March Honda/Acura Sales up 18.9%

[jcramin]

American Honda March Sales Up 18.9 Percent -- TORRANCE, Calif., April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

[bizzybear]

thanks for sharing


CR-Z = 1,685 for March... what was that about it being a flop??

[ErikTheRed]

Id imagine numbers will be pretty high again with gas prices still rising

[bizzybear]

btw, i moved/edited this thread title to match with previous month's threads

[GoHuskies]

Aside from the CRV the Honda light trucks and people movers are not breaking any new ground. Acura has the same trouble. Got it's bacon saved by the MDX. I guess people are not warming up to the beak or the new Odyssey.

[ErikTheRed]

someone out there bought 1 s2000

[northbridge]

^ lol, good eye

[bizzybear]

does anyone know the goals for the Crosstour and if it is on track or not?? btw, i really suspect the TSX wagon numbers being like that b/c it doesn't have a 6MT option...

[Colin]

Originally Posted by bizzybear

does anyone know the goals for the Crosstour and if it is on track or not?? btw, i really suspect the TSX wagon numbers being like that b/c it doesn't have a 6MT option...

I couldn't tell you about the Crosstour, but I seem to recall them talking about picking up 20-30K of sale annually. On the TSX Wagon, it is a conundrum. With the current production numbers, its going to be hard for customers to find what they want color/trim wise. In turn, this will discourage many buyers since (IMO) Acura as a brand hasn't 'conditioned' people that waiting 3 months for a car is 'normal'. In a way, the production numbers and thus sales become a 'self fulfilling prophesy.' Since manual transmissions only account for 5-6% of annual sedan sales, I don't think that adding a manual to a car selling 4000 a year is going to impact the numbers in any significant way. (and don't forget, I'm as big a manual tranny booster as you'll find)

[bizzybear]

i agree 100% Colin... just saying a 6MT TSX-wagon would be sweet