"Honda is proud to be a national sponsor of Little League® Baseball and Softball for the 19th consecutive year. But we're also excited about the two new leadoff hitters in our passenger car and light truck lineups. The Honda Fit and all-new HR-V really brought the heat in May, combining for over 12,000 in sales of these two gateway models.

Fit continued its incredible hitting streak, posting an 82-percent gain in May, which contributes to a 70-percent jump for the year. While HR-V knocked its first pitch right out of the park, sweeping up nearly 6,400 eager Honda customers in just its first two weeks on the market, fully a third of them new to the Honda brand and outselling every other car in the category!

Fit and HR-V share a common lineage and both deliver in spades on core Honda values, with fun-to-drive performance, class-leading fuel economy, top-in-class safety – adding in a healthy dose of our small-car packaging magic. With summer just around the bend, we're thrilled to have these two incredibly talented young players in our lineup, with a serious new power hitter on deck, the redesigned 2016 Pilot. Let's play ball!"

Jeff Conrad Senior Vice President & General Manager Honda Division