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Honda: back in the game?
Posted by Matt Master at 5:31 pm on Tuesday May 26, 2009
So Honda is back in business. Or at least the factory line is moving, a bit. Which leads me to thinking about what they’re actually making over there, and whether anyone outside of Swindon really gives a toss.
Selling anything is all about momentum. When you’re up you’re up. When you’ve got a good product out there people care what’s coming next.
But when you’ve been publicly mothballed and the last thing anyone got excited about (and for Honda here I’m thinking Civic Type R, new Jazz at a generous push) was years ago, where’s the energy, where’s the interest?
I drove the Lotus Evora the other day and asked a company spokesman, in my bare-arsed sales naivety, whether or not they were worried about launching such a radical new product into a market that was essentially on its arse.
He pointed out that the reverse is really the case, that companies with nothing new to get those passers-by in off the street are the ones that have something to worry about.
So good luck Honda. I really hope they can pick up where they left off. Or a bit better than that come to think of it.
And where’s that new NSX when you really need it?
Posted by Matt Master at 5:31 pm on Tuesday May 26, 2009
So Honda is back in business. Or at least the factory line is moving, a bit. Which leads me to thinking about what they’re actually making over there, and whether anyone outside of Swindon really gives a toss.
Selling anything is all about momentum. When you’re up you’re up. When you’ve got a good product out there people care what’s coming next.
But when you’ve been publicly mothballed and the last thing anyone got excited about (and for Honda here I’m thinking Civic Type R, new Jazz at a generous push) was years ago, where’s the energy, where’s the interest?
I drove the Lotus Evora the other day and asked a company spokesman, in my bare-arsed sales naivety, whether or not they were worried about launching such a radical new product into a market that was essentially on its arse.
He pointed out that the reverse is really the case, that companies with nothing new to get those passers-by in off the street are the ones that have something to worry about.
So good luck Honda. I really hope they can pick up where they left off. Or a bit better than that come to think of it.
And where’s that new NSX when you really need it?
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