Honda's head of exterior design wants S2000 successor

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 10/14/2013 at 16:03 • Filed to: None

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"We are making the NSX and the small sporty minicar," Toshinobu Minami said in a recent interview at Honda's global design center. "Naturally, I personally want something in between."

Although his comments represented his own ambitions, such an entry was under study, he said. He declined to give details.

To properly nurture sports-car nameplates, a company must keep making them, Minami said, criticizing Honda's decision to drop sports cars when the global financial crisis hit.

"Don't quit," said Minami, who oversees global exterior design for the Acura and Honda brands. "Quitting the NSX and the S2000 is the thing I regret most."

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I can almost hear Honda's head of bean counters "Minami!!! What the hell do you think you're doing? How many times I told you not to announce a car before you got funding approved for it ? How many times? You designers and engineers are always coming up with the craziest ideas, and leave us, accountants, the only decent people in this company stuck with having to find cash for your silly ideas!! Do you know who signs your paycheck? Do you think I'm made out of money? That's it, I'm not getting involved in your game this time, you want this silly yellow car, you will have to find funding for it, yourself!!!"

PS9 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:07

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Sure, he want's one. But does the CEO feel the same way? And if we get one, can this designer keep Honda from ruining it with battery packs and electric motors like they did with the NSX InNameOnly ??

Party-vi > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:11

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I'll just leave this here...

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > PS9 10/14/2013 at 16:18

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Well, designers usually don't have much access to do stuff, under the skin of a car.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Party-vi 10/14/2013 at 16:18

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Not really.

Party-vi > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:21

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Dat back end tho.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Party-vi 10/14/2013 at 16:23

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Design trend, you can't beat 'em, just join 'em.

Milky > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:27

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Can you believe the guy that did these renderings and model, Micheal McGee graduated last spring and still hasn't found a job yet?! .... well I'm screwed.

(The S2000 was his sophomore project just fyi.)

Party-vi > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:30

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"...one of us, one of us, one of us..."

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Milky 10/14/2013 at 16:43

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Tough world, many talented people out there, and corporations cheat designers, by organizing designs contests, really often, instead of hiring designers.

Milky > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/14/2013 at 16:49

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The struggle man ....