http://thegarageblog.com/garage/godzilla-vs-mothra/ The Garage: Your daily dose of automotive news, reviews and motorsports coverage Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/godzilla-vs-mothra/comment-page-1/#comment-56122 David Angel Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:36:46 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/godzilla-vs-mothra/#comment-56122 Instead of Godzilla vs. Mothra, it's more like Alien vs. Predator. Every time pesky Honda comes up with a brilliant idea to out maneuver it's archrival Toyota it becomes a victim of a small mindset. This must stem from Honda's motorcycle roots. Take for example the launching of the Acura luxury brand. Honda was the first Japanese car manufacturer with the audacity to go upscale in the American market. Many predicted they would fail miserably. That's hardly the case but ten years later Toyota entered the game with Lexus and has been cleaning Acura's clock ever since, so much for a head start. The same goes with Hybrids. Honda was the first to put their toes in the water and sure enough, the Predator, I mean, Toyota comes along and blasts them to smithereens with the Prius. Honda is a great innovator, Toyota a great copycat. (Just look at their automobile design since the '60's and you'll see they've been Xeroxing the very best of European design) Hopefully, Honda's debut next year of the hydrogen fueled FCX Clarity, which won't turn out the same as their previous attempts to out maneuver Toyota, I mean the Predator. Instead of Godzilla vs. Mothra, it’s more like Alien vs. Predator. Every time pesky Honda comes up with a brilliant idea to out maneuver it’s archrival Toyota it becomes a victim of a small mindset. This must stem from Honda’s motorcycle roots. Take for example the launching of the Acura luxury brand. Honda was the first Japanese car manufacturer with the audacity to go upscale in the American market. Many predicted they would fail miserably. That’s hardly the case but ten years later Toyota entered the game with Lexus and has been cleaning Acura’s clock ever since, so much for a head start. The same goes with Hybrids. Honda was the first to put their toes in the water and sure enough, the Predator, I mean, Toyota comes along and blasts them to smithereens with the Prius. Honda is a great innovator, Toyota a great copycat. (Just look at their automobile design since the ’60’s and you’ll see they’ve been Xeroxing the very best of European design) Hopefully, Honda’s debut next year of the hydrogen fueled FCX Clarity, which won’t turn out the same as their previous attempts to out maneuver Toyota, I mean the Predator.

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