Honda Motor Co. reported record sales and record profits on a consolidated basis for the October-December period, thanks to thriving car sales in overseas markets, company officials said Friday.

Its consolidated net profit surged 40 percent from the same period in 2001 to 115.17 billion yen. Its consolidated pretax profit jumped 31.7 percent to 158.71 billion yen, and its consolidated operating profit rose 2.7 percent to 158.98 billion yen.

Group sales came to 1.99 trillion yen, up 13.3 percent from the same period in 2001.