The Honda Chronicles
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2009 Tokyo Motor Show message was reinforced by CEO Takanobu Ito during a Q&A session that was held for North American media at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo. The topics ranged from Honda's position on BEVs (Battery-powered Electric Vehicles) to their plans for future sports cars.........
If you were holding onto a sliver of hope that the V10 supercar project would be someday resurrected, you might want to sit down. Based upon today's conversation, the V10 supercar project has virtually zero chance of resurrection. We were even told (in a separate conversation) that Ito himself was responsible for cancelling the V-10 supercar project. Any sort of future super sportscar would only be considered once Honda has cleared several development hurdles for environmental technology, including hybrid technology suitable for larger vehicles, plug-in hybrid technology, and hydrogen battery fuel cells. "Once we come up with these new, innovative technologies that we are researching - once we have (an) abundance of cash on hand - I would definitely love to see Honda develop a sports car which would symbolize these technologies", said Ito. "And, once that day comes, the sportscar will NOT be something like Toyota announced , but instead it will be environmentally friendly (while) at the same time enjoying outstanding performance. I'd love to do that."
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Originally Posted by Mocky,Oct 26 2009, 12:15 PM
and more reason why you see an increase in the number of non-Hondas parked in Marysville
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Originally Posted by pgarratt,Oct 26 2009, 04:44 PM
....except for all of the Hondas in the commercial that was shot at the East Liberty plant. Looks like my next car won't be a Honda/Acura either.
probably all demos.... or people like popeye dumb enough to think that this eco-tree-hugging crap is the way of the future...
dunno how Subaru does it... they have all the tree huggers in Vermont and Oregon buying their shit plus turn out cars like the STI....
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