Honda’s China deliveries up by 4.8% YoY in January

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Honda reported it delivered 157,457 new vehicles in China last month, a 4.8% growth from a year ago. As of Jan. 2021, the Japanese automaker scored year-on-year delivery increase in the country for the seventh month in a row.

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The monthly increase entirely flew from the sales leap made by Dongfeng Honda. The joint venture with Dongfeng Motor saw its deliveries jump 22.5% over the previous year to 90,136 units in January.

Dongfeng Honda had three models, namely the CR-V, the Civic and the XR-V, whose monthly deliveries all exceeded 10,000 units. Of those, the deliveries of the CR-V topped 20,000 units.

Breeze; photo credit: GAC Honda

With 67,321 vehicles delivered, GAC Honda posted a year-on-year decline of 12.2% in January. As for specific models, the respective deliveries of the Accord, the Vezel and the Breeze all surpassed 10,000 units.

GAC Honda will reportedly start producing the sister model of Dongfeng Honda's Civic at the end of 2021. In all likelihood, the new model will inherit the name “Integra” from a classic hatch Honda produced from 1980s.

Honda also said it delivered in China a total of 22,150 vehicles powered by its two-motor hybrid powertrain technology “SPORT HYBRID” last month.

The Japanese automaker achieved its highest-ever annual sales in China with 1,626,972 cars delivered, outselling Nissan by 170,234 units. Notably, the full-year deliveries of three models—the Accord, the CR-V and the Civic—all surpassed 200,000 units.

Honda's 2021 sales target set for China business has not been announced yet.