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Old 07-25-2010, 05:33 PM   #101 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...unfortunately, if Honda-marketing is anything like GM-marketing, they only cater to the 80-85% portion of the market these days...the other 15-20% are not 'worthy' of their interest.

...for instance, as the automatic transmission moved up to >80% popularity level, GM started making them standard equipment on some models and totally eliminated availabilty of a manual transmission.

...unfortunately, the "eco" movement hasn't reached the 80% level (yet).
I wish they would do a marketing study to see if Ecomodders like us would pay *more* for an Eco package. There's got to be a niche market for people like me that will pay for a CRZ "HF". I want the 6-speed tranny with a taller 6th gear and an even more agressive eco-fuelly mode. After all, the override to any eco-mode is always the accelerator pedal.

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