California Auto Sales Lead by Accord, Prius Family and Civic

Accord moves to number one and places distance between itself and the Prius family sales results.

Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Feb. 20, 2015



2015 Honda Accord Hybrid - $30,125 to start incl. D&H while offering a 50/45 mpgUS city/highway rating.



The multiple award winning Honda Accord Hybrid is powered by Honda's Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) two-motor hybrid system this is propelled by electric motor power, gasoline engine power and hybrid gas-electric propulsion, delivering power to the wheels and back to the Li-Ion battery with regenerative braking.



Fuel efficiency is further aided exclusive to the Accord Hybrid and Accord Plug-In. These include an all-aluminum front subframe, which replaces the steel-and-aluminum subframe used on the conventional Accord Sedan and Coupe models, and an aluminum rear bumper beam, which helps offset the additional weight of the rear-mounted battery pack while also improving front-to-rear weight balance.



2014 California Sales Overview



California retail sales have been the engine driving the state’s automotive market during the past five years. New retail car and light truck sales in California increased 93 percent last year from 2009 levels. Fleet Sales were up by just 14 percent during the same 5 year period.



Honda and Toyota in California



The Accord achieved recognition as the states most popular vehicle in 2014. While Honda declared it achieved the number one seller status in California during both 2013 (Civic) and 2014 (Accord). The 2013 achievement needs an asterisk as the Prius family (Liftback, c, v, and PHEV-11) in total outsold the Civic.

Toyota Prius





The Prius Liftback provides owners with a world beating 51/48 mpg city/highway rating.

The Honda Accord and Civic were the two most popular vehicles with individual California car buyers in 2014, again with an asterisk. The Accord was California's most popular vehicle with individual buyers in 2014, followed by the Prius family and Civic as the second and third most popular new vehicles.



Among all new vehicle registrations, California car buyers purchased 71,578 Accords, 71,210 Prius’, 67,295 Civics, 66,960 Camrys and 57,728 Corollas in 2014.

Honda Civic EX-L with NAVI





With the CVT, the Civic provides owners with a 30/39 mpg city/highway rating.

In the white hot CUV segment, 34,980 CR-Vs were purchased by Californians, making it the most popular SUV in California in 2014. The next four positions were held by the RAV4 with 28,659 sold, Escape with 17,869 sold and Rogue with 15,966 sold.



On a national basis, the Accord, Civic, CR-V and Odyssey were easily the top retail sellers in their respective segments for the second consecutive year.

2015 Honda CR-V





In FWD format, the CR-V provides owners with an incredible 27/34 mpg city/highway rating.

For Honda’s full 2014 National sales results, consider Honda December U.S. Sales Down 1.5% with 137,281 Vehicles Sold. Up 1.0% for the Year.



4Q and 2015 Forecast for California Light Duty Vehicles Sales



The California new vehicle market continued its steady growth path in the Fourth Quarter of 2014 with new light duty vehicle sales up 8.5. The California market has now fully recovered from the recessionary low point in 2009.



New light vehicle registrations in ’09 were just above 1 million units. This year’s predicted total of 1.91 million is 84 percent higher.



The predicted total of 1.9 million new retail and fleet cars and trucks should provide some perspective as to how much California matters. With the entire U.S. Auto Sales projected to reach 17.0 million in 2015, the Golden State accounts for 11.2 percent of the nation’s total sales results.

California Auto Sales Lead by Accord, Prius Family and Civic