Acura tops record sales for its SUVs
Acura has reaped dividends from its roster of light truck, which catapulted the Japanese- American luxury car maker’s sales to 15,920 units last May, a 5.3 percent increase compared to the figures a year ago. The May numbers, which are based on the daily selling rate that included one additional business day, also brought 2007’s total sales to 74,774 units.
Inspired showings by the MDX luxury SUV and turbocharged RDX in the market, helped set a May sales record of 6,635 for total light trucks — an 82.6 percent increase from last year and exceeding the previous record of 5,633 set in May 2005. The MDX posted strong sales of 4,623 units, 27.2 percent more than last May.
MDX’s sales for the current year reached 22,388 units, 7.1 percent greater than last year. In addition, RDX continued to make sales gains, recording May sales of 2,012 units, and totaling 10,419 units for the current year.
“We are delighted to report our tenth consecutive record month of light truck sales,” exclaims Dick Colliver, executive vice president of Acura sales. “And we look forward to the new Acura Design Studio in Southern California creating exciting products to help further increase Acura sales.”
Still, Acura’s top-selling for May was the TL performance luxury sedan, which posted sales of 5,760. TL is a product of the designers who will work in the new design studio recently completed also last May. The TSX sports sedan sold 2,859 units for the month, bringing year-to-date sales to 14,007.
The statistics are based on 26 selling days in May 2007 versus 25 selling days in May 2006. Year-to-date percentages are based on 127 selling days in 2007 as compared to 126 in 2006.