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Originally Posted by Lonewolf
Are yo sure about that?
Did you know that Sochiro Honda (the founder of Honda) was a mechanic who raced cars and enjoyed tuning (PASSION) them?
Yes, all these companies instituted efficient production techniques at one point another using Ford as guidance, but their reason for getting into the business is not as cut and dry as you would like to believe.
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am i sure about what?
Honda built Motorcycles, and his first car was built in 63 after the fact that his company took off. From what i understood the S500 was loosely based from a modified motorcycle chassy which was being developed to combat Triumph motorcycles hense the roadster. Also which was his first pro racing experience was in 65. Sounds backwards to me. If the reality was that his racing experience with cars should have been in the 50s before his first car in 63. Then we wouldn't have an argument.
From the history...sounds pretty cut and dry to me.
Among the 400 some car companies that started in the last 100 years, only a hand full of them started with passionate road cars for the driver. Which resulted in getting bankruped, closed down, or assimilated by the big 12.
Also for clarification, my understanding of the passionate car for a driver is built on the premis that the engineer/designer builds the IDEA of a car around the driver. While most successful manufacturers through history has built cars to fit a forumula/mold of the industry.