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DETROIT (AP) — Honda and Nissan have never had as good an April as they had last month in the United States.
Honda led major automakers with a 14.4 percent sales increase as both its cars and SUVs sold well. Nissan's sales rose 12.8 percent.
Ford, meanwhile, posted record-high SUV sales for April, contributing to an overall sales gain of four percent. Ford said it sold more than 65,000 SUVs, led by the Explorer with a 22 percent increase. Toyota broke a record for SUV and truck sales, as its sales rose 3.8 percent for the month.
Fiat Chrysler was up six percent on record sales of Jeeps.
General Motors, Volkswagen and Hyundai were the only major automakers to report sales declines. GM blamed its 3.5 percent drop on a strategy of cutting low-profit sales to rental car companies. VW sales fell almost 10 percent as its emissions-cheating scandal continued. Hyundai sales were off 8.5 percent from a record April last year.
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170-c-35-(Rita Foley, AP correspondent)--Americans are buying a lot of vehicles. AP correspondent Rita Foley reports. (3 May 2016)
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APPHOTO NYBZ237: FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, file photo, Mike Johnson, a sales manager at a local Honda car dealership, walks past a row of Honda CRVs in Tempe, Ariz. America's love of trucks and SUVs helped push most automakers to healthy sales gains in April 2016 as Honda and Nissan reported best-ever April sales. Ford posted record SUV sales, while Toyota broke a record for SUV and truck sales. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (30 Jun 2015)
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