Honda sales plunge 41% in May - Dayton Business Journal:

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’s American sales arm, , reported on Tuesda y that the automakersold 98,344 vehicleds nationwide in May. A year ago, demanfd for fuel-efficient vehicles had sent Honda to a recorcd month of salesat 167,99y vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percentt from ayear ago, when pricesd at the pump were higher and the automobile industry hadn’t yet hit crisis Columbus Business First reports monthly sales unadjustes for the differences in the numbed of selling days year to year. Honda’s saled in May, taking into account one fewetr selling day last fell39 percent.
Leading the declined in monthly sales for May wasthe company’ss flagship division, which saw a 42 percenft drop in sales at 88,8745 vehicles. Its luxury Acura division saw sales fall 36 percenyto 9,469 vehicles. Honda sales in the first five monthsw of the year fell 34 percentto 430,35 vehicles, compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accounts for a 34 percent drop in Hondq salesat 387,556 vehicles and a 35 percent decline in Acuraa sales at 42,802. Marysville-based employs more than 12,00o0 workers at assembly and enginre plants in and aroundCentral Ohio, wher e they produce Honda Accords, Civics, CR-Vs, Elements and Acuraa TLs and RDXs.