American Honda Motor Co. posted second-quarter gross sales of 347,025, a forty five p.c enhance in contrast with final 12 months.

The automaker, dogged by provide chain points for almost all of 2022 leading to a 17-month gross sales hunch, is lastly seeing some manufacturing momentum because it builds again dealership inventory. In accordance with the corporate, sellers are reporting flip charges of greater than 70 p.c.

Mamadou Diallo, senior vp of auto gross sales for American Honda Motor Co., mentioned in an announcement that regardless of some persisting industrywide logistics points, sellers are doing a notable job of getting merchandise to clients.

Mixed Honda and Acura gross sales rose 57 p.c to 111,498 in June over the year-earlier interval, marking 4 consecutive months of development for the automaker. Within the first half of 2023, the manufacturers logged mixed gross sales of 631,532, a rise of 25 p.c in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months.

Honda’s second-quarter gross sales rose 43 p.c to 306,848 in contrast with 2022 on elevated provide in addition to demand for the redesigned Accord and CR-V hybrids, which surpassed mixed deliveries of 26,520 in June, setting a month-to-month report. Honda says 53 p.c of Accord and CR-V consumers are choosing the electrified fashions, that are positioned on the prime of the lineup.
In June, Honda gross sales jumped 54 p.c to 98,327. Month-to-month gross sales of the redesigned CR-V compact crossover topped 30,000 for the fourth month in a row. The Pilot midsize crossover and HR-V subcompact crossover, additionally newly redesigned, posted robust leads to June as effectively.
Acura notched gross sales of 40,177 within the second quarter, a 63 p.c enhance in contrast with the second quarter of 2022. Acura’s June gross sales of 13,171 rose 83 p.c over the year-earlier month. It is the fourth-straight month the premium model has achieved over 13,000 gross sales.
Diallo mentioned Acura’s Integra sport sedan continues to be a pacesetter within the “luxurious gateway section,” with gross sales topping 2,500 for the fifth month in a row. The MDX and RDX crossovers additionally posted sizable positive aspects.

Notable nameplates: Accord, up 68% in June and 49% in Q2; Civic, up 66% in June and 52% in Q2; HR-V, up 57% in June however down 11% in Q2; CR-V, up 36% in June and 66% in Q2; Passport, up 51% in June and 29% in Q2; Pilot, up 86% in June and 39% in Q2; Ridgeline, up 58% in June and 37% in Q2; Integra, up 75% in June, 8,808 gross sales in Q2 vs. 1,496 a 12 months earlier; MDX, up 100% in June and 67% in Q2; RDX, up 88% in June and 39% in Q2

Stock: Honda mentioned it is beginning July with 35,000 Hondas and 19,000 Acuras in inventory on the bottom. Final 12 months, the automaker began July with simply 10,500 Honda and 4,200 Acura fashions available.

Do you know? Some logistics points stifled deliveries of the second-gen HR-V, however the small crossover nonetheless topped gross sales of 9,000 in June.