Originally Posted by Jafro
WOAH.... woah.... wo.
Honda does make great ECONOMY cars that run forever, but they make lousy sports cars. Propelling one of their economy cars at sportscar speeds is outright dangerous. There's a reason Detroit makes what it does, and many Japanese companies have immitated them with little success.
I don't own an American car, but there are lots of them I'd buy over a Honda... if only they were the same price. ...and Detroit makes lousy economy cars. I guess it's all what you're about. Honda does have reliable economy locked down pretty well.
That may be true, but it seems that a true measure of a car performance embraces more than just raw power. If Honda built a V8 type racer, and I was in the market for such a vehicle, then I would buy that over anything Detroit produces. Unless we live at the track, most of us use our cars for the daily grind and the car we have better shine on that competition. I see Honda's and indeed other Japan Inc. products routinely reach 100, 200k w/ out problems. My own Civic has 158K on the odometre and I just bought it used from someone who probably did not give it the best care in the world, yet it runs ok. I can drive it 66 miles a day back and forth to work and fill it up at the end of the week for less than $15 and that is also a very impressive statistic. Will a Mustang or GTO smoke my Civic?...Absolutely, but will they be as reliable, economical, long lasting or practical as my little red baby? most likely not. In the end, when all is said and done, Detroit will always sell what they make and so will Honda. The thing is that if Detroit intends to win a larger piece of the market share, they need to imitate the quality of Honda, while at the same time rataining the features that make them unique.
