only?

larryziegler

I just returned from 340 mile round trip to Sacramento and driving about 72-74mph most of the time, I was getting over 33mpg according to the instrument panel readings (cruise control was not used either). When I went to fill up, I was down to 31.5 mpg in real mileage (and pretty close to the reported average on the intrument panel). 11.5 gallons to go 362 miles (of which approx 60 of those miles would be considered in town driving) yielded my best mileage ever and I just turned 3,000 miles. 35+ mpg in pure freeway type driving is very achievable in the right conditions (speed, wind, topography, driving style, etc)

fcatwo

Something is really biasing the % increase for the TSX. I get a lot more than they show for 2008 when I multiply 2007 by 27.5%. Must be the # of days for the month business.

fcatwo

According to my $3.00 calculator using 30 days would show only a 10% increase in TSX sales instead of 27.5% and a 44% decrease in LS sales instead of 37%. Would seem a good enough reason to juggle the days.

dom

Weekdays only would result in ~21 days (5 Sundays + 4 Saturdays) I thought Sunday's weren't counted. But that would have resulted in 25 selling days. Was their a holiday in June?

tfox

Not for nothing, but I got 36.1mpg strictly highway yesterday from Phila to Newark, DE. I was quite excited. As far as June Acura sales, they can send me a thank-you letter; I bought mine two weeks ago. Best. Car. Ever.

Traci
2009 TSX

09TSX

tfox...Hi Tracy...I was trying to check in the new owner thread to see if you had signed in, but you hadn't....so what color is your TSX? Is is with the Tecnology Package? Any options on it? You can go check out mine in the photograp section.....thread called....preliminary pics of my TSX...just added a bunch of new pics...

LuvMyTSX

I, too, got 35 mpg in my TSX (2004) on a road trip from NJ to DC. I stayed around 75 mph and there weren't any traffic jams. I calculated it by hand since the 2004s don't have an MID, so I know first hand that 35 mpg is completely possible when driven conservatively. This also included about 20 minutes of driving in DC with local traffic.

tfox

09TSX,

I have the 09 TSX with tech package in Grigio/Taupe. It is simply the most beautiful car I have ever owned, the most stunning interior, and by far the best stereo, in-car or out, that I ever have owned. Mind you, I'm an audiophile/tech geek, so know the 'good stuff.' The people who have nothing but bad things to say about this car - I just don't get it, although we are all entitled to our opinion. My last car was an 06 Accord EX-L, and before that a V6 Malibu. This car really rocks. The DVD-A they give you when you buy the car? I just sit in my car and listen to it in amazement.

Cheers,
Traci

hunterk1

If this keeps up Honda/Acura will be the US #1 automaker...

(They've got a ways to go, I know)