Honda sales drop 4.1% in October on weak car sales

American Honda saw strong U.S. sales in October from its Acura brand, but a 14 percent drop in overall car sales pulled the company’s volume down by 4.1 percent to 122,182.

Acura sales were bolstered by the all-new 2019 midsize RDX, helping the brand’s light trucks set a new October sales record, up 15 percent.

The freshened Honda Pilot’s sales jumped 31 percent, marking the midsize crossover’s best October on record. American Honda’s light trucks posted their best-ever October sales, up 6.5 percent from a year ago.

Sales of the midsize Honda Accord sedan slipped 11 percent, while the compact Civic, even with a refreshed 2019 model that went on sale Oct. 10, saw its sales fall 26 percent year-over-year.

For the first 10 months of the year, American Honda’s sales are down 2.2 percent from the same period in 2017.

Brands: Honda down 5.3%, Acura up 7.3%

Notable nameplates: Accord down 11%, Civic down 26%, Honda CR-V up 0.2%, Honda Odyssey up 15%, Pilot up 31%, RDX up 75%, Acura TLX down 15%

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