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Old 14th March 2008, 18:37   #534 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by simon1 View Post
So let me see if I have this right: Honda have been a mainstream car manufacturer for, ooh, at least 40 years. All those cars had handbrakes. All cars have handbrakes. All manufacturers make cars with handbrakes that work.

So what is so special about this car that Honda can't simply fix it? How could they even get it wrong in the first place? Surely the handbrake is one of the least complex features on any car?
Maximization of profit - make it cheap but sell it as if it were good. They all do it, I guess anyone who wouldn't is likely to have problems with his shareholders
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