Spent the last week in San Diego. I noticed a lot of Miata's, a few FR-S's, RX-8's Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers. All fun to drive "sports cars. Honda has what to compete? Where is this company going? What is it's corporate philosophy? Used to be top tier. Still is in reliablilty, but what else?

 

 

Ya, they must be trying to capture the crowd that used to buy Mercurys and Oldsmobiles. Even the civic seems to have lost most of its youth appeal since it has gotten much softer. Maybe all the Kia Souls and Mazda 3s of the world are making the civic look numb by comparison.

Not that I am complaining. The Fit is as outlandish as I need a car to be.

 

Interesting answer

 

Use the search tool.

 

Yeah, I like the Fit. You just have to wonder where they think they are going. Used to be a hot car to have in all segments, from granny to kids hot rods.

 

Following Toyota's strategy if you look at their line up excluding Scion they really do not offer any so call fun cars but sell a ton of Camrys and Corollas.

 

Honda is going with the cars that actually sell. The Miata/FRS/Mustang/etc. are not huge money makers, their existence is justified by bringing people to the dealership so those same people will buy a Fusion/3/Camry/etc.

 

Story time with drunken uncle Wetphoto!

 

yeah, but Scion is mass sold and a Toyota in reality.

 

they make money, and still bring people in. They haven't written off an entire segment. 100,000 give or take a few, Camaros and Mustangs each years is nothing to ignore

 

Enough with the Camaros and Mustangs.

 

Substitute Miata, RX-8, FS-R, Mini, plus a number of Hyundais.

 

Social media is a multi-billion dollar industry. I sometimes wonder if certain people aren't paid employees of other auto makers to stir up forums and cause confusion. A lot of people find information about their cars when researching forums via google. I doubt that is the case here, but it's an interesting, albeit paranoid, thought.

 

I see you fixed your RX 9...not sure what an FS R is though

 

So what are you afraid of? Can't Honda take a discussion about where it is heading? if you don't like it, read something else.

 

A new Toyota/Subaru sports car. (Maybe FR-S. Don't know Subaru's nane for it) But that is not important, just a distraction. Both models get great reviews and are affordable

 

I like how he brought up the RX8 which was a massive sales failure and has been discontinued in the US for a couple years.

And what sporty Hyundais are there? The Genesis coupe is an overweight pig, and all the other cars were worse than the comparable Honda in every dynamic category.

 

Overweight pig? Faster than any Honda, and a lot of other makes. Are you paid by Honda to try and stiffle discussion?

 

I wouldn't be so surprised, especially with the influx of these crappy troll threads. It sure seems like it.