Honda Malaysia scores highest monthly sales ever thanks to new 2009 Honda City

The Honda City seems to be defying the current financial downturn as it has helped propel Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd achieve its highest monthly sales ever in history, bringing Honda market share up to 10% of the Total Industry Volume, in a market that has shrunk by 17.5% year on year. Honda scored 1,693 units of the Honda City in January 2009, which is nearly 50% of total Honda sales of 3,815 units. The Civic, Accord and CR-V scored sales of 734, 803 and 413 units respectively. Honda dealership traffic has also doubled ever since the City’s launch. Honda Malaysia has bumped up production for the City by 20% to shorten the waiting period and the Pegoh Plant in Malacca is running at full capacity on two 10-hour shifts and even the occasional runtime during holidays. Read our past coverage of the 2009 Honda City linked below.

Source;
http://paultan.org/archives/2009/02/27/honda-malaysia-scores-highest-monthly-sales-ever-thanks-to-new-2009-honda-city/

Even More Pic's of the 2009 Honda City (again, not for north america)

Just some more pic's of basically a Fit sedan with the FCX front end. Looks really nice, but with how well the Civic and the Fit sell here in North America, I think that there'd be alot of 'self-cannabalization' within the lineup.

Source;
http://www.burlappcars.com/2008/08/honda-city.html

09 Honda City Spied in China

Again, there are no plans of bringing this slightly bigger version of the FIT in a sedan form to North America, but it will sell in the UK, Japan, and elsewhere. Looks alot like a BMW from the back end.

Source;
http://paultan.org/archives/2008/08/19/new-2009-honda-city-spotted-in-china/

Another Look at the Next Gen Honda City

Not for North America. Get used to the new front end, I think it will be with Honda for awhile.

Here's a link to my previous article on the car;
http://thehondaportal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-pics-of-proposed-next-honda-city.html

More Pic's of the Proposed Next Honda City

Basically a Sedan version of our North American FIT, being re-designed, looks like it could get a bit more of it's 'own' design. Here is a pic of a European Honda Civic where you can see alot of the design cues from the front end.

We will not be getting this smaller than a Civic car here in North America any time soon, and with the FIT doing so well, I can't imagine it ever coming over.

Ever Wonder What a Sedan FIT Might Look Like? Here's the Honda CITY.

This vehicle is not sold in North America, but competes directly with the Yaris Sedan in other countries. The pictures above are of the upcoming model change, whereas the bottom pic is the outgoing model. Anyway, not sure we'll ever see this car here in North America, and I can't say that there wouldn't be alot of self-cannibalisation if it ever did come here (ie: would eat into the existing FIT and Civic sales, just like the Yaris does to the Corolla). Anyway, just thought I'd bring it forward for those interested.