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Just seen a Honda Commercial showing how Honda has changed over the years. The CRX turned into the Del Sol, the Del Sol turned into the S2000, the S2000 turned into the...wait for it...Pilot...WTF?

Very clear, the year they killed the S2000 is the year they officially gave up on the idea of sports cars.

A. Dos Santos

made me sad too. at least they're trying with the s600. but that's only japan. honda s600 in north american when?

Also, accountants run the companies now, and they hate their lives, so why should they make everyone else's life fun?

zeroptzero

Sounds like a pretty accurate commercial. That's when Honda stopped attracting enthusiasts, and they started catering to retirees and soccer moms.

darcyw

cool commercial until the s2000 disappears off the screen. But... there is promise in the typeR civic and the only car since 2009- made by Honda- that I'd actually want to own. hell, their lawnmowers have more passion than the current Honda road cars.

darcy

Jinderv

It's almost like Honda doesn't really care about sports cars anymore. The new nsx is cool but it's not really a sports car for the masses.

BMW M2 is coming in 2017.... That would be a nice car to own

A. Dos Santos

ya, but after working on german cars installing hitches and wiring, I'd never in a million years own one. too much engineering bs. the rumors are true about "overengineering" things. Like a tiny luggage latch in the trunk of a 5 series wagon has 2x bolts for each latch, and both bolts need to be unscrewed a little bit at a time in order to get both out (you can't just take one bolt, then the other because the bolt is under the latch, so it will only come out until it hits the latch, and you can't get to the bolts with the latch up).


average hitch + wiring install is 2 hours for a single mechanic. Took me and the other mechanic 8 hours on an audi Q7 because the wiring is just mentally challenged. And getting the bumper to line up again was a huge PITA. most german cars take around 3 hours, just because of the "extra" unneeded engineering, and eventually I just told my manager for 12$ an hour I'm not working on german cars, especially if something gets screwed up and they have to take it to another shop to get fixed. good luck with that one.

also, my dad's c300 has had to have the ecu and the entire steering column replaced since he's had it, and now it sounds like the steering pump is on it's way out after 140,000km's.
and the new I8 needs a full crew just to open the hood, and like a 4 step process to access it. I don't even want to know what levels of retardation is going on under the hood if just getting in there is that stupid.

they're good cars, but if I ever get enough money to buy one, I'll buy something else.
I think the porsche cayman GT4 is the only exception to this.

GoP-Demon

Heres the vid.

I tried to make a joke... no one laughed.... "car nabilism"

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=45&v=c39ARQR0LS4[/media]

Ricochet

i like the commercial, all the way up to the s2k. Then it crashed for me real quick.