Honda and Acura Brands, American Honda, Set Multiple Sales Records in March

- American Honda sets new March record for total vehicle sales, pushing Q1 up 16% over 2020

- Acura MDX has best sales month in history, while also powering Acura SUVs to best-ever month

- Acura brand posts best total March sales since 2005, with dramatic increases in SUV and sedan sales

- Refreshed Honda Ridgeline scores second-best month of all time on way to best March sales

- Honda HR-V and Passport net best sales months ever, with HR-V topping 11,000 units for the first time

- Honda electrified vehicles set an all-time monthly record, exceeding 10,000 deliveries in March

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Apr 01, 2021, 16:24 ET

TORRANCE, Calif., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --

	American Honda			Acura			Honda
	Total	Cars	Trucks	Total	Cars	Trucks	Total	Cars	Trucks
Q1	347,091	122,853	224,238	37,888	9,288	28,600	309,203	113,565	195,638
	+16.2%	-6.8%	+34.3%	+32.8%	+10.1%	+42.3%	+14.4%	-8%	+33.2%
	Total	Cars	Trucks	Total	Cars	Trucks	Total	Cars	Trucks
March	148,538	53,366	95,172	17,831	4,343	13,488	130,707	49,023	81,684
	+92.5%	+43.6%	+138.1%	+153.4%	+95.5%	+180.1%	+86.4%	+40.3%	+132.3%

Honda and Acura brands, American Honda, set multiple sales records in March, with the Acura MDX setting an all-time best monthly record, helping Acura SUVs to their best sales month as well.

American Honda March and Q1 2021 Sales April 1, 2021

"One year after the global pandemic began to take its toll on the auto industry, it's great to return to form with such strong March sales for both the Honda and Acura brands," said Dave Gardner, executive vice president of National Operations at American Honda. "With all-time record sales for our all-new Acura MDX flagship and record March performance for the Honda HR-V, CR-V, Passport and Ridgeline, our light truck lineups are leading the way. In the near term, parts supply may challenge production pace but existing vehicle stocks can meet current demand."

Honda	BRAND REPORT
Sales Highlights		Notes
Honda light truck sales accelerated dramatically in March, with a 132% increase as recovery from the pandemic took off. Results include multiple March records for individual models and overall truck sales. Honda cars also posted a robust 40% gain, while electrified vehicles set a new monthly mark. Honda truck sales set a new March record, jumping 132.3% on sales of 81,684 units. Sales of the redesigned Ridgeline reached 6,081 units, setting a new March record with its best result since 2005. HR-V sales set an all-time monthly best, with 11,625 deliveries In March, up 202.5%. Passport also claimed its best-ever month, climbing 161.7 percent on sales of 4,914 vehicles. CR-V set a new March record, gaining 123.3% on sales of 37,711. Sales of Honda electrified vehicles topped 10,000 for the first time in any month, led by the CR-V Hybrid with sales of 5,900 units. Accord and Civic gained strongly in March, with Accord hitting nearly 20,000 sales (up 44.6%), and Civic topping 24,000 (up 34.2%).		Honda was first among full-line automakers with the highest fleet average fuel economy and lowest CO2 emissions in the EPA 2020 Automotive Trends Report. Six 2021 Honda models have earned IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK ratings or better, with Accord, Insight and Odyssey achieving TOP SAFETY PICK+.
Acura	BRAND REPORT
Sales Highlights		Notes
Acura posted its best March sales since 2005, led by the all-new brand flagship, the 2022 MDX which claimed its best month in history while driving Acura SUVs to their best month ever. Sales of Acura performance sedans jumped 95.5% in March, led by the all-new TLX. Extending its lead as the best-selling 3-row luxury SUV of all time, MDX set a new monthly sales record of 8,782. MDX and RDX combined for best-ever month of SUVs sales with 13,488 units delivered. Sales of the all-new TLX jumped 109.4% in March, as the long-awaited TLX Type S performance variant prepares to hit the market this spring.		Type S performance is set to return to the Acura lineup with the 2021 TLX Type S, debuting an all-new Turbo V6. Acura's all-new flagship, the 2022 MDX, is poised to follow TLX and RDX in earning the highest possible rating from IIHS: TOP SAFETY PICK+.