Acura USA July 2013 Sales Results

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Official release from acuranews.com:

Civic Breaks 13-Year-Old Monthly Record on American Honda 20-Percent Sales Gain; Acura Sales Jump 18 Percent on MDX Monthly Record and All-Time Light-Truck Sales Record

08/01/2013 – TORRANCE, Calif.

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today reported July 2013 U.S. sales of 141,439 units, a total increase of 20.9 percent compared with July 2012 (up 16.1 percent based on the Daily Selling Rate, or DSR*). The Honda Division posted July 2013 sales of 126,289 units, an increase of 21.3 percent compared with July 2012. Acura Division U.S. July sales of 15,150 units jumped 18.1 percent compared with July 2012.

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• Acura posts a 18.1-percent sales gain, and a 35.4-percent gain in light-truck sales setting an all-time light-truck sales record

• MDX, new from the ground up, topped 5,500 units and set a new July record last set in 2005, making it Acura’s top-selling model

• RDX continues its amazing run with 15 consecutive month of record sales (3,936 units sold)

“The all-new MDX is off to the kind of dominating start we expected, teamed with RDX to give Acura a powerful 1-2 punch in the important luxury light-truck segment, and new momentum in Acura showrooms,” said Jeff Conrad, vice president and general manager of Acura sales. “MDX delivers due to its fundamental advantages in areas that resonate with luxury SUV shoppers.”

*The daily selling rate (DSR) is calculated with 25 days for July 2013 and 24 days for July 2012. Year-to-date, the DSR is calculated with 178 days for 2013 and 178 days for 2012. All other percentages in release are unadjusted; see table for adjusted DSR figures.

American Acura Vehicle Sales For July 2013
Month-to-Date Year-to-Date
July July DSR** July July DSR**
2013 2012 % Chg. 2013 2012 % Chg.
Acura Division Total 15,150 12,825 13.4% 92,131 85,761 7.4%
TL 1,843 2,358 -25.0% 16,433 20,411 -19.5%
TSX 1,680 1,980 -18.5% 11,134 19,594 -43.2%
Memo: TSX Wagon 158 316 -52.0% 1,322 2,366 -44.1%
ILX 1,482 1,410 0.9% 12,206 2,659 359.0%
Memo: ILX Hybrid 110 110 -4.0% 1,003 259 287.3%
RLX / RL 617 40 1380.8% 2,180 254 758.3%
MDX 5,551 4,288 24.3% 23,765 28,405 -16.3%
ZDX 41 85 -53.7% 277 501 -44.7%
RDX 3,936 2,664 41.8% 26,136 13,937 87.5%
Selling Days 25 24 178 178
* Honda and Acura vehicles are made of domestic & global sourced parts. ** Daily Selling Rate

[Source: Acura]

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