Honda China Sept sales up 3.5% y/y to 46,697 units

Honda Motor Co said its two joint ventures in China sold 46,697 cars in September, up 3.5 pct year-on-year.
 
In the first nine months of 2008, car sales at the two joint ventures rose 19.7 pct year-on-year to 356,258 units, it said in a statement.

Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co Ltd, a 50-50 joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group, sold 32,289 vehicles in September, flat from a year earlier, while sales at the other joint venture, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co Ltd, rose 12.7 pct from a year earlier to 14,408 units.