June sales rose five-tenths of 1 percent, which was more than expected.

The company said that it expected June sales to increase by 1 percent to 3 percent.

The steep increase also reflected a downward revision in June sales.

Other auto makers announced their June sales results today, and together registered a decline.

Over all, the eight companies reporting June sales said sales fell 5.1 percent, to 582,889 units.

Moreover, June sales were strong, indicating a promising summer.

American retailers reported June sales yesterday, and the results were reliably perplexing.

The roots of that pessimism can be seen in the details of June sales.

But there were indications that Honda made a special effort to beef up its June sales.

G.M.'s June sales came in better than executives had projected last week.