Honda sold 119,952 vehicles in October, its best October in six years

American Honda sold 119,952 vehicles in the United States in October 2026, an 8% increase from the 111,095 it delivered a year earlier. The total, covering the Honda and Acura brands, is the company’s best October in six years, going back to 2020. Light trucks and hybrids supplied most of the lift.

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Honda’s own sales release, circulated on Nov. 3, framed the month around those two categories, and the model-level detail reported by Autoblog’s Jacob Oliva shows how unevenly the gains were spread. The Honda brand grew 9.1% while Acura slipped 2.5%, a few nameplates posted jumps of 30% or more, and others fell sharply. No Honda executive is quoted in the release, so the numbers carry the story.

Light trucks and hybrids carry the 119,952

American Honda’s release, published as “American Honda Achieves Best October in Six Years Powered by Record Sales of Light Trucks and Hybrid Models,” says light truck sales rose 9.6% to a record for October and hybrid sales rose 5.1% to a record. Autoblog’s breakdown puts light trucks at 83,559 units and passenger cars up 4.5% to 36,393. The two lines add up to the full 119,952, which means light trucks supplied roughly 70% of the month by volume.

Hybrids were the standout powertrain. Autoblog counts a record 32,519 hybrids sold in October, led by the CR-V Hybrid at 18,534, the Accord Hybrid at 7,130 and the Civic Hybrid at 6,433. That is roughly 27% of all American Honda sales. A wider tally by CarPro, which includes plug-in and other electrified models, puts electrified sales at 33,760, up 11%, so the exact hybrid figure depends on what is counted.

For the year to date, American Honda has now sold 1,269,213 vehicles, up 5%, according to the same Autoblog report. The October gain therefore arrived on top of a year that was already running ahead of 2025, rather than rescuing a weak one. Honda’s 1.27 million units through October leave November and December to decide whether the full-year gain stays near 5%.

CR-V, Odyssey and the rest of the Honda division

The Honda division delivered 109,162 vehicles, up 9.1%. The CR-V sold 34,815, up 9.8% and a record for October, with hybrids making up 53% of its mix; by simple division the CR-V alone was close to 29% of all American Honda volume. The Civic followed at 17,960 (213,095 year to date) and the Accord at 15,915, up 10.6%, then the HR-V at 12,353, up 11%, and the Odyssey at 7,202, a gain of 32.2% that made the minivan one of the month’s biggest percentage movers.

The Passport reached 5,419, up nearly 15%, and the Ridgeline 4,410, up 7.9%. The electric Prologue sold 1,241, up 54%, though Autoblog notes it is still behind last year’s pace for the year to date. Added together, the Passport and Ridgeline sold 9,829, and the Civic and Accord together sold 33,875, slightly fewer than the CR-V by itself. The Pilot was the soft spot among the big nameplates, down 4.3%. Honda’s newsroom carries the company’s monthly releases for anyone comparing months across years.

Acura’s 10,790 and the RDX drop

Acura sold 10,790 vehicles, down 2.5%, though its year-to-date total of 114,458 is up 3.7%. The MDX was the brand’s bright spot at 5,232, up 54.3%, and its year-to-date sales are up 28.1%, already above its 2025 full-year total. The ADX, a newer entry, sold 2,508, with year-to-date sales up 91.5%, and the Integra sold 2,096, up 11.5%. Together those three models made up most of the brand’s volume.

The RDX collapsed 60.2% to 954 units, and the TLX and ZDX recorded no sales in October. Acura’s SUV lines overall sold 8,694, up nearly 2%, so the brand’s decline came from the RDX and from cars rather than from its larger crossovers. The Honda division’s 109,162 plus Acura’s 10,790 reconciles to the company total.

Toyota’s 188,392 beside Honda’s 119,952

CarPro’s industry roundup shows both Japanese giants growing in October. Toyota Motor North America rose 6.5%, with the Toyota division up 5.7% to 188,392 and Lexus up about 12%, while American Honda rose 8%. Toyota’s electrified vehicles, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric models, made up about 57% of Toyota and Lexus volume at 126,054 vehicles, a bigger share than Honda’s hybrid mix. Among other Toyota models, CarPro lists the Sienna up 29%, the Corolla Cross up 21% and the Grand Highlander up 12%, so growth was broad on both sides of the comparison and not confined to the two compact SUVs.

Honda’s best October in six years still came in a month when its main compact-SUV rival moved faster. Toyota sold 39,888 RAV4s against the CR-V’s 34,815, and Honda still leads for the year in that segment. Whether American Honda can hold its 5% year-to-date growth through November and December, as Toyota ramps up new RAV4 supply, is the open question for the final two months of the sales calendar.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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