Honda Reports all-Time Record Sales

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has announced record December and full-year results for Honda and its Acura Division have propelled American Honda to an all-time record year for 2004 with total sales climbing 3.0% to 1,394,398 passenger cars and light trucks. Industry analysts said this marks the 11th consecutive year of sales increases for Honda. American Honda December sales of 137,381 cars soared 30.1% over one year ago, establishing a new record for the month, and SUVs and minivan sales shot to a new single-month record of 57,762.

"It was one heck of a competitive year for the industry as a whole, but we are feeling pretty good about the outcome for Honda and Acura," stated Dick Colliver, executive VP of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "The competition is not about to let up, but with Acura on a roll and great new products like the Honda Ridgeline truck and an all-new Honda Civic coming down the pipe, we think 2005 will be another strong year for us."

Honda reported new all-time records for December and for the entire 2004 year on the strength of record December results for Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Pilot and the all-new Odyssey minivan. With Civic Hybrid sales up 17.5% to 25,571 for 2004 and the addition of the all-new Honda Accord Hybrid late in 2004, sales of Honda hybrid vehicles climbed 18.6% to a new record of 27,215 units for 2004. December sales of Honda's three hybrid models soared 97.2% to 3,167 units, as total Honda hybrid sales hit 74,608 since the introduction of the Honda Insight in December 1999.