After all,
the Japanese car company could have trundled out another boring - but - reliable small car and it would still have sold like hotcakes.
Now due to slow rise in diesel prices too, the trend has started tipping in favour of petrol cars again, but still Honda is confident that in spite of a late entry, the Amaze diesel will change the fate of
the Japanese car company in India and will help them to rise to the top again.
Back when the Infiniti Q50 was unveiled, we had high hopes that this would be the car that finally put Infiniti in the big league; the most important shake - up to the executive sedan market place from
a Japanese car company since the Lexus LS400 amazed us all over twenty years ago.
For example, they might point to the fact that Detroit auto makers could no longer resist demands for higher emissions standards when
Japanese car companies showed they could meet the standards.
«I Had This Car In My Head» — Kazutoshi Mizuno by Joe DeMatio It is the custom at
Japanese car companies to endow one person, the chief vehicle engineer, with absolute and total authority over the development of a new model.
Like Korean and
Japanese car companies before them, the Chinese are coming.
But the Protege5 made it clear that Mazda was serious about competing with the other
Japanese car companies on their own turf, after years of building also - ran cars that were always acceptable but seldom anyone's first choice.
Note
the Japanese Car companies entrant strategies into the US auto market — from small, fuel - efficient cars to Lexus!
Not exact matches
Grab has been seeking to dominate the regional market for
car and motorbike hailing and has expanded into other areas, recently announcing plans to partner with a
Japanese credit card
company to provide credit to millions of people without bank accounts.
After selling 20 million
cars in 190 countries, the
company made the difficult decision to drop the Datsun name (which originated in Japan almost a century ago, and comes from the
Japanese word «DAT» for lightning fast) from its U.S. operations to unify its global brand.
While Korean and European auto makers do not manufacture any
cars in Canada,
Japanese companies (Toyota and Honda) have invested in
car - assembly operations here.
Canada wants to preserve auto - sector manufacturing jobs in Ontario by ensuring that Chinese - made parts in
Japanese cars do not displace Canadian parts, but it is ironic that both Korean and European manufacturers are enjoying a phase - out of Canadian auto tariffs while
Japanese companies, which have invested in Canada, still face a tariff barrier.
Britain's leading manufacturer is Indian; our top
car companies are German,
Japanese, and American; our big new steel producer is Thai.
The
Japanese company recently pumped $ 1 billion into a new research institute dedicated to using artificial intelligence to make
cars safer.
An advertisement in the East Cumbrian Gazette for a
company called Border
Cars describes the many plus points of Kia Pride cars, «the small wonder from Korea» with «Japanese technology&raq
Cars describes the many plus points of Kia Pride
cars, «the small wonder from Korea» with «Japanese technology&raq
cars, «the small wonder from Korea» with «
Japanese technology».
At that time the
Japanese car industry could do no wrong, and Honda represented fierce corporate independence, a relentlessly clever approach to engineering, and the ability to solve problems that confounded other
car companies.
Hyundai and its competitors began assembling
cars about the same time Toyota, Datsun, Honda, and other
Japanese brands were getting big in the U.S. Hyundai was established as a construction
company in the 1940s, and from it, Hyundai Motors launched in 1967, building Ford Cortinas under license from 1968 to 1976.
As more and more
Japanese Domestic Market
cars turn 25 years old, import
companies have made a killing from bringing these JDM gems legally into the states.
Hybrid This early 2010 model was one of the first indicators that an American
car company could compete, and win, against the
Japanese in the critically important arena of fuel - efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles — neither of which had previously been a Detroit strongpoint.
Just like the
Japanese company did nineteen years ago, the Korean automaker has gathered a bunch of heavy - hitters, put them in a blender, and frappéd together a
car that competes with all of them in one way or another.
The Detroit - based automakers have won
car of the year eight times, European
companies won four times and the
Japanese have won three times.
Toyota's full - size sedan could never be described as the most exciting of the
Japanese automaker's line - up, and while it may be one of the
company's biggest
cars, it's kept a relatively low profile in comparison to the Camry and others.
HistoryFounded in 1933 as Datsun (a name that was discontinued in the mid-1980s), Nissan Motor
Company is a
Japanese automobile manufacturer with a long history of building passenger
cars and trucks.Today, in addition to its consumer - oriented automotive lineup, Nissan also offers a line of consumer and industrial products including outboard motors and forklifts.
The 3.5 - liter quad - cam V - 6 comes mated to a Toyota 6 - speed manual gearbox that sees duty in the
Japanese company's diesel
cars.
Now, Korean
car companies are employing that strategy to grab sales from the
Japanese.
The
company, now headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, recently unveiled the
car to the
Japanese public, saying that it will go on sale there on February 2.
The German
company, for years the leading maker of imported luxury
cars, has been hit hard by the recession and the
Japanese.
Mitsubishi is going after Honda Accord and Toyota Camry buyers with this
car, and the
Japanese company has a reasonable chance of landing many of them.
If that isn't a sign of things to come, then maybe the
Japanese automaker's plan to reveal a new concept model at the Tokyo Motor Show, one that will prominently showcase the
company's goal of marrying «
car intelligence» and «electrification,» is the kind of validation that Nissan's looking for to show that it's serious about becoming a big player in the race to bring autonomous driving into public roads.
To many of the world's automakers at the 1998 North American International Auto Show, the past is almost as important as the present and the future.With American and European automakers finally closing in on
Japanese levels of quality and with too many manufacturers chasing after too few buyers, many
car companies at this year's show are playing up their heritage to strengthen their brand identity.At the show, which opens to the public Saturday at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit: * Volkswagen unveiled a groovy new version of the Beetle, the best - selling
car in history.
At the «Nissan 360» media program in California yesterday, the
Japanese company revealed sketches of a mysterious future concept
car during the slideshow presentations.
Toyota isn't the only
Japanese company that brought a surprisingly head - turning
car to the Detroit Auto Show.
Also, as far as OEM wheels, American
car companies, and maybe
Japanese ones seem to use wheels on the narrow end of the spec for the tire size fitted.
The Nissan Leaf NISMO Racing Competition racer will appear at various motorsport events in 2011, and through this
car the
Japanese company is exploring the development of the first zero emission competition spec series in the upcoming years.
The Infiniti Q50 is a very important model for the
Japanese brand, because it sits in the small executive -
car class traditionally favoured by
company -
car drivers.
The NX 300h hybrid is the
company's fourth offering in India and in fact the third hybrid
car to join the product portfolio, while also being the most affordable model on offer from the
Japanese premium
car - makers.
The
car's Wankel engine did not meet the necessary requirements of the EuroV emission regulations that came into force last September, so the
Japanese company decided that instead of developing the current engine in the RX - 8 at a substantial cost, the current generation will be axed.
This is an important
car for the
Japanese company.
The
Japanese company's expertise in designing excellent small
cars should greatly enhance DaimlerChrysler.
No other
Japanese company had ever sold more
cars in the United States in its first year than Suzuki did with the Samurai.
No other
Japanese company had ever sold more new
cars in the United States in its first year than Suzuki did with the Samurai.
Conservative styling has worked for the
car company for decades, but something about the teaser image of the 2018 Toyota Camry says the
Japanese automaker is about to break new ground.
Bentley range received recently a customization program from the
Japanese tuning
company, a program that not only modifies the interior of the
car, but also the exterior and the engine.
The
Japanese company has also made the decision to retain rear drum brakes, which is at odds with the
car's cutting - edge ethos.
Verdict — Honda's approach towards the City clearly reveals the importance of the
car for the
Japanese company.
Receiving this coveted honour must have had Honda's directors breathing a sigh of relief: Sure, the
Japanese company's Ridgeline won Truck of the Year in 2017 and the Civic was
Car of the Year in 2016, but those came on the heels of more than a decade of drought.
The Honda Amaze is the first diesel
car from the
Japanese company for India and the comany is leaving no stone unturned to ensure it's a massive success.
The delay is a speed bump in the
company's plan to become the only
Japanese automaker to sell a diesel - powered passenger
car in the United States.
WILSON: First
car I ever bought new was a Mitsubishi (okay, Plymouth Champ) Mirage, and I have some affection for the
company — at a time when most
Japanese cars were being derided as soulless,...
High on the list of unfair: Critics who insist that
companies such as General Motors simply don't build any sensible, dependable, thrifty - minded
cars like the
Japanese manufacturers do.