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American Honda Reports Record February Sales
                  Honda Division Posts Best-Ever February

    TORRANCE, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- With record sales of the
all-new 2007 Honda CR-V and Accord sales up sharply, American Honda Motor
Co., Inc., posted record February results of 110,026 Honda and Acura
vehicle sales, an increase of 3.2 percent over February, 2006. American
Honda light trucks also posted record monthly results with sales of 49,521
up 7.0 percent. Year-to-date American Honda total vehicle sales of 210,816
are up 0.7 percent on a daily-selling-rate basis.
    The Honda Division posted its best February ever with record sales of
96,368 cars and light trucks, an increase of 4.2 percent over year-ago
results. Strong Accord sales of 30,370 reflected a 20.1 percent February
increase. On its third consecutive month of record postings since its
redesign, CR-V sales of 13,524 rose 31.0 percent, helping the division post
record February sales of 43,157 trucks, up 2.8 percent over year-ago
results. Honda sold a total of 2,236 hybrid vehicles, including 1,924 Civic
Hybrids, an 8.1 percent increase over last year.
    "Accord is displaying a great deal of momentum as we move into the
spring selling season," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of
American Honda. "It remains a compelling product and our customers are
validating it with their purchase decisions."
    The Acura Division posted total vehicle sales of 13,658, with record
February sales of 2,769 for the TSX and record truck sales of 6,364 units.
The MDX luxury SUV was Acura's best-selling model with February sales of
4,330 and year-to-date sales of 8,483.
    Consumer information is available at http://www.honda.com and http://www.acura.com.



                  American Honda Vehicle Sales For February 2007

                                   Month-to-                 Year-to-
                                     Date                      Date
                          February  February  DSR** February  February  DSR**
                            2007      2006    % Chg.  2007      2006    % Chg.
    American Honda Total   110,026  106,644    3.2%  210,816  205,038    0.7%
       Total Car Sales      60,505   60,354    0.3%  113,917  117,783   -5.3%
       Total Truck Sales    49,521   46,290    7.0%   96,899   87,255    8.8%
          Honda Total Car
           Sales            53,211   50,518    5.3%   99,557   97,807   -0.3%
          Honda Total
           Truck Sales      43,157   41,980    2.8%   84,584   79,104    4.7%
          Acura Total Car
           Sales             7,294    9,836  -25.8%   14,360   19,976  -29.6%
          Acura Total
           Truck Sales       6,364    4,310   47.7%   12,315    8,151   48.0%
    Domestic Car Sales*     47,256   52,102   -9.3%   87,650  100,248  -14.4%
       Honda Division       43,199   46,933   -8.0%   79,715   90,211  -13.4%
       Acura Division        4,057    5,169  -21.5%    7,935   10,037  -22.6%
    Domestic Truck Sales*   35,997   35,969    0.1%   68,985   67,609    0.0%
       Honda Division       29,633   31,659   -6.4%   56,670   59,458   -6.6%
       Acura Division        6,364    4,310   47.7%   12,315    8,151   48.0%
    Import Car Sales        13,249    8,252   60.6%   26,267   17,535   46.7%
       Honda Division       10,012    3,585  179.3%   19,842    7,596  155.9%
       Acura Division        3,237    4,667  -30.6%    6,425    9,939  -36.7%
    Import Truck Sales      13,524   10,321   31.0%   27,914   19,646   39.2%
       Honda Division       13,524   10,321   31.0%   27,914   19,646   39.2%
    MODEL BREAKOUTS BY
     DIVISION
    Honda Division Total    96,368   92,498    4.2%  184,141  176,911    2.0%
       Fit                   2,566        0            4,602        0
       Accord*              30,370   25,285   20.1%   56,084   47,331   16.1%
         Memo:  Accord
          Hybrid               312      783  -60.2%      560      334   64.2%
       Civic*               20,041   24,722  -18.9%   38,419   49,510  -24.0%
         Memo: Civic
          Hybrid             1,924    1,780    8.1%    3,707      668  443.6%
       S2000                   234      439  -46.7%      452      835  -47.0%
       Insight                   0       72                0      131
       FCX                       0        0                0        0
       Odyssey*             12,376   12,418   -0.3%   23,541   22,675    1.7%
       Pilot*               10,367   10,901   -4.9%   19,742   20,900   -7.5%
       CR-V                 13,524   10,321   31.0%   27,914   19,646   39.2%
       Element*              3,320    3,855  -13.9%    6,385    7,584  -17.5%
       Ridgeline             3,570    4,485  -20.4%    7,002    8,299  -17.4%
    Acura Division Total    13,658   14,146   -3.4%   26,675   28,127   -7.1%
       RSX                      73    1,271  -94.3%      200    2,559  -92.3%
       TL*                   4,057    5,169  -21.5%    7,935   10,037  -22.6%
       TSX                   2,769    2,674    3.6%    5,397    5,878  -10.1%
       RL                      395      712  -44.5%      828    1,485  -45.4%
       NSX                       0       10                0       17
       MDX*                  4,330    4,310    0.5%    8,483    8,151    1.9%
       RDX*                  2,034        0            3,832        0
    Selling Days                24       24               49       48
      * Honda and Acura
        vehicles are made
        of domestic and
        global sourced
        parts.
     ** Daily Selling Rate
SOURCE American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
http://www.honda.com
CONTACT:
Sage Marie, +1-310-783-3163, or Chuck
Schifsky, +1-313-202-3150, or Chris Naughton, +1-212-355-9191, or
Sara Pines, +1-678-339-1385, all for American Honda Motor Co.,
Inc.