Feb 2006 Auto Sales

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American Honda Sales 2006 Increase 8.7 Percent to New February Record

TORRANCE, Calif., March 1 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., is posting record February vehicle sales of 106,644, up 8.7 percent, led by increases for its most popular models including the all-new Civic and the re-designed Accord, up 37.6 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively. Year-to-date sales of 205,038 are up 14.1 percent.

Honda Division is posting record February sales of 92,498 cars and light trucks, an increase of 12.8 percent, with additional records broken for total Honda truck sales of 41,980 and Pilot sales of 10,901. Year-to-date, Honda Division is up 18.1 percent with sales of 176,911.

Civic sales of 24,722 include 1,780 Civic Hybrids (up 31.6 percent) and Accord sales of 25,285 include 783 Accord Hybrids. February combined sales of Honda's three hybrid vehicles are up 18.2 percent to 2,635, and up 47.5 percent for the year to 6,210. February marks the first full year for the Ridgeline with sales cumulatively reaching 50,892, on-track with its 12-month sales target of 50,000 units.

"The American consumer is re-discovering cars and the timing for the all-new 2006 Civic couldn't be better," said **** Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda. "The Civic has been strong out of the gate and Honda's diverse lineup of light trucks has set a record for four consecutive months."

Acura Division posted sales of 14,146 with record TSX sports sedan sales up 1.4 percent {2,674}. The TL performance luxury sedan continued as Acura's top-selling model with February sales of 5,169.

Consumer information is available at www.honda.com.




Info taken from Club Lexus which has charts that do not copy & paste well.

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Toyota Reports February Sales

03/01/2006
Torrance CA - March 1, 2006 - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever February sales of 166,940 units, an increase of 2.4 percent over the same period last year.

"First quarter economic growth is proving quite robust," said Jim Press, TMS president and COO. "With showrooms awash in new products and the spring selling season upon us, the industry should be going strong in March."

The Toyota Division recorded best-ever February sales of 145,813, an increase of 1.7 percent. The Lexus Division posted best-ever February sales of 21,127 units, up 7.1 percent over last February.

Toyota Division
Toyota Division passenger cars posted February sales of 77,304. Scion reported best-ever February sales of 11,407 units. The xB urban utility vehicle recorded a best-ever February with 4,074 units, up 6.9 percent. The tC sports coupe had best-ever February sales of 5,048 units, up 12.2 percent. The xA subcompact posted a best-ever February with 2,285 units sold, an increase of 22.5 percent.

Toyota Division light-truck sales reported a best-ever February of 68,509 units, an increase of 9.5 percent. Sales of the Tacoma compact pickup truck recorded 13,735 units, up 25.7 percent over the same period last year. The all-new RAV4 posted best-ever February sales of 11,068 units, a 114.0 percent increase. The Highlander Hybrid gas-electric mid-size SUV reported February sales of 2,631 units. Combined February sales of the Highlander and Highlander Hybrid totaled 9,033 units.


Lexus Division
Lexus passenger cars experienced February sales of 10,615 units, an increase of 11.4 percent. The all-new IS luxury sports sedans, which debuted in October, reported best-ever February sales of 3,882 units, an 807-percent increase over last February. The IS 250 reported sales of 2,710, with the IS 350 recording 1,172 units. The GS 300 luxury sport sedan posted sales of 1,771 units, a 10.5 percent increase over the same period last year. GS430 posted sales of 278 units.

Lexus light trucks earned February sales of 10,512 units, an increase of 3.1 percent over last February. The RX 400h luxury hybrid SUV reported February sales of 1,803 units. The RX 330 and RX 400h posted combined February sales of 8,247 units, an increase of 15.6 percent over last February.

Sales of North American-built vehicles accounted for 59.5 percent of total February sales. There were 24 selling days both this month and last February.

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Nissan North America Announces Best Ever February Sales [Mar. 1, 06]

GARDENA, Calif. (March 1, 2006) – Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported 84,241 total sales in February, a 2.2 percent increase over last year, making it NNA’s best ever February. The Nissan Division posted a 3.3 percent increase over last year, with the division, and several individual vehicles, including the Altima, Pathfinder, Murano and Titan, celebrating best-ever February sales. While NNA’s luxury division, Infiniti, posted a 5.5 percent decrease in sales, the all-new Infiniti M saw record February sales.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS
· February sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 74,997 units were up 3.3 percent when compared to last year with 72,625 units sold and mark the division’s best February on record.
· Altima saw record sales for February, with 20,080 units sold marking a 5.4 percent increase from one year ago.
· Titan pickup saw strong sales of 7,009 units, a record for February.
· Pathfinder (6,680 units sold) also posted record sales for February, with a 9.6 percent increase.
· Murano continues to post strong sales, with 7,421 units sold also marking a monthly record.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS
· Sales for Infiniti were down 5.5 percent from last February with 9,244 units sold.
· The all-new M continued its strong sales momentum with 2,000 units sold and posts its best February ever

NNA INFORMATION
· Combined February sales for Nissan and Infiniti totaled 84,241 units, a 2.2 percent increase when compared to last year with 82,412 units.

In North America, NNA’s operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on NNA and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.nissannews.com or by contacting the corporate media line at 310/771-5631.

[psteng19]

All Acura's down except for TSX.

[Spidy]

Thanks for the post... Puts things in perspective... 2,674 TSX's is actually quite low... considering 20,080 Altimas and 24,722 Civics, and 25,285 Accords were sold in the same period..

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In all fairness, I do not think that that the TSX is supposed to be a high volume seller. For this class it is doing OK: the new Lexus IS sold 3,882 and G35 Sedan sold 2,891 so it may not be top in the field but not lagging behind like the RL. I remember reading that they were not that many in production either which could affect sales.

For a little more perspective, the top selling midsize luxury sedan is the TL which sold 5,169. As pointed out, however, the TL's sales are going down & w/ the the new ES350 coming Acura could fall even further behind in sales. Honda may be able to claim that sales are up last month compared to 2005 but that is clearly bc of the new Civic & the Ridgeline whose sales went up over 3,000%.

Back to the RL: that thing is in major trouble. No wonder they were selling @ invoice last year:

5 = 4,153
E = 2,310
GS = 2,049
M = 2,000
STS = 1,740
A6 = 1,168
RL = 712

I hope Acura does something for this car - so far it seem slike they are only coming up w/ a cheaper version but that is not going to help Acura's luxury image.