Honda U.S. December sales nearly flat

DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) on Thursday posted U.S. sales for December that were almost flat from a year earlier.

The Japanese automaker said it sold 131,792 vehicles in the United States last month, including results for its luxury Acura brand. That compared with 131,778 vehicles a year earlier, Honda said.

On a full-year basis, Honda said its 2007 sales were up 2.5 percent from 2006.

(Reporting by Poornima Gupta; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)