TOKYO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co's car sales rose 13 percent in the first three weeks of August from the same period last year, helped by government incentives to boost auto demand, two sources familiar with the matter said.
At the current pace, Honda's monthly sales excluding minivehicles would post a double-digit rise for the first time in 10 months.
Honda's sales so far in August have outperformed industry-wide sales, which have been flat year-on-year, one of the sources said. Industry-wide sales fell 4.2 percent in July from a year earlier.
Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity as Honda's sales figures are not made public until the start of the following month.
(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto and Nobuhiro Kubo)