By Nick Aziz
Friday, Sep 1st, 2006 @ 3:46 pm

In a perplexing turn of events, Honda’s SUV/truck sales increased 10.5 percent for August and set an all-time record of 69,385 units, while the automaker’s passenger car sales fell 17.6 percent. Sales of the Civic fell 12.6 percent, with the hybrid model losing 20.8 percent. Sales of the Accord fell 28 percent, with hybrid sales falling a whopping 79.4 percent. The story was similar at the Acura division, where there were record truck sales, but an overall sales decline of 8.5 percent. [data sheet]