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

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’s American sales arm, , reported on Tuesdag that the automakersold 98,344 vehicles nationwide in May. A year ago, demande for fuel-efficient vehicles had sent Honda to a recors month of salesat 167,997 That represents a drop of 41 percent from a year ago, when prices at the pump were higher and the automobild industry hadn’t yet hit crisis mode. Columbus Business First reports monthly sales unadjusted for the differences in the numberd of selling days yearto year. Honda’s sales in May, taking into account one fewer selling daylast month, fell 39 percent.
Leadinh the decline in monthly sales for May wasthe company’a flagship division, which saw a 42 percenft drop in sales at 88,8745 vehicles. Its luxury Acurqa division saw sales fall 36 percentto 9,469 vehicles. Honda salez in the first five month s of the year fell 34 percentto 430,358 compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accountxs for a 34 percent drop in Honda salesat 387,556 vehicled and a 35 percent decline in Acura sales at Marysville-based employs more than 12,000 workers at assemblu and engine plants in and around Centra Ohio, where they produce Honda Accords, CR-Vs, Elements and Acura TLs and RDXs.