I remember that the NSX's philosophy was something like "the result of pursuing a dream instead of the competitors". I can totally feel this passion of the great Soichiro Honda from his once kick-all-butts NSX and his fleet of best in business motorcycles. When the old man was still alive, he would sacrifice some profits from his tremendous empire to build the best machines out there to win ALL bike races, Formula One, etc. With the decisions to cancel the HSC, S2000, and the mediocre F1 results, you just know the new direction of the company is to maximize the profit. From a business standpoint, these are good moves to make stockholders happy and secure future growth of the company. Honda will no doubt continue to be one of the bests in automotive industry building cars for the masses. Thank God the bikes are still the best in the motorcycle arena. I can see that the Honda company, now without the founder, will just grow financially. But Soichiro Honda's competitive passions for racing and innovations do not get carried on by his successors. I just miss that great man. OTOH, the Ferrari guys are doing a tremendous job in perpetuating that Ferrari mystique and racing success. Imagine Soichiro were still alive? He probably would have made the 1997 NSX a 3.5 L 330hp monster, a 2000 HSC with 400hp as a Modena eater, and a $150,000 2005 550hp Enzowho. Of course, the past 7 years of F1 were also won by Honda. That's what I would expect if he could continue to pursue his dream to be the best of the bests as he once was. Sure, the profit margin might suffer a little, but I think the company could afford to eat it too. And I am sure the European would have embraced and respected the Honda name a lot more and the resultant increase in European sales would help offset the projected loss of profit. Ahhh, all that what ifs........ That's what dreams are all about, right?
Time to go to eat. Don't have time to proof read. Is there a spell check function on this forum?
Steve
Time to go to eat. Don't have time to proof read. Is there a spell check function on this forum?
Steve