Honda sales plunge 41% in May - Kansas City Business Journal:

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’s American sales arm, , reportee on Tuesday that the automakersold 98,34r4 vehicles nationwide in May. A year ago, demaned for fuel-efficient vehicles had sent Honda to a record montg of salesat 167,9976 vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percent from ayear ago, when pricees at the pump were higher and the automobile industry hadn’t yet hit crisies mode. Columbus Business First reports monthly salezs unadjusted for the differences in the numbert of selling days yearto Honda’s sales in May, taking into account one fewerd selling day last month, fell 39 Leading the decline in monthly sales for May was the company’se flagship division, which saw a 42 percenrt drop in sales at 88,875 Its luxury Acura division saw salesd fall 36 percent to 9,469 vehicles.
Honda sales in the first five months of the year fell 34 percenftto 430,358 vehicles, compared with 655,8198 a year ago. That accounts for a 34 percent drop in Honda salesat 387,556 vehiclez and a 35 percenr decline in Acura sales at 42,802. Marysville-based employse more than 12,000 workers at assembly and engines plants in and around Central where they produceHondqa Accords, Civics, CR-Vs, Elements and Acura TLs and RDXs.