We understand the business case may be tough, especially when the CTR's hatchback bodystyle isn't sold in America at all, but we think Honda's North American showrooms could use a bit more performance edge, and
an affordable halo car like the Type R could do just that.
It's possible that they do, but we're not talking about them individually; What we rejoice about is the death of a symbol for GM.There's no doubt in our minds that the vehicle that a
car company picks as its iconic product has an impact on both the company itself (how it targets advertising, what the other models are like, what ideas it will reject as not fitting with a certain image, etc) and on what customers of that company expect, since the whole point of a
halo product is to put a little of its DNA in the more
affordable models.