no S2000, NSX, or Type R's soon?
10-18-2004, 11:05 AM
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no S2000, NSX, or Type R's soon?
http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=290817
while i hate to admit it, it's hard for me to think Honda is making much money from the S, NSX, or Type R versions of their cars...while the Pilot, CR-V, and Odessey are selling quite well. I hear an Acura SUV based on the CR-V is due next year as well........is Honda bowing out of the sports car market just when the competition is bringing better products??? (e.g. new boxster, new SLK, new 997, new C6, etc etc etc....)
while i hate to admit it, it's hard for me to think Honda is making much money from the S, NSX, or Type R versions of their cars...while the Pilot, CR-V, and Odessey are selling quite well. I hear an Acura SUV based on the CR-V is due next year as well........is Honda bowing out of the sports car market just when the competition is bringing better products??? (e.g. new boxster, new SLK, new 997, new C6, etc etc etc....)
10-18-2004, 02:03 PM
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I think this is pretty old news. I heard about this a while back on TOV. At the time people were saying it was speculation, but more & more it looks like it is true. It is a shame, why come out with an HSC concept car, if you plan to kill off the line.
10-18-2004, 06:57 PM
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Not surprising. After all, for many years now, Honda's "high performance" cars are "high performance" only when compared to Honda's other cars - the rest of the industry has moved on, leaving Honda and the fanbois in the parking lot by themselves, slapping each other on the back, but alone in the dark.
10-18-2004, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by no_really,Oct 18 2004, 06:57 PM
Not surprising. After all, for many years now, Honda's "high performance" cars are "high performance" only when compared to Honda's other cars - the rest of the industry has moved on, leaving Honda and the fanbois in the parking lot by themselves, slapping each other on the back, but alone in the dark.
10-18-2004, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Fanman,Oct 18 2004, 02:03 PM
It is a shame, why come out with an HSC concept car, if you plan to kill off the line.
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10-19-2004, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Nobody,Oct 18 2004, 09:49 PM
Perfectly stated.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda. Thank the gods that the good ol' boys at Mitsu, Lotus and Subaru seem to have cracked the code on supercar performance without the supercar price.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda. Thank the gods that the good ol' boys at Mitsu, Lotus and Subaru seem to have cracked the code on supercar performance without the supercar price.
10-19-2004, 05:44 AM
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[QUOTE=Nobody,Oct 18 2004, 09:49 PM] Perfectly stated.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda.
10-19-2004, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Nobody,Oct 18 2004, 09:49 PM
Perfectly stated.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda. Thank the gods that the good ol' boys at Mitsu, Lotus and Subaru seem to have cracked the code on supercar performance without the supercar price.
And if the only other 'sports' cars the S2000 can hang with is a lard assed 350Z or an underpowered Boxter, well, that only means that those mfgs are just as ignorant as Honda. Thank the gods that the good ol' boys at Mitsu, Lotus and Subaru seem to have cracked the code on supercar performance without the supercar price.