Honda Vietnam (HVN) sold as many as 6,492 automobiles in 2014, up 41 percent from 2013, according to D irector of the Automobile Division at Honda Vietnam Tomohiro Maruno.

The figure is the highest number of annual auto sales in Vietnam since HVN was established, bringing the company to the fourth highest touring car sales rate among leading auto businesses.

From the outset of 2014 , HVN boosted sales by offering promotional programmes and launching catalogue products such as new generations of the City and Accord as well as new versions of the Civic and CR-V.

Accordingly, the fourth generation of Honda City and CR-V 2015 were the two best selling brands of HVN in 2014.

With 2,944 cars sold, sales of Honda City’s in 2014 were more than double those of 2013, with an additional 2,918 CR-V’s sold, up 34 percent from 2013.

In December alone, consumers bought a total of 837 vehicles, an 18 percent increase from the same period last year.-VNA