Originally Posted by RB
I guarantee you its not just the US stuck on "some stupid fukking name". I'm willing to bed that if Honda of Japan did the same thing as the US and released an Acura brand, they'd sell more of the upscale cars.
Yes it does and the reason being is that in order for Honda to sell a 40k vehicle in the US it had to add the Acura division stateside. In Japan the upscale cars came out and sold just fine while still retaining the Honda badging.
Although the car names themselves are different (and more unique than the crap names we get) they do offer many of the same cars. You may not see the exact same models all the time because market demand in the country may make the selling of a certain model a guaranteed loss vehicle so they adjust accordingly. You also have to remember that Japan has smaller roads so to sell a TL on their market may not make sense (just example) simply based on the width and length of the vehicle making t impossible to manuever for most people there.