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Acura TSX posts best-ever June sales

TORRANCE, Calif., July 1, 2008 -- The Acura TSX sports sedan posted best-ever June sales, making it Acura's top-selling vehicle for the month as the luxury division posted June sales of 12,456 units, down 16.4 percent* based on the daily-selling-rate. Acura year-to-date sales of 77,914 are down 14.3 percent versus 2007.

2008 Acura TSX Sports Sedan

In just its second full month on sale, the redesigned Acura TSX sports sedan set a new June record with sales of 3,869 units, surpassing the previous record of 3,414 set in 2007. Year-to-date sales TSX reached 17,683, up 2.2 percent compared to last year.

Fuel-efficient Honda Fit sets all-time record; Honda Civic and Acura TSX set June records

TORRANCE, Calif., July 1, 2008 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced total June sales of 142,539, up 13.8 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis(1), setting a new record for the month. Reflecting a shifting automotive marketplace, total car sales set a new June record for the first time since 1990 at 97,639, up 34.2 percent versus last year. Year-to-date American Honda sales are up 4.8 percent to 798,358.

2008 Honda Civic family

TOKYO, Japan, June 26, 2008– Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of May 2008.

Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the ninth consecutive month (since September 2007).

2008 Honda Civic Sedan

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the 34th consecutive month (since August 2005), setting an all-time record for the month of May. This includes record production for the month of May in Asia and China.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since March 2008).

06/19/2008, TORRANCE, Calif. -- Honda has fully deployed its fleet of Auto-Max® railcars, achieving a significant reduction in the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions associated with its automobile distribution activities in the United States. The 400-car fleet of more space-efficient Auto-Max railcars is the only such automaker-operated fleet in use in the United States. Including the Auto-Max fleet shipments, American Honda currently transports about 82 percent of its Honda and Acura automobiles across the country by rail, achieving the highest rail-shipping rate of any automaker.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil, June 19, 2008 – Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda. (HAB), reached the 500,000-unit cumulative automobile production milestone, June 18, 2008.

HAB began auto production with the Civic model in September 1997, and added production of Fit in 2003. HAB has been supplying these models to customers in Brazil as well as customers in neighboring countries such as Argentina, Peru, and Chile. In 2006, to fulfill increasing demand for FFVs (flexible fuel vehicles) in Brazil, HAB added a FFV version of both Civic and Fit to the product lineup. The sales ratio of these FFV models to Honda’s overall sales in Brazil exceeded 40% in 2007, demonstrating the popularity of these FFV models.

TOKYO, Japan, June 23, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. issued the Honda Environmental Annual Report 2008 (Japanese language version), outlining results of the company’s environmental initiatives for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 as well as targets for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.

In the report, Honda discloses a wide range of information, including progress made during the previous fiscal year toward Honda 2010 global CO2 reduction targets and FY2011 environmental footprint reduction targets for business activities in Japan, as well as initiatives to be implemented to achieve such targets. Honda has expanded the scope of consolidated data and the extent of global information included within this report.

TOKYO, Japan, June 10, 2008– Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will provide its new fuel cell vehicle, FCX Clarity, as well as Civic Hybrid and other advanced technologies for the G8Hokkaido Toyako Summit to be held July 7-9, 2008. Honda decided to participate in support of the Japanese government’s effort to showcase the most advanced environmental technologies at this G8 Summit.

Honda FCX Clarity Advanced Fuel Cell Vehicle

In addition to providing environmentally-responsible vehicles, Honda is to exhibit its advanced environmental technologies including the CIGS(*) thin film solar cells, of which Honda began mass production and sales in 2007, as well as the Honda FC Stack, which is installed in FCX Clarity.

All-Time Record Honda Civic Sales Top 53,000 in May as Honda Civic, Honda Fit and Acura TSX Break All-Time Records

TORRANCE, Calif., June 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., May sales of 167,997, up 11.3 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis(1), shattered the company's all-time sales record for any month as Honda Civic sales reached 53,299, up 28.3 percent versus last May and surpassing the previous monthly record for any car in the lineup.

2008 Honda Civic Coupe

New all-time records set in May included (previous record in parentheses):

-- American Honda total vehicle sales of 167,997 (August 2007: 158,342)

All-New 2009 Acura TSX Shattered Model's All-Time Sales Record

TORRANCE, Calif., June 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- In its first full month of sales, the all-new 2009 Acura TSX posted its best month in the model's history with 4,564 units sold- topping the previous mark of 3,911 set in April of 2006. So strong are TSX sales that for the first time ever, it topped the monthly sales of TL and MDX. Acura sales for May were 14,893 units, down 9.9 percent based on Daily Selling Rate* while year-to-date sales totaled 65,458 units, down 13.8 percent compared to 2007.

2009 Acura TSX

Honda Sets All-Time Record for Auto Production in the Month of April for Regions Outside Japan and Worldwide

TOKYO, Japan, May 27, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of April 2008.

Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the eighth consecutive month (since September 2007).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the 33rd consecutive month (since August 2005), setting an all-time record for the month of April. This includes record production for the month of April in North America, the U.S., Europe, Asia, and China.

LONDON, May 21, 2008 -- Honda is to launch an accessible hybrid car to allow more people around the world to adopt cleaner motoring technology and significantly reduce global car emissions. Going on sale early next year, Honda expects to sell 200,000 units globally of the new car annually.

The company will further accelerate hybrid sales by introducing a sporty hybrid based on its Honda CR-Z, Honda Civic Hybrid and the addition of a Honda Jazz Hybrid model. With all four of these models, Honda expects combined annual sales of its hybrid models to reach 500,000 units.

Reduction in component size and manufacturing costs to improve hybrid affordability

05/20/2008, TORRANCE, Calif. -- Honda today announced additional details regarding its new small hybrid scheduled for introduction in early 2009, as part of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. CEO Takeo Fukui's mid-year address. An official name and full product details will be announced later this year.

TOKYO, Japan, May 21, 2008 – A new 3-year mid-term plan began in April of this year. The basic idea for this 3-year plan is to establish a corporate structure necessary to sustain our strengths and that will enable us to grow globally in the future, and begin such efforts initially under the leadership of our operations in Japan.

Two concrete directions are set as followings;

1) To create world-leading environmental technologies, bring them to life as products, and offer them to more customers.
2) To achieve a significant advancement toward the next generation of manufacturing systems which will enable Honda to create such advanced products.

May 15, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. would like to express its deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims of the recent earthquake epicentered in the Sichuan province of China. In response to this tragedy, the Honda group companies will provide approximately JPY 115 million toward the relief and recovery effort.

Details of Honda’s donations:
· Honda group companies in China, including Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., will contribute approximately CNY 4 million (approximately JPY 60 million), comprising cash donations, two CR-V sport utility vehicles and 30 electrical generators, to organizations including the Red Cross Society of China and the Red Cross Society of Sichuan province.

May 9, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a contribution totaling approximately JPY 23.3 million to assist the Red Cross in providing shelter, relief and recovery support to those affected by the recent Myanmar Cyclone.

Of the JPY 23.3 million, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will contribute JPY 20 million through the Japanese Red Cross Society, while Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Honda’s Asian and Oceanic headquarters function (located in Bangkok), will contribute THB 1 million (approximately JPY 3.3 million) through the Thai Red Cross Society.

Source: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

April 25, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) is currently being examined by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau (“Bureau”) on matters related to a transfer pricing*1 issue. In the examination, the Bureau claims that the allocation of the total profit Honda and its Chinese joint venture companies earned from their automobile business in China was not an “arms’ length” allocation but rather that too much of this total profit was realized by the Chinese joint venture companies over the five-year period ended March 31, 2006.

Honda Achieved all-time record for consolidated revenue, operating income, income before income taxes, equity in income of affiliates, and net income, with increased income in all business areas

TOKYO, Japan, April 25, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, it achieved an all-time record for consolidated net sales and other operating revenue (herein referred to as “revenue”) for the eighth consecutive fiscal year which amounted to JPY 12,002.8 billion (+8.3%) due to increased sales revenue in all business areas.

TOKYO, Japan, April 23, 2008– Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic market sales, and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (Fiscal Year 2008), as well as for the month of March 2008. Honda set new all-time fiscal year records for production in North America, the U.S., Europe, Asia, and China, resulting in the 11th consecutive all-time fiscal year record for production in regions outside Japan and worldwide.

Fiscal Year 2008 (fiscal year ended March 31, 2008)
Production in Japan for the Fiscal Year 2008 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years (since Fiscal Year 2006).

GUANGZHOU, China, April 21, 2008– Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, revealed the name of its new proprietary car brand, LI NIAN*, that will begin selling products in 2010, and debuted the LI NIAN Concept, a concept car that indicates the direction of the brand. Both announcements came at the 2008 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition (Auto China 2008) which is held April 20, 2008 through April 28, 2008 (Press days: April 20 & 21, 2008).

LI NIAN Concept: Guangzhou Honda reveals new proprietary brand

TOKYO, Japan, March 28, 2008 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd., announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2008.

Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the sixth consecutive month (since September 2007).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the 31st consecutive month (since August 2005), setting an all-time record for the month of February. This includes record production in North America, the U.S., Europe, Asia, and China for the month of February.

Worldwide production also experienced a year-on-year increase for the 31st consecutive month (since August 2005), setting an all-time record for the month of February.