Just consider if you were buying a $170 to $195k car based upon the improvements and the limited sales, and then the manufacturer comes up with a dip shit plan to make more money at your expense. How would you feel?
Not as bad as I would feel if I put a deposit down in good faith and then was told, two months later after total silence, that I don't get a car because I was 3rd in line. But, I get what you're saying.
Am I the only one here that thinks this is crazy? Not everyone is so driven that short of going to jail, anyway you can make money is a good thing. This very greed is what has destroyed our businesses in the US. Every CEO in the US has to make 10 million while the people that add value to the product or service cannot afford to live without having a second job. I just don’t get it. So sad….
I don't think greed is driving this at all. A few hundred more NSXs is not going to move the needle on Honda's bottom line by any appreciable amount. Instead, I truly think they are trying to figure out how to do right by their customers- how to do the honorable thing, so to speak. They announced 350 cars, but then dealers accepted more deposits than there are build slots mostly because the process was janky and communication was poor. So now they have this population of customers that want the Type S, put money down and, if they stick to their initial build number, won't get it. They have to consider the brand reputation impact of this as well.
But more fundamentally, I think Honda corporate was caught completely by surprise by the demand. Unlike other car companies, who- to your point- will try to gouge as much money as possible out of a situation, I believe they are struggling with how to deal with this unexpected situation in a honorable way. Do they hold to the limit and piss off a lot of potential customers? (I can see the headlines already: "Acura finally makes the NSX great...and you can't have one.") Do they just build all of the deposits/orders on the books? Do they do what I suggested and open the order book until the end of the year, but
only for paid-in-full customers? There are pros and cons to all of these options, and the ones we haven't thought about. I truly think Honda is struggling to chart the right path forward, which is why it's taking so long to hear anything.
Having 700 to ~800 cars which will still mean the car is extremely limited and still sell out. It will have far greater impact as for promoting brand and help setting up future anticipation for next NSX. When there are just 299, good chunk of which will not be driven much or take to meets. They get one time hype with tiny community vs a long lasting one.
I agree 100%. Whether they make 350 or 800 Type S cars, it is still very limited and a minority percentage of all NC1 production worldwide. Personally, I think there is more upside for the brand if they increase the builds, but that's just me. BTW, it's good to see you posting again, Jason.