Why are Honda dealers blue in the US?

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
09/27/2015 at 13:38 • Filed to: None

And red in Canada?

This confuses me greatly, I thought they were red everywhere.

DISCUSSION (53)

Blondude > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:39

Because fuck logic

djmt1 > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:41

Something something Commies. Something something Toyota took it first.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:44

Because Canadian dealers are faster than US dealers?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Blondude
09/27/2015 at 13:45

Coincidentally, that also happens to be the campaign slogan of the GOP now...

not for canada - australian in disguise > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
09/27/2015 at 13:45

I always thought the red and white were supposed to be like the Type-R motif, but I have no fucking clue where the blue comes from.

not for canada - australian in disguise > djmt1
09/27/2015 at 13:46

You see, Toyota has red and white dealers in Canada too...

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I am confused

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:49

All Toyota dealerships here are red. What are they in Canada?

Leon711 > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:50

Red in the UK too. But you are forgetting the US is like permanent opposite day.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/27/2015 at 13:51

Red as well, it seems like it’s only Honda that has any variation between US and Canadian dealers.

TheHondaBro > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:54

Because you touch yourself at night.

not for canada - australian in disguise > TheHondaBro
09/27/2015 at 13:54

Agrajag > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:57

Red is often assigned to villians or antagonists while blue the opposite. What I’m saying is Canada is evil.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Agrajag
09/27/2015 at 13:57

Shit, Honda’s onto us.

Klaus Schmoll > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 13:59

Not only Canada, they are red all over Europe as well.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:00

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Because VTEC

traitor joe > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:07

Man when I moved to the US I could not for the life of me find Lays salt and vinegar chips. Turns out those are a different colour too.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:07

Because the Canadian flag is red and white. And while the US flag is red, white and blue, the blue part is where the stars that represent the states are.

That’s why red works better in Canada and blue works better in the US.

Also, Canadians are more comfortable with communism than Americans are. Case in point... Cuba.

Note that I’m just pulling this out of my ass and it has no scientific basis.

not for canada - australian in disguise > traitor joe
09/27/2015 at 14:09

what the fuck america get your colours right

desertdog5051 > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:10

Wonder why.

But, I wouldn’t give you 10 cents Chinese for a Honda or Toyota. But I still recommend them them to my non-car-caring friends. I tell them they will own the most dull, boring, beige cars made, but they are dependable. They only hear “dependable”.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:12

US Honda Motorcycle dealers use red signs, to differentiate the car dealers they use blue signs.

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Ford used to do this with tractor dealers

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Probenja > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:13

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Earth Dreams?

Greasemonkey > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:22

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That’s not a dealership, THIS is a dealership

Probenja > My X-type is too a real Jaguar
09/27/2015 at 14:24

But can’t they see the different logo and the fact that one has motorcycles inside and the other one cars?

Here is one from my country and it has both:

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My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Probenja
09/27/2015 at 14:29

It is uniquely American form of marketing. It is supposed to show that a company is committed to an industry. It was a way at the beginning for Honda to say “We are a car company not a motorcycle company who also makes cars”

ly2v8-Brian > Greasemonkey
09/27/2015 at 14:30

Ah yes that big monster they built along 494. Kind of like Motorwerks BMW down the road, but with windows.

ly2v8-Brian > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 14:32

Let me check my ‘who gives a **** file’... Doesn't seem to be anything here.

Greasemonkey > ly2v8-Brian
09/27/2015 at 14:33

Supposedly so you can shop for cars while sitting in traffic.

ly2v8-Brian > Greasemonkey
09/27/2015 at 14:34

Considering how slow 494 is even on a Sunday, I believe that.

Leon711 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
09/27/2015 at 14:43

Bro, the British flag has a lot more blue than the stars unt stripes and our Honda dealers are red.

carcrasher88 > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:00

That’s a darn good question that I don’t really have an answer for.

I do, though, know that red and blue were the colors of two of Honda’s former dealer networks back in their home country...

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Primo was red, like Honda Canada...

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Clio was blue, like Honda US...

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And Verno was green (and a similar shade of green to what’s typically seen at a Land Rover dealer).

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But now they’re like this, which still uses some red, making the Honda stores in Japan of today more like those in Canada than in the US.

Just some fascinating information I thought you might find interesting.

Oh, and Nissan used to have red and blue dealerships in Japan, too.

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Red Stage (like Honda Canada)

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Blue Stage (like Honda US)

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...and even Red & Blue Stage!

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:08

You guys misspelled “colors.”

-Murica

not for canada - australian in disguise > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop
09/27/2015 at 15:09

England invented English, they spell it “colours”. Your point is null and void.

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:21

Too bad they didn’t invent humor too. Sorry, “humour.”

ranwhenparked > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:23

The British and Americans both used “color” and “colour” interchangeably until the 18th century or so. Each country’s publishing industries eventually settled on different spellings for their dictionaries.

Tohru > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:42

England didn’t invent English. They patched it together after hunting down other languages in dark alleys, beating them up, and looting their pockets for spare grammar and punctuation rules.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:43

Blue is the historic color of conservatives in the US. Honda makes/made painfully practical conservative cars...

I believe red is associated with conservatives there, too, though it could be the flag color (Canadians love their flag more than even those in the US).

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > ly2v8-Brian
09/27/2015 at 15:44

So you’re saying that everybody gives a ****?

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:45

The US one looks way better IMO.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
09/27/2015 at 15:52

Red is more associated with liberals in Canada, blue is the colour of our Conservatives.

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Eric @ opposite-lock.com > not for canada - australian in disguise
09/27/2015 at 15:56

The same was true in the US until a shady cabal of media people decided to change it. It was the election of 2000, if I’m not mistaken, where all channels used red for conservative and blue for socialist, which is the opposite of all historic precedent.

I couldn’t remember what color the signs were, but the conservatives are not popular in the portion of Canada I usually visit, so I rarely saw their signs. Red, however, is far more popular in general due to the flag.

Blondude > Greasemonkey
09/27/2015 at 16:17

You know, they say everything’s bigger in Texas, but I think Minnesota has them beat.

RazoE > carcrasher88
09/27/2015 at 16:25

Whatever dude, you can use facts to prove anything. Not impressed...

ly2v8-Brian > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready
09/27/2015 at 16:36

the file being empty means no one cares.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > ly2v8-Brian
09/27/2015 at 17:10

The way you phrased it indicated that there was nothing in the ‘who gives a **** file’, meaning that there was nobody who did not give a ****.

ly2v8-Brian > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready
09/27/2015 at 17:13

Notice the lack of a negative. Who doesn't give a **** vs. Who gives a **** one implies no one cares (the first one) the other implies that at least someone cares (at least where I used it).