Amaze sedan drives Honda sales in February

Honda Cars India has recorded a 16 percent increase in sales with a February 2015 tally of 16,902 units as against 14,543 units sold in February 2014. The popular Amaze sedan was the top-seller with 7,163 units followed by the City which sold 6,505 units. The Mobilio MPV sold 1,697 units, the Brio 1,397 units and the CR-V 140 units, its highest in a year.

Since its launch in March 2013, the Amaze has totted up sales of 138,533 units. The Brio though is seeing a downturn. For the current fiscal (April 2014-February 2015), the small hatchback has sold 13,344 units, down 26 percent from a year earlier when sales were 18,044 units.

For Honda, 2014-2015 is turning out to be a good year. The carmaker has registered an overall growth of 44 percent during April 2014-February 2015 with 166,366 units sold as against 115,913 units during the corresponding period in FY 2013 -14.