Acura – Making it to the Top 20 best-seller List
A significant increase of sales for the month of August took place for international nameplate automobiles. The sales reached 725,651 total units for 49.1 percent of the U.S. market for autos, after the July market share of 51.9 percent. As a group, international nameplate sales rose 2.2 percent over August 2006. Year-to-date sales for the various brands combined registered at 5,371,423 units through the end of last month, achieving a 3.2 percent increase over the same 8-month period last year.
More international models made their way to the nation’s Top 20 best-seller list and among these are Acura models. The Acura Division posted sales of 16,436 units with new August records set for the MDX and RDX, resulting in Acura light truck sales increasing by 35.8 percent. The sales of the Acura MDX increased 35.5 percent to 5,816 units. Acura RDX sales improved 36.7 percent to 1,860 units. For the TL luxury performance sedan, the August sales totaled 4,992 while the TSX sports sedan totaled 3,245 units.