Sales for the highly popular Honda Fit were the only model in Honda's lineup that showed an increase. Overall Honda sales were down 28.4% for October 2008 vs. October 2007.

MODEL BREAKOUTS BY DIVISION
Honda Division Total 75,756 101,913 -28.4%
Fit6,478 4,868 28.1%
Accord * 19,78330,936 -38.4%
Memo: Accord Hybrid 1 243 -99.6%
Civic *18,58223,809 -24.8%
Memo: Civic Hybrid 1,621 2,286 -31.7%
S2000 100 308 -68.7%
Insight 0 0
FCX 0 0
FCX Clarity 1
Odyssey * 9,20814,451 -38.6%
Pilot * 4,980 5,920 -19.0%
CR-V * 13,16916,780 -24.4%
Element * 1,361 2,269 -42.2%
Ridgeline 2,094 2,572 -21.6%

 

Gosh I can't believe this! Civic (both regular and hybrid) is down that much too? Honda just opened the Indiana plant to make exclusive Civics! No wonder there are such good lease deals out there.

Why is the civic hybrid selling so bad while the toyota prius has a long wait time plus thousands in premium?

Can't belive our Fit is the little engine that could!

Does anyone know how other car makers are doing?

 

What other car makers???

 

Ford sales down 30.2%.
Toyota sales down 23%

 

Honda should bring Fit to US plants so they can sell more of it.

I assume GM and Chrysler are about to be belly up.

 

the only 2009 fit ive ever seen on the road is the one im driving.

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I don't see them very often either. There is one in my town now.

 

My '09 Fit was built August 9 and delivered September 11, it as #3,420 built for North America.

Today, I went to my local Honda to get a part and there was an '09 Auto./nav/vsa Sport in Orange on the showroom. It was #13,557 out of Suzuka built for North America.

In a way (a real way), that's saying they produced over 10,000 Fits for North America alone in a six or seven week time span, not counting what they built for the Asian markets.

They've probably built over 20,000 Fits for N.A. to date.

 

Can't be. They can only produce around 85,000 Fits in a whole year for US. If I get my numbers wrong but please correct me.

 

How do you find out the production number? I know mine was delivered 10/15/08, same day I bought it!

 

I heard on the news tonight that GM is down 45%, Chrysler is down 35%, Ford is down 30%, and Toyota is down 26%.

 

It is the last five (or six) digits of your serial number.

 

X2 Yep...

 

I wonder how much of the Fits sales increase was because of pent up demand for the '09 slowing sales in Aug/Sept. Although gas prices sure helped....

I'm glad gas prices are comming down so I may get a little better deal on an '09.... (lower demand)