grambles423
Automotive Engineer
This is why I don't see myself buying a new car anytime soon.
Why put lux features on what should be "cheap" performance cars?
Why not? Its so commonized now, that the camera is literally pennies when applying to a mass produced vehicle. CRV Touring has it now, 2015 Euro Civic, Acuras...etc etc. It'll be an option on every car by next year I'd bet.
Mazda has it. Chevy is getting there with it. Ford is diving into it.
Most of it now is for NHTSA regulations and making a safer car by applying all of the Front Crash Warnings. We're slowly seeing it pop on on more lower end models and brands.
Blame the Government, not the OEMs. They're tied by what the Federal Regulations allow and how they change literally year by year.
RR View Cameras. Cafe Restrictions, Narrow Offset Crash, Roof Crush. What used to be a private affair is now highly regulated.
I see your point though. Still, most users who want a car like that can easily turn it all off. Its pretty simple but a button push. One could suggest "dead weight" which I often tell those project engineers, but judging by their target audience and sales forecast, it won't matter that people will buy a high performing vehicle, features be damned.
Eventually, we're making excuses for us to stay conventional for something that has already changed since the last decade.
:laugh: yea honda hasnt had anything good since the s2000 days in the US soil... it was great for its time.
3 Top 10 Selling cars (Non-Fleet) for Years and Years and Years is hardly saying Honda is producing crap.
Honda just hasn't produced high performance models in the last few years due to the Tsunami impact to Tochigi R&D, Economic Downfall of 2008. Growing pains are seen now, recovery takes time for a small company (Very small actually ~9.5% market stake) to actually funnel its resources within its own financial means. Toyota, GM, VW are HUGE. I'm talking HUGE. They have enough man power to throw at a project and have a few left over for other development.
These things take time. Plus Honda has NEVER gone to traditional methods of making high performance. It's a nuance that Honda ever took a step into Turbo technology. Keep an eye on it, because if there's one thing that Honda knows, its engines.
Don't forget F1. NSX launch coming soon, Euro Type R, etc. Hermit status achieved, now time to apply to mass produced models.