>They said Honda had become trapped by Japan’s “monozukuri” (literally, “making things”) approach to manufacturing. This culture of incremental improvement and production line efficiency, called “kaizen”, served the company well in the decades after World War Two, they said, but today’s challenges – electrification, computerization, self-driving cars – demand a more nimble and flexible approach.
>Most importantly, they said, over the past two decades company executives in Tokyo were given too much control over research and development. In their view, this led to shareholder value being prioritized over innovation. There was a reluctance to draw on talent from outside Japan. In its quest to deliver for shareholders, Honda sought to maximize volume and profit and match the product range of its main Japanese rival, Toyota.
So Honda's last two CEOs tried to pull a GM and look what happened
Link to article
http://archive.is/H1pDS
BAMP
Ok, but is it possible to change back now that the market has evolved?
>>17841423
It's not about going back, just unleashing the chains that have been on the R&D department since 2006/7, it means that you will see more innovation any hopefully an addition of iVTEC with turbos
I just want them to come out with another s2000
>>17841273
I know mate. I want 80s and 90s honda back so bad.
>>17841521
This, or at least sell the s660 here
Bulletproof and exciting motorbikes would be nice to see from them again.
>>17841521
you'll get a self driven electric s2000
>>17841628
Hey if it jerks me off while it's driving you'll get no complaints from me
>>17841527
Safety regulations make that impossible. You simply aren't allowed to have paper thin doors and windows large enough to look out of or having the nose of the car low enough to kneecap the poor helpless pedestrians, even if Honda starts doing cool things with engines and turbos they still have to put them in blobs with more computer screens than physical buttons.