Where will Honda be in 101 years?

ARCANGEL · 10-24-2009, 11:37 PM

still here.

Suziebob · 10-24-2009, 11:41 PM

My guess? Gone.

ARCANGEL · 10-25-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Suziebob

My guess? Gone.

how and why would you guess that lol thats just absurd

Suziebob · 10-25-2009, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ARCANGEL

how and why would you guess that lol thats just absurd

Well I mean it's very very hard to say and basically like flipping a coin but my guess is that the Japanese won't be able to support their auto industry and as China gets bigger and the dollar declines it will become much cheaper to do business in America so most of the brains will move back here and they'll be left without manufacturing OR engineering in Japan. Honda may exist but it may end up being a mostly American company.

ARCANGEL · 10-25-2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Suziebob

Well I mean it's very very hard to say and basically like flipping a coin but my guess is that the Japanese won't be able to support their auto industry and as China gets bigger and the dollar declines it will become much cheaper to do business in America so most of the brains will move back here and they'll be left without manufacturing OR engineering in Japan. Honda may exist but it may end up being a mostly American company.

I actually agree that HONDA might become fully american they were mulling it last few years, although that wouldn't mean gone they would actually still be here and succed

TOKYO -- Soichiro Honda, the blacksmith's son who applied his mechanical gift to motorcycles and later to the small cars that fit the bill of the energy-conscious 1970s, died of liver failure yesterday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 84.

Honda Motor Co., which he founded in 1946, now is Japan's No. 3 car manufacturer. In the United States, where it began production in 1982, it ranks fourth, after General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Mr. Honda had been top adviser to the company since he retired as president in 1973.

Been here for 64 years and no signs of slowing down

44 mpg by 2010 · 10-25-2009, 01:29 AM

Let's see...

Honda is just a moderate sized "car company" that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automotives ... a wide assortment of engines, generator sets, lawn/garden equipment, motorcycles, jet aircraft (one of the fastest and most fuel efficient), and I'm certain I have probably missed a few things.

Yup, you are probably right such a stagnent, self limiting, uncreative, inefficient company can not possibly last much more than a few more years! Scarcasm!! just in case it wasn't obvious ...

ARCANGEL · 10-25-2009, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 44 mpg by 2010

Let's see...

Honda is just a moderate sized "car company" that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automotives ... a wide assortment of engines, generator sets, lawn/garden equipment, motorcycles, jet aircraft (one of the fastest and most fuel efficient), and I'm certain I have probably missed a few things.

Yup, you are probably right such a stagnent, self limiting, uncreative, inefficient company can not possibly last much more than a few more years! Scarcasm!! just in case it wasn't obvious ...

I hope you weren't talking about me LOL I don't think Honda is going anywhere lol. PS you missed personal, transport, Robotics, and A.I. Asimo anyone?

crooner214 · 10-25-2009, 04:55 AM

Honda will be long gone in 101 years! World War III is coming, after all.

Of course, in 2063, Zephram Cochran will make the first Warp Flight...

Speedjerk · 10-25-2009, 05:25 AM

Hopefully working on a new NSX.

44 mpg by 2010 · 10-25-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ARCANGEL

I hope you weren't talking about me LOL I don't think Honda is going anywhere lol. PS you missed personal, transport, Robotics, and A.I. Asimo anyone?

Don't worry ... the tease was just a generalized attempt to be funny.

BTW, the Honda motorcycle in another thread brought to mind something I saw a few days ago ... Honda has developed a DCT for their motorcycles. It is a neat looking compact package! I'm guessing from memory, it was probably not much more than 250 mm cubed. It appeared so small that it certainly could not weight very much.

The question is how much torque will it handle ... and how many speeds does it have.

Maybe some variation will show up in vehicles like the Fit, maybe the Civic, in a few of years.

ARCANGEL · 10-25-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 44 mpg by 2010

Don't worry ... the tease was just a generalized attempt to be funny.

BTW, the Honda motorcycle in another thread brought to mind something I saw a few days ago ... Honda has developed a DCT for their motorcycles. It is a neat looking compact package! I'm guessing from memory, it was probably not much more than 250 mm cubed. It appeared so small that it certainly could not weight very much.

The question is how much torque will it handle ... and how many speeds does it have.

Maybe some variation will show up in vehicles like the Fit, maybe the Civic, in a few of years.

I do not doubt that somehow they will incorporate this into their vehicles they always do! I saw that as well it it very interesting to see how that pans out

Stéphane Dumas · 10-25-2009, 10:59 AM

I taught they could had merged with their old rival Suzuki or being acquired by Hyundai

ARCANGEL · 10-25-2009, 11:46 AM

Not gonna happen..

tbirderic · 10-25-2009, 02:32 PM

Will Honda be here 101 years from now? It's way to early to say, anything can happen.

However, if Honda focuses on what it does best, that is, building well engineered, fuel efficient cars that are fun to drive and generally reliable, that customers are willing to pay a slight premium for, I'd say it's a safe bet.

It's the companies that get too big and unfocused like the old GM and current Toyota that you have to wonder about!

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ARCANGEL 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Manalapan N.J. Posts: 2,826	Re: Where will Honda be in 101 years? still here. __________________ I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.

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44 mpg by 2010 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 462	Re: Where will Honda be in 101 years? Let's see... Honda is just a moderate sized "car company" that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automotives ... a wide assortment of engines, generator sets, lawn/garden equipment, motorcycles, jet aircraft (one of the fastest and most fuel efficient), and I'm certain I have probably missed a few things. Yup, you are probably right such a stagnent, self limiting, uncreative, inefficient company can not possibly last much more than a few more years! *Scarcasm!!* just in case it wasn't obvious ... __________________ 44 mpg by 2010

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ARCANGEL 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Manalapan N.J. Posts: 2,826	Re: Where will Honda be in 101 years? Not gonna happen.. __________________ I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.

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tbirderic 2.8 Liter Turbocharged V6 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens, GA Drives: 1994 Volvo 940 Turbo Posts: 840	Re: Where will Honda be in 101 years? Will Honda be here 101 years from now? It's way to early to say, anything can happen. However, if Honda focuses on what it does best, that is, building well engineered, fuel efficient cars that are fun to drive and generally reliable, that customers are willing to pay a slight premium for, I'd say it's a safe bet. It's the companies that get too big and unfocused like the old GM and current Toyota that you have to wonder about! __________________ Gone but never forgotten: 1988 Ford Thunderbird Sport (my first car) 1992 Mercury Sable GS (Grandpa's last car) 2004 Honda Accord LX 2007 Hyundai Sonata Eric

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