Post by atlex on Mar 29, 2016 14:15:12 GMT
I was thinking about what each maker's philosophy is.. and how it shows up in the cars - what are these companies producing, what are they aiming for ? it's quite interesting to think about.
Found this.. for mazda.. "Gram" Strategy.
www.mazdasocial.co.uk/2016/03/24/the-gram-strategy-how-saving-weight-makes-mazdas-better-to-drive/
removing the things that aren't needed to be a car. Kind of the opposite of the 2000s mercedes strategy with buttons everywhere
the toyota kaizen concept leads to amazing quality, but slightly dull cars (which make perfect family/practical cars, would let your loved ones drive one..)
https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/4ahnvc/what_car_brand_follows_the_best_philosophy_when/
I think of Honda as "Precision Perfection" - kind of between mazda (experimental) and toyota (quality) - the civic, s2000 and nsx are all amazingly balanced cars.
Mitsubishi ? (all prarrie canoeboxes or prarrie canoeboxes on steroids.. feel like civil engineering projects designed by comittee who never drove the product)
Nissan ? (flood the market with models, questionable long-term build quality (?), interesting monster halo cars which seem to be strategic failures)
Daihatsu ? seem to have the K-car market in japan down, super-small engineering done right. Small-scale Practicality above all.
Subaru ? Only seem to make one kind of car. Also a bit mitsubishi-like-committee, it seems to me ?
Comments, Opinions, counter-comments, grave insults and rants all welcome.
Found this.. for mazda.. "Gram" Strategy.
www.mazdasocial.co.uk/2016/03/24/the-gram-strategy-how-saving-weight-makes-mazdas-better-to-drive/
removing the things that aren't needed to be a car. Kind of the opposite of the 2000s mercedes strategy with buttons everywhere
the toyota kaizen concept leads to amazing quality, but slightly dull cars (which make perfect family/practical cars, would let your loved ones drive one..)
https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/4ahnvc/what_car_brand_follows_the_best_philosophy_when/
I think of Honda as "Precision Perfection" - kind of between mazda (experimental) and toyota (quality) - the civic, s2000 and nsx are all amazingly balanced cars.
Mitsubishi ? (all prarrie canoeboxes or prarrie canoeboxes on steroids.. feel like civil engineering projects designed by comittee who never drove the product)
Nissan ? (flood the market with models, questionable long-term build quality (?), interesting monster halo cars which seem to be strategic failures)
Daihatsu ? seem to have the K-car market in japan down, super-small engineering done right. Small-scale Practicality above all.
Subaru ? Only seem to make one kind of car. Also a bit mitsubishi-like-committee, it seems to me ?
Comments, Opinions, counter-comments, grave insults and rants all welcome.
le sigh