Honda Crossroad - vana tuttav?
Postitatud: L Mär 31, 2007 23:39
The Honda Crossroad
Produced by Land Rover for Honda in Japan, the Honda Crossroad was basically a badge engineered Series 1 Discovery.
No, this isnt a Photoshopped image its a spectacular example of badge-engineering that we were somehow unaware of until our Japan Correspondent, Peter Nunn, hipped us to its existence.
Honda apparently sold a small number of first-generation Land Rover Discovery SUVs in Japan under license as the Crossroad. The strange arrangement came about as a result of the Japanese automakers close ties with (then) parent Rover. As you may recall, Europe received a number of Honda-Rover offspring, while America had to make do with the ill-fated Sterling brand, which gave us the 827 sedan and hatchback.
Those with long memories for questionably badge-engineered Honda SUVs may further remember that the automaker also marketed Isuzus Rodeo as the Passport, and an already-aging Trooper as the Acura SRX, having been caught unprepared for the exploding popularity of SUVs in America.
Produced by Land Rover for Honda in Japan, the Honda Crossroad was basically a badge engineered Series 1 Discovery.
No, this isnt a Photoshopped image its a spectacular example of badge-engineering that we were somehow unaware of until our Japan Correspondent, Peter Nunn, hipped us to its existence.
Honda apparently sold a small number of first-generation Land Rover Discovery SUVs in Japan under license as the Crossroad. The strange arrangement came about as a result of the Japanese automakers close ties with (then) parent Rover. As you may recall, Europe received a number of Honda-Rover offspring, while America had to make do with the ill-fated Sterling brand, which gave us the 827 sedan and hatchback.
Those with long memories for questionably badge-engineered Honda SUVs may further remember that the automaker also marketed Isuzus Rodeo as the Passport, and an already-aging Trooper as the Acura SRX, having been caught unprepared for the exploding popularity of SUVs in America.