Guangzhou Honda sold over 7,400 new Accord vehicles in first month

Shanghai. February 19 (Gasgoo.com) – Guangzhou Honda sold over 7,400 new Accord vehicles in the first month it started production in Guangzhou, according to National Association of Passenger Vehicles.

 

"If there were no heavy snowstorms in January, we might have been able to sell out 8,000 new Accord vehicles in the first month,” a Guangzhou Honda official told China Business News. “In the fast week of January, our vehicle shipping routes to Southwest and central China markets were cut off by snowstorms.”

 

Earlier this year, Guangzhou Honda announced a plan to sell 178,000 new Accord vehicles in Chinese market this year, slightly higher than its competitor Toyota Camry, whose sales target was 175,000 vehicles in the same year.

 

"The sales record for the first month is not bad for us,” the unnamed Guangzhou Honda official mentioned that back in June of 2006 when Toyota Camry, Honda Accord’s rival car model, was launched in Chinese market, it sold 3,680 units in the first month, 5,900 units in the second month, and it was not until the third month that Toyota Camry’s sale reached 7,000 units.

 

The 2008 Accord vehicles, produced by Guangzhou Honda, were officially launched on January 6. The Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for Accord 2.4 EX is RMB 229,800 ($32,000 in US dollars) in Chinese market and the MSRC price for Accord 2.4 EXL-Navi is RMB 264,800 ($37,000 in US dollars).