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Forbes.com article: "Acura: The Honda That Didn't"

Date: April 07, 2003 10:33
Submitted by: Ickes_alternate
Source: Jerry Flint - Forbes Magazine
Credibility Rating: N/A

From the article: "What went wrong? It's just hard to score in the luxury market when you refuse to do an eight-cylinder engine, wear undistinguished styling and don't offer a rear-wheel-drive car. Acura's absurd system for naming its cars doesn't help either."

http://www.forbes.com/2003/04/01/cz_jf_0401flint.html

Last edited by Tuan on April 07, 2003 22:27

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04-08-2003 13:13

Why a V-8? (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 13:30

Why a V-8? Torque is the answer (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 13:50

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Re: Prestige vs. Functionality (Score: 1, Normal)

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04-10-2003 11:40

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04-10-2003 20:12

Jaguar is just a Ford in disguise! (no thanx) (Score: 1, Normal)

04-13-2003 14:21

NSX will turn heads (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 20:16

Re: Why a V-8? Torque is the answer (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 20:48

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04-13-2003 15:32

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04-13-2003 14:19

Porsche GT3 has no turbo (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 16:11

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04-09-2003 09:17

Alpha-numeric Names (Score: 1, Normal)

04-15-2003 00:32

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04-08-2003 13:11

Acura is arrogant. (Score: 1, Normal)

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04-08-2003 14:46

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04-08-2003 17:49

well, I only know that (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:15

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04-08-2003 15:39

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04-09-2003 01:00

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04-09-2003 02:17

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04-09-2003 16:55

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04-09-2003 21:27

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04-13-2003 14:36

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04-14-2003 19:51

Re: Acura is arrogant --not ! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-14-2003 19:40

Not bad sales figure (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 17:27

take a page from Infiniti (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 20:38

Re: take a page from Infiniti (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 22:58

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04-09-2003 09:14

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04-13-2003 15:39

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04-12-2003 02:27

Bring back the LEGEND! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-11-2003 19:20

Last time I checked the NSX is rear wheel drive (Score: 1, Normal)

04-11-2003 19:18

Forbes, the "Fortune" that didn't (Score: 1, Normal)

04-07-2003 23:18

Somebody show this to Honda Motor Co.! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 00:17

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04-08-2003 00:22

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04-08-2003 14:41

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04-08-2003 15:33

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04-11-2003 01:33

Are you back here whining again? n/t (Score: 1, Normal)

04-11-2003 13:57

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04-08-2003 01:06

Re: Somebody show this to Honda Motor Co.! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 02:11

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04-09-2003 11:39

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04-09-2003 06:50

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04-10-2003 21:36

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04-11-2003 03:49

Re: Somebody show this to Honda Motor Co.! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 15:34

Aha! And RX/ES are both Camry's! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 22:24

Re: Aha! And RX/ES are both Camry's! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 15:35

Aha! And RX/ES are both Camry's! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 13:04

There's no need to do it (Score: 1, Normal)

04-10-2003 16:30

Re: There's no need to do it (Score: 1, Normal)

04-11-2003 02:55

Re: There's no need to do it (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 21:44

Re: Somebody show this to Honda Motor Co.! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-10-2003 01:32

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04-10-2003 08:37

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04-10-2003 11:50

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04-10-2003 20:37

awd 4doors rwd 2doors for acura (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 22:36

Rule of thumb (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 23:38

my perspective (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 01:28

Look at Honda models 2003 in Europe! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 02:47

Re: Look at Honda models 2003 in Europe! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 06:56

Re: Look at Honda models 2003 in Europe! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 22:17

Re: Look at Honda models 2003 in Europe! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 10:34

Wow, what pissed this guy off! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 22:15

Re: Wow, what pissed this guy off! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 09:38

I agree with every bit of that article. (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 21:52

Re: I agree with every bit of that article. (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:08

eight-tenths (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:37

Re: eight-tenths (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:41

engineering for engineering sake (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 20:05

Re: Forbes isn't a car magazine (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 10:59

Forbes have valid points (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 15:28

the "luxury" car paradox (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:42

AMEN!!!!! (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:54

Re: eight-tenths (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:34

Re: eight-tenths (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 10:34

Absolutely Correct (Score: 1, Normal)

04-09-2003 12:10

Re: Absolutely Correct (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:36

How about a small displacement V-8? (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:43

Re: How about a small displacement V-8? (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 19:07

yeah, torque is largely a function of displacement (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 08:33

Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 08:37

Re: Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 09:28

Re: Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 09:50

Re: Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:25

Americans are Pussies (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:44

Re: Americans are Pussies (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 13:19

Americans are defenders of the World (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:40

Re: Americans are defenders of the World (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 16:01

Re: Americans are defenders of the World (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 17:22

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04-08-2003 17:43

this branch CLOSED (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 10:40

Re: Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:46

Re: Another thing they failed to mention (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:15

Thank God... (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 16:00

See 'Couple of missing facts/numbers..?' below (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 15:26

A Couple of missing facts/misleading numbers? (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:21

This guy has a point (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:56

Re: This guy has a point (Score: 1, Normal)

04-08-2003 11:44

Agree (Score: 1, Normal)

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