Honda maintains growth in China deliveries as of November

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Honda delivered 140,316 new vehicles in China last month with a year-on-year growth of 2.6%, the Japanese automaker's China branch announced on December 4, boasting the 9th-month-in-a-row growth as of November, 2019.

Both joint ventures achieved increase in Nov. deliveries. With 69,072 vehicles handed over to consumers, GAC Honda posted a year-on-year growth of 2%, while Dongfeng Honda saw its retail sales climb 3.3% to 71,244 units.

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Retailing 1,411,602 new cars from January to November, Honda's China unit gained a double-digit growth of 13.8%, 1.4 percentage points less than the growth in Jan.-Oct. deliveries.

Among vehicles delivered so far this year, 713,390 units (+21%) were the contribution of Dongfeng Honda. Meanwhile, GAC Honda posted a smaller growth (7.3%) in comparison, delivering 698,212 new vehicles in total.

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There were a total of six models, namely, the Accord, the Crider, the Vezel, the Civic, the CR-V and the XR-V, whose respective sales all exceeded 10,000 units in November, said the automaker. Notably, the sales volume of the Civic has been topping 20,000 units for six straight months through November. With 15,156 units delivered, the hybrid models of the Accord, the Odyssy, the CR-V, the Inspire and the Elysion were still well received by consumers.

(Photo source: Dongfeng Honda's WeChat account)

(Photo source: GAC Honda's WeChat account)

As the electrification trend is sweeping China's auto industry, both Sino-Japanese joint ventures have already launched their first BEV models. Dongfeng Honda put the significant all-electric model, the X-NV, onto the market in late October, a few days after GAC Honda's VE-1 hit the market.

(Photo source: GAC Honda's WeChat account)

Besides, GAC Honda also saw its all-new SUV model, the Breeze, go on sale on the last day of November. With more fresh products joining the lineup, Honda is expected to maintain a rising impetus, a bright spot to China's auto industry which is suffering downturn now.