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Type | Public company (TYO: 7267) & (NYSE: HMC) |
Industry | |
Founded | 24 September 1948 |
Founder(s) | |
Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Takanobu Ito (President, CEO, & Representative Director) |
Products | |
Revenue | ¥7.948 trillion (2012)[1] |
Operating income | ¥231.36 billion (2012)[1] |
Net income | ¥211.48 billion (2012)[1] |
Total assets | ¥11.780 trillion (2012)[1] |
Total equity | ¥4.402 trillion (2012)[1] |
Employees | 179,060 (2012)[2] |
Subsidiaries |
Website | world.honda.com |
Type | Public company (TYO: 7267) & (NYSE: HMC) |
Industry | |
Founded | 24 September 1948 |
Founder(s) | |
Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Takanobu Ito (President, CEO, & Representative Director) |
Products | |
Revenue | ¥7.948 trillion (2012)[1] |
Operating income | ¥231.36 billion (2012)[1] |
Net income | ¥211.48 billion (2012)[1] |
Total assets | ¥11.780 trillion (2012)[1] |
Total equity | ¥4.402 trillion (2012)[1] |
Employees | 179,060 (2012)[2] |
Subsidiaries |
Website | world.honda.com |
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (本田技研工業株式会社 Honda Giken Kōgyō KK , IPA: [honꜜda] ( listen); /ˈhɒndə/) (TYO: 7267) is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959,[3][4] as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year.[5] Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.[6][7] As of August 2008[update], Honda surpassed Chrysler as the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the United States.[8] Honda was the seventh largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen AG, Hyundai Motor Group, Ford, and Nissan in 2010.[citation needed]
Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, amongst others. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the Honda HA-420 HondaJet, scheduled to be released in 2012. Honda spends about 5% of its revenues into R&D.[9]
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From a young age, Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō) (17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) had an interest in automobiles. He worked as a mechanic at the Art Shokai garage, where he tuned cars and entered them in races. In 1937, with financing from an acquaintance, Kato Shichirō, Honda founded Tōkai Seiki (Eastern Sea Precision Machine Company) to make piston rings working out of the Art Shokai garage.[10] After initial failures, Tōkai Seiki won a contract to supply piston rings to Toyota, but lost the contract due to the poor quality of their products.[10] After attending engineering school, without graduating, and visiting factories around Japan to better understand Toyota's quality control processes, Honda was able, by 1941, to mass produce piston rings acceptable to Toyota, using an automated process that could employ even unskilled wartime laborers.[10][11]
Tōkai Seiki was placed under control of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (called the Ministry of Munitions after 1943) at the start of World War II, and Soichiro Honda was demoted from president to senior managing director after Toyota took a 40% stake in the company.[10] Honda also aided the war effort by assisting other companies in automating the production of military aircraft propellers.[10] The relationships Honda cultivated with personnel at Toyota, Nakajima Aircraft Company and the Imperial Japanese Navy would be instrumental in the postwar period.[10] A US B-29 bomber attack destroyed Tōkai Seiki's Yamashita plant in 1944, and the Itawa plant collapsed in the 1945 Mikawa earthquake, and Soichiro Honda sold the salvageable remains of the company to Toyota after the war for ¥450,000, and used the proceeds to found the Honda Technical Research Institute in October 1946.[10][12] With a staff of 12 men working in a 172-square-foot (16.0 m2) shack, they built and sold improvised motorized bicycles, using a supply of 500 two-stroke 50 cc Tohatsu war surplus radio generator engines.[10][11][13] When the engines ran out, Honda began building their own copy of the Tohatsu engine, and supplying these to customers to attach their bicycles.[10][13] This was the Honda Model A, nicknamed the Bata Bata for the sound the engine made.[10] The first complete motorcycle, both frame and engine, and made by Honda was the 1949 Model D, the first Honda to go by the name Dream.[12] Honda Motor Company grew in a short time to become the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles by 1964.
The first production automobile from Honda was the T360 mini pick-up truck, which went on sale in August 1963.[14] Powered by a small 356 cc straight-4 gasoline engine, it was classified under the cheaper Kei car tax bracket.[15] The first production car from Honda was the S500 sports car, which followed the T360 into production in October 1963. Its chain driven rear wheels points to Honda's motorcycle origins.[16]
Over the next few decades, Honda worked to expand its product line and expanded operations and exports to numerous countries around the world. In 1986, Honda introduced the successful Acura brand to the American market in an attempt to gain ground in the luxury vehicle market. Honda in 1991 introduced the Honda NSX supercar, the first all-aluminum monocoque vehicle that incorporated a mid-engine V6 with variable-valve timing.[17] Later, 1995 gave rise to the Honda Aircraft Company with the goal of producing jet aircraft under Honda's name.[18]
Honda is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland.
The company has assembly plants around the globe. These plants are located in China, the United States, Pakistan, Canada, England, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, México, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan and Perú. As of July 2010, 89 percent of Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States were built in North American plants, up from 82.2 percent a year earlier. This shields profits from the yen's advance to a 15-year high against the dollar.[8]
Honda's Net Sales and Other Operating Revenue by Geographical Regions in 2007[19]
Geographic Region | Total revenue (in millions of ¥) |
Japan | 1,681,190 |
North America | 5,980,876 |
Europe | 1,236,757 |
Asia | 1,283,154 |
Others | 905,163 |
American Honda Motor Company is based in Torrance, California. Honda Canada Inc. is headquartered in Markham, Ontario,[20] their manufacturing division, Honda of Canada Manufacturing, is based in Alliston, Ontario. Honda has also created joint ventures around the world, such as Honda Siel Cars and Hero Honda Motorcycles in India,[21] Guangzhou Honda and Dongfeng Honda in China, Boon Siew Honda in Malaysia and Honda Atlas in Pakistan.
With low fuel prices and a weak U.S. economy in June 2008, Honda reported a 1% sales increase while its rivals, including the Detroit Big Three and Toyota, have reported double-digit losses. Honda's sales were up almost 20 percent from the same month last year. The Civic and the Accord were in the top five list of sales.[22][23] Analysts have attributed this to two main factors. First, Honda's product lineup consists of mostly small to mid-size, highly fuel-efficient vehicles. Secondly, over the last ten years, Honda has designed its factories to be flexible, in that they can be easily retooled to produce any Honda model that may be in-demand at the moment.
Nonetheless, Honda, Nissan, and Toyota, were still not immune to the global financial crisis of 2008, as these companies reduced their profitability forecasts. The economic crisis has been spreading to other important players in the vehicle related industries as well.[24][25] In November 2009 the Nihon Keizai Shinbun reported that Honda Motor exports have fallen 64.1%.[26]
At the 2008 Beijing Auto Show, Honda presented the Li Nian ("concept" or "idea") 5-door hatchback and announced that they were looking to develop an entry-level brand exclusively for the Chinese market similar to Toyota's Scion brand in the USA.[27] The brand would be developed by a 50–50 joint-venture established in 2007 with Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group.[28][29]
Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 Honda announced plans to halve production at its UK plants.[citation needed] The decision was made to put staff at the Swindon plant on a 2 day week until the end of May as the manufacturer struggled to source supplies from Japan. It's thought around 22,500 cars were produced during this period.
Name | Years |
Soichiro Honda | 1948–1973 |
Kiyoshi Kawashima | 1973–1983 |
Tadashi Kume | 1983–1990 |
Nobuhiko Kawamoto | 1990–1998 |
Hiroyuki Yoshino | 1998–2004 |
Takeo Fukui | 2004–2009 |
Takanobu Ito | 2009— |
Honda's global lineup consists of the Fit, Civic, Accord, Insight, CR-V, CR-Z, Legend and two versions of the Odyssey, one for North America, and a smaller vehicle sold internationally. An early proponent of developing vehicles to cater to different needs and markets worldwide, Honda's lineup varies by country and may feature vehicles exclusive to that region. A few examples are the latest Honda Odyssey minivan and the Ridgeline, Honda's first light-duty uni-body pickup truck. Both were designed and engineered primarily in North America and are produced there. Other example of exclusive models includes the Honda Civic five-door hatchback sold in Europe.
Honda's automotive manufacturing ambitions can be traced back to 1963, with the Honda T360, a kei car truck built for the Japanese market.[30] This was followed by the two-door roadster, the Honda S500 also introduced in 1963. In 1965, Honda built a two-door commercial delivery van, called the Honda L700. Honda's first four-door sedan was not the Accord, but the air-cooled, four-cylinder, gasoline-powered Honda 1300 in 1969. The Civic was a hatchback that gained wide popularity internationally, but it wasn't the first two-door hatchback built. That was the Honda N360, another Kei car that was adapted for international sale as the N600. The Civic, which appeared in 1972 and replaced the N600 also had a smaller sibling that replaced the air-cooled N360, called the Honda Life that was water-cooled.
The Honda Life represented Honda's efforts in competing in the kei car segment, offering sedan, delivery van and small pick-up platforms on a shared chassis. The Life StepVan had a novel approach that, while not initially a commercial success, appears to be an influence in vehicles with the front passengers sitting behind the engine, a large cargo area with a flat roof and a liftgate installed in back, and utilizing a transversely installed engine with a front-wheel-drive powertrain.
As Honda entered into automobile manufacturing after World War II, where Japanese manufacturers such as Toyota and Nissan had heritage before the war, it appears that Honda instilled a sense of doing things a little differently than its Japanese competitors. Its mainstay products, like the Accord and Civic, have always employed front-wheel-drive powertrain implementation, which is currently a long held Honda tradition. Honda also installed new technologies into their products, first as optional equipment, then later standard, like anti lock brakes, speed sensitive power steering, and multi-port fuel injection in the early 1980s. This desire to be the first to try new approaches is evident with the creation of the first Japanese luxury chain Acura, and was also evident with the all aluminum, mid-engined sports car, the Honda NSX, which also introduced variable valve timing technology, Honda calls VTEC.
The Civic is a line of compact cars developed and manufactured by Honda. In North America, the Civic is the second-longest continuously running nameplate from a Japanese manufacturer; only its perennial rival, the Toyota Corolla, introduced in 1968, has been in production longer.[31] The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded. Having gone through several generational changes, the Civic has become larger and more upmarket, and it currently slots between the Fit and Accord.
Honda produces Civic hybrid, a hybrid electric vehicle that competes with the Toyota Prius, and also produces the Insight and CR-Z.
In 2008, Honda increased global production to meet demand for small cars and hybrids in the U.S. and emerging markets. The company shuffled U.S. production to keep factories busy and boost car output, while building fewer minivans and sport utility vehicles as light truck sales fell.[32]
Its first entrance into the pickup segment, the light duty Ridgeline, won Truck of the Year from Motor Trend magazine in 2006. Also in 2006, the redesigned Civic won Car of the Year from the magazine, giving Honda a rare double win of Motor Trend honors.
It is reported that Honda plans to increase hybrid sales in Japan to more than 20% of its total sales in fiscal year 2011, from 14.8% in previous year.[33]
Five of United States Environmental Protection Agency's top ten most fuel-efficient cars from 1984 to 2010 comes from Honda, more than any other automakers. The five models are: 2000–2006 Honda Insight (53 mpg-US or 4.4 L/100 km; 64 mpg-imp combined), 1986–1987 Honda Civic Coupe HF (46 mpg-US or 5.1 L/100 km; 55 mpg-imp combined), 1994–1995 Honda Civic hatchback VX (43 mpg-US or 5.5 L/100 km; 52 mpg-imp combined), 2006– Honda Civic Hybrid (42 mpg-US or 5.6 L/100 km; 50 mpg-imp combined), and 2010– Honda Insight (41 mpg-US or 5.7 L/100 km; 49 mpg-imp combined).[34] The ACEEE has also rated the Civic GX as the greenest car in America for seven consecutive years.[35]
Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan and has been since it started production in 1955.[10] At its peak in 1982, Honda manufactured almost 3 million motorcycles annually. By 2006 this figure had reduced to around 550,000 but was still higher than its three domestic competitors.[10]
During the 1960s, when it was a small manufacturer, Honda broke out of the Japanese motorcycle market and began exporting to the U.S. Working with the advertising agency Grey Advertising, Honda created an innovative marketing campaign, using the slogan "You meet the nicest people on a Honda." In contrast to the prevailing negative stereotypes of motorcyclists in America as tough, antisocial rebels, this campaign suggested that Honda motorcycles were made for the everyman. The campaign was hugely successful; the ads ran for three years, and by the end of 1963 alone, Honda had sold 90,000 motorcycles.[11]
Taking Honda's story as an archetype of the smaller manufacturer entering a new market already occupied by highly dominant competitors, the story of their market entry, and their subsequent huge success in the U.S. and around the world, has been the subject of some academic controversy. Competing explanations have been advanced to explain Honda's strategy and the reasons for their success.[36]
The first of these explanations was put forward when, in 1975, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was commissioned by the UK government to write a report explaining why and how the British motorcycle industry had been out-competed by its Japanese competitors. The report concluded that the Japanese firms, including Honda, had sought a very high scale of production (they had made a large number of motorbikes) in order to benefit from economies of scale and learning curve effects. It blamed the decline of the British motorcycle industry on the failure of British managers to invest enough in their businesses to profit from economies of scale and scope.[37]
The second explanation was offered in 1984 by Richard Pascale, who had interviewed the Honda executives responsible for the firm's entry into the U.S. market. As opposed to the tightly focused strategy of low cost and high scale that BCG accredited to Honda, Pascale found that their entry into the U.S. market was a story of "miscalculation, serendipity, and organizational learning" – in other words, Honda's success was due to the adaptability and hard work of its staff, rather than any long term strategy.[38] For example, Honda's initial plan on entering the U.S. was to compete in large motorcycles, around 300 cc. It was only when the team found that the scooters they were using to get themselves around their U.S. base of San Francisco attracted positive interest from consumers that they came up with the idea of selling the Super Cub.[citation needed]
The most recent school of thought on Honda's strategy was put forward by Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad in 1989. Creating the concept of core competencies with Honda as an example, they argued that Honda's success was due to its focus on leadership in the technology of internal combustion engines.[39] For example, the high power-to-weight ratio engines Honda produced for its racing bikes provided technology and expertise which was transferable into mopeds. Honda's entry into the U.S. motorcycle market during the 1960s is used as a case study for teaching introductory strategy at business schools worldwide.[40]
Production started in 1953 with H-type engine (prior to motorcycle).[41]
Honda power equipment reached record sales in 2007 with 6,4 million units.[42] By 2010 (Fiscal year ended 31 March) this figure had decreased to 4,7 million units.[43] Cumulative production of power products has exceeded 85 million units (as of September 2008).[44]
Honda power equipment includes:
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Honda engines powered the entire 33-car starting field of the 2010 Indianapolis 500[45] and for the fifth consecutive race, there were no engine-related retirements during the running of the Memorial Day Classic.[46]
Honda, despite being known as an engine company, has never built a V8 for passenger vehicles. In the late 1990s, the company resisted considerable pressure from its American dealers for a V8 engine (which would have seen use in top-of-the-line Honda SUVs and Acuras), with American Honda reportedly sending one dealer a shipment of V8 beverages to silence them.[47] Honda considered starting V8 production in the mid-2000s for larger Acura sedans, a new version of the high end NSX sports car (which previously used DOHC V6 engines with VTEC to achieve its high power output) and possible future ventures into the American full-size truck and SUV segment for both the Acura and Honda brands, but this was cancelled in late 2008, with Honda citing environmental and worldwide economic conditions as reasons for the termination of this project.[48]
ASIMO is the part of Honda's Research & Development robotics program. It is the eleventh in a line of successive builds starting in 1986 with Honda E0 moving through the ensuing Honda E series and the Honda P series. Weighing 54 kilograms and standing 130 centimeters tall, ASIMO resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack, and can walk on two feet in a manner resembling human locomotion, at up to 6 km/h (3.7 mph). ASIMO is the world's only humanoid robot able to ascend and descend stairs independently.[49] However, human motions such as climbing stairs are difficult to mimic with a machine, which ASIMO has demonstrated by taking two plunges off a staircase.
Honda's robot ASIMO (see below) as an R&D project brings together expertise to create a robot that walks, dances and navigates steps. 2010 marks the year Honda has developed a machine capable of reading a user's brainwaves to move ASIMO. The system uses a helmet covered with electroencephalography and near-infrared spectroscopy sensors that monitor electrical brainwaves and cerebral blood flow—signals that alter slightly during the human thought process. The user thinks of one of a limited number of gestures it wants from the robot, which has been fitted with a Brain Machine Interface.[50]
Honda has also pioneered new technology in its HA-420 HondaJet, manufactured by its subsidiary Honda Aircraft Company, which allows new levels of reduced drag, increased aerodynamics and fuel efficiency thus reducing operating costs.[citation needed]
Honda's solar cell subsidiary company Honda Soltec (Headquarters: Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto; President and CEO: Akio Kazusa) started sales throughout Japan of thin-film solar cells for public and industrial use on 24 October 2008, after selling solar cells for residential use since October 2007.[51]
Honda has also built a downhill racing bicycle known as the Honda RN-01. It is not available for sale to the public. The key feature of this bike is the gearbox, which replaces the standard derailleur found on most bikes.
Honda has hired several people to pilot the bike, among them Greg Minnaar. The team is known as Team G Cross Honda.
Honda also builds all-terrain vehicles (ATV).
Honda has been active in motorsports, like Motorcycle Grand Prix, Superbike racing and others.
Honda entered Formula One as a constructor for the first time in the 1964 season at the German Grand Prix with Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel. 1965 saw the addition of Richie Ginther to the team, who scored Honda's first point at the Belgian Grand Prix, and Honda's first win at the Mexican Grand Prix. 1967 saw their next win at the Italian Grand Prix with John Surtees as their driver. In 1968, Jo Schlesser was killed in a Honda RA302 at the French Grand Prix. This racing tragedy, coupled with their commercial difficulties selling automobiles in the United States, prompted Honda to withdraw from all international motorsport that year.
After a learning year in 1965, Honda-powered Brabhams dominated the 1966 French Formula Two championship in the hands of Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme. As there was no European Championship that season, this was the top F2 championship that year. In the early 1980s Honda returned to F2, supplying engines to Ron Tauranac's Ralt team. Tauranac had designed the Brabham cars for their earlier involvement. They were again extremely successful. In a related exercise, John Judd's Engine Developments company produced a turbo "Brabham-Honda" engine for use in IndyCar racing. It won only one race, in 1988 for Bobby Rahal at Pocono.
Honda returned to Formula One in 1983, initially with another Formula Two partner, the Spirit team, before switching abruptly to Williams in 1984. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Honda powered cars won six consecutive Formula One Constructors Championships. WilliamsF1 won the crown in 1986 and 1987. Honda switched allegiance again in 1988. New partners Team McLaren won the title in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Honda withdrew from Formula One at the end of 1992, although the related Mugen-Honda company maintained a presence up to the end of 1999, winning four races with Ligier and Jordan Grand Prix.
Honda debuted in the CART IndyCar World Series as a works supplier in 1994. The engines were far from competitive at first, but after development, the company powered six consecutive drivers championships. In 2003, Honda transferred its effort to the rival IRL IndyCar Series. In 2004, Honda-powered cars overwhelmingly dominated the IndyCar Series, winning 14 of 16 IndyCar races, including the Indianapolis 500, and claimed the IndyCar Series Manufacturers' Championship, Drivers' Championship and Rookie of the Year titles. In 2006, Honda became the sole engine supplier for the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500. In the 2006 Indianapolis 500, for the first time in Indianapolis 500 history, the race was run without a single engine problem.[52]
During 1998, Honda considered returning to Formula One with their own team. The project was aborted after the death of its technical director, Harvey Postlethwaite. Honda instead came back as an official engine supplier to British American Racing (BAR) and Jordan Grand Prix. Honda bought a stake in the BAR team in 2004 before buying the team outright at the end of 2005, becoming a constructor for the first time since the 1960s. Honda won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix with driver Jenson Button.
It was announced on 5 December 2008, that Honda would be exiting Formula One with immediate effect due to the 2008 global economic crisis.[53] The team was sold to former team principal Ross Brawn, renamed Brawn GP and subsequently Mercedes GP.[54]
Honda became an official works team in the British Touring Car Championship in 2010.
Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) was formed in 1982. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of high potential racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of leading edge technologies used in the development of Honda motorcycles. HRC also contributes to the advancement of motorcycle sports through a range of activities that include sales of production racing motorcycles, support for satellite teams, and rider education programs.
Soichiro Honda, being a race driver himself, could not stay out of international motorsport. In 1959, Honda entered five motorcycles into the Isle of Man TT race, the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world. While always having powerful engines, it took until 1961 for Honda to tune their chassis well enough to allow Mike Hailwood to claim their first Grand Prix victories in the 125 and 250 cc classes. Hailwood would later pick up their first Senior TT wins in 1966 and 1967. Honda's race bikes were known for their "sleek & stylish design" and exotic engine configurations, such as the 5-cylinder, 22,000 rpm, 125 cc bike and their 6-cylinder 250 cc and 297 cc bikes.
In 1979, Honda returned to Grand Prix motorcycle racing with the monocoque-framed, four-stroke NR500. The FIM rules limited engines to four cylinders, so the NR500 featured non-circular, 'race-track', cylinders, each with 8 valves and two connecting rods, in order to provide sufficient valve area to compete with the dominant two-stroke racers. Unfortunately, it seemed Honda tried to accomplish too much at one time and the experiment failed. For the 1982 season, Honda debuted their first two-stroke race bike, the NS500 and in 1983, Honda won their first 500 cc Grand Prix World Championship with Freddie Spencer. Since then, Honda has become a dominant marque in motorcycle Grand Prix racing, winning a plethora of top level titles with riders such as Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi.
In the Motocross World Championship, Honda has claimed six world championships. In the World Enduro Championship, Honda has captured eight titles, most recently with Stefan Merriman in 2003 and with Mika Ahola from 2007 to 2010. In observed trials, Honda has claimed three world championships with Belgian rider Eddy Lejeune.
The Honda Civic GX is the only purpose-built natural gas vehicle (NGV) commercially available in some parts of the U.S.[55][56] The Honda Civic GX first appeared in 1998 as a factory-modified Civic LX that had been designed to run exclusively on compressed natural gas. The car looks and drives just like a contemporary Honda Civic LX, but does not run on gasoline. In 2001, the Civic GX was rated the cleanest-burning internal combustion engine in the world by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).[57][58]
First leased to the City of Los Angeles, in 2005, Honda started offering the GX directly to the public through factory trained dealers certified to service the GX. Before that, only fleets were eligible to purchase a new Civic GX. In 2006, the Civic GX was released in New York, making it the second state where the consumer is able to buy the car.[59] Home refueling is available for the GX with the addition of the Phill Home Refueling Appliance.[60]
Honda's Brazilian subsidiary launched flexible-fuel versions for the Honda Civic and Honda Fit in late 2006. As others Brazilian flex-fuel vehicles, these models run on any blend of hydrous ethanol (E100) and E20-E25 gasoline.[61][62] Initially, and in order to test the market preferences, the carmaker decided to produce a limited share of the vehicles with flex-fuel engines, 33 percent of the Civic production and 28 percent of the Fit models.[61][62] Also, the sale price for the flex-fuel version was higher than the respective gasoline versions, around US$1,000 premium for the Civic, and US$650 for the Fit, despite the fact that all other flex-fuel vehicles sold in Brazil had the same tag price as their gasoline versions.[62][63][64] In July 2009, Honda launched in the Brazilian market its third flexible-fuel car, the Honda City.[65]
During the last two months of 2006, both flex-fuel models sold 2,427 cars against 8,546 gasoline-powered automobiles,[66] jumping to 41,990 flex-fuel cars in 2007,[67] and reaching 93,361 in 2008.[68] Due to the success of the flex versions, by early 2009 a hundred percent of Honda's automobile production for the Brazilian market is now flexible-fuel, and only a small percentage of gasoline version is produced in Brazil for exports.[69]
In March 2009, Honda launched in the Brazilian market the first flex-fuel motorcycle in the world. Produced by its Brazilian subsidiary Moto Honda da Amazônia, the CG 150 Titan Mix is sold for around US$2,700.[70][71][72]
In late 1999, Honda launched the first commercial hybrid electric car sold in the U.S. market, the Honda Insight, just one month before the introduction of the Toyota Prius, and initially sold for US$20,000.[73][74] The first-generation Insight was produced from 2000 to 2006 and had a fuel economy of 70 miles per US gallon (3.4 L/100 km; 84 mpg-imp) for the EPA's highway rating, the most fuel-efficient mass-produced car at the time.[73][74] Total global sales for the Insight amounted to only around 18,000 vehicles.[74]
Honda introduced the second-generation Insight in its home nation of Japan in February 2009, and released it in other markets through 2009 and in the U.S. market in April 2009. At $19,800 as a five-door hatchback it will be the least expensive hybrid available in the U.S.[75] Honda expects to sell 200,000 of the vehicles each year, with half of those sales in the United States.[76]
Since 2002, Honda has also been selling the Honda Civic Hybrid (2003 model) in the U.S. market,.[73] It was followed by the Honda Accord Hybrid, offered in model years 2005 through 2007. Sales of the Honda CR-Z began in Japan in February 2010, becoming Honda's third hybrid electric car in the market.[77]
In an interview in early February 2011, a Honda executive disclosed that Honda produces around 200,000 hybrids a year in Japan.[78]
In Takanezawa, Japan, on 16 June 2008, Honda Motors produced the first assembly-line FCX Clarity, a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. More efficient than a gas-electric hybrid vehicle, the FCX Clarity combines hydrogen and oxygen from ordinary air to generate electricity for an electric motor.
The vehicle itself does not emit any pollutants and its only by products are heat and water. The FCX Clarity also has an advantage over gas-electric hybrids in that it does not use an internal combustion engine to propel itself. Like a gas-electric hybrid, it uses a lithium ion battery to assist the fuel cell during acceleration and capture energy through regenerative braking, thus improving fuel efficiency. The lack of hydrogen filling stations throughout developed countries will keep production volumes low.[79] Honda will release the vehicle in groups of 150. California is the only U.S. market with infrastructure for fueling such a vehicle, though the number of stations is still limited. Building more stations is expensive, as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) granted $6.8 million for four H2 fueling stations, costing $1.7 million USD each.[80][81]
Starting in 1978, Honda in Japan decided to diversify their sales distribution channels, and created Honda Verno, which sold established products with a higher content of standard equipment and a more sporting nature.[82][83] The establishment of Honda Verno coincided with its new sports compact, called the Honda Prelude. Later, the Honda Vigor, the Honda Ballade, and the Honda Quint were added to Honda Verno stores.
As sales progressed, Honda created two more sales channels, called Honda Clio in 1984, and Honda Primo in 1985. The Honda Clio chain sold products that were traditionally associated with Honda dealerships before 1978, like the Honda Accord, and Honda Primo sold the Honda Civic, kei cars, such as the Honda Today, superminis like the Honda Capa, along with other Honda products, such as farm equipment, lawn mowers, portable generators, marine equipment, motorcycles, and scooters. A styling tradition was established when Honda Primo and Clio began operations, in that all Verno products had the rear license plate installed in the rear bumper, while Primo and Clio products had the rear license plate installed on the trunk lid or rear door for minivans.
As time progressed and sales began to diminish partly due to the collapse of the Japanese "bubble economy", "supermini" and "kei" vehicles that were specific to Honda Primo were "badge engineered" and sold at the other two sales channels, thereby providing smaller vehicles that sold better at both Honda Verno and Honda Clio locations. As of March 2006, the three sales chains were discontinued, with the establishment of Honda Cars dealerships.[84]
Honda sells genuine accessories through a separate retail chain called Honda Access for both their motorcycle, scooter and automobile products. In cooperation with corporate partner Pioneer, Honda sells an aftermarket line of audio and in-car navigation equipment that can be installed in any vehicle under the brand name Gathers, which is available at Honda Access locations as well as Japanese auto parts retailers, such as Autobacs. Buyers of used vehicles are directed to a specific Honda retail chain that sells only used vehicles called Honda Auto Terrace.
Honda Prelude, Honda Integra, Honda CR-X, Honda Vigor, Honda Saber, Honda Ballade, Honda Quint, Honda Crossroad, Honda Element, Honda NSX, Honda HR-V, Honda Mobilio Spike, Honda S2000, Honda CR-V, Honda That's, Honda MDX, Honda Rafaga, Honda Capa, and the Honda Torneo
Honda Accord, Honda Legend, Honda Inspire, Honda Avancier, Honda S-MX, Honda Lagreat, Honda Stepwgn, Honda Elysion, Honda Stream, Honda Odyssey (int'l), Honda Domani, Honda Concerto, Honda Accord Tourer, Honda Logo, Honda Fit, Honda Insight, Honda That's, Honda Mobilio, and the Honda City
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In 2003, Honda released its Cog advertisement in the UK and on the Internet. To make the ad, the engineers at Honda constructed a Rube Goldberg Machine made entirely out of car parts from a Honda Accord Touring. To the chagrin of the engineers at Honda, all the parts were taken from two of only six hand-assembled pre-production models of the Accord. The advertisement depicted a single cog which sets off a chain of events that ends with the Honda Accord moving and Garrison Keillor speaking the tagline, "Isn't it nice when things just... work?" It took 606 takes to get it perfect.[85]
In 2004, they produced the Grrr advert, usually immediately followed by a shortened version of the 2005 Impossible Dream advert.
In December 2005, Honda released The Impossible Dream a two-minute panoramic advertisement filmed in New Zealand, Japan and Argentina which illustrates the founder's dream to build performance vehicles. While singing the song "Impossible Dream", a man reaches for his racing helmet, leaves his trailer on a minibike, then rides a succession of vintage Honda vehicles: a motorcycle, then a car, then a powerboat, then goes over a waterfall only to reappear piloting a hot air balloon, with Garrison Keillor saying "I couldn't have put it better myself" as the song ends. The song is from the 1960s musical Man Of La Mancha, sung by Andy Williams.
In 2006, Honda released its Choir advertisement, for the UK and the internet. This featured a 60-person choir who sang the car noises as film of the Honda Civic are shown.
In the mid to late 2000s in the United States, during model close-out sales for the current year before the start of the new model year, Honda's advertising has featured an animated character known simply as Mr. Opportunity, voiced by Rob Paulsen. The casual looking man talked about various deals offered by Honda and ended with the phrase "I'm Mr. Opportunity, and I'm knockin'", followed by him "knocking" on the television screen or "thumping" the speaker at the end of radio ads. In addition, commercials for Honda's international hatchback, the Jazz, are parodies of well-known pop culture images such as Tetris and Thomas The Tank Engine.
In late 2006, Honda released an ad with ASIMO exploring a museum, looking at the exhibits with almost childlike wonderment (spreading out its arms in the aerospace exhibit, waving hello to an astronaut suit that resembles him, etc.), while Garrison Keillor ruminates on progress. It concludes with the tagline: "More forwards please".
Honda also sponsored ITV's coverage of Formula One in the UK for 2007. However they had announced that they would not continue in 2008 due to the sponsorship price requested by ITV being too high.
In May 2007, focuses on their strengths in racing and the use of the Red H badge – a symbol of what is termed as "Hondamentalism". The campaign highlights the lengths that Honda engineers go to in order to get the most out of an engine, whether it is for bikes, cars, powerboats – even lawnmowers. Honda released its Hondamentalism campaign. In the TV spot, Garrison Keillor says, "An engineer once said to build something great is like swimming in honey", while Honda engineers in white suits walk and run towards a great light, battling strong winds and flying debris, holding on to anything that will keep them from being blown away. Finally one of the engineers walks towards a red light, his hand outstretched. A web address is shown for the Hondamentalism website. The digital campaign aims to show how visitors to the site share many of the Hondamentalist characteristics.
At the beginning of 2008, Honda released – the Problem Playground. The advert outlines Honda's environmental responsibility, demonstrating a hybrid engine, more efficient solar panels and the FCX Clarity, a hydrogen powered car. The 90 second advert features large scale puzzles, involving Rubik's Cubes, large shapes and a 3-dimensional puzzle.
On 29 May 2008, Honda, in partnership with Channel 4, broadcast a live advertisement. It showed skydivers jumping from an aeroplane over Spain and forming the letters H, O, N, D and A in mid-air. This live advertisement is generally agreed to be the first of its kind on British television. The advert lasted three minutes. The next flight of one of the two planes involved resulted in a fatal crash as the plane broke apart in mid-air.[86]
In 2009, American Honda released the Dream the Impossible documentary series, a collection of 5–8 minute web vignettes that focus on the core philosophies of Honda. Current short films include Failure: The Secret to Success, Kick Out the Ladder and Mobility 2088. They feature Honda employees as well as Danica Patrick, Christopher Guest, Ben Bova, Chee Pearlman, Joe Johnston and Orson Scott Card. The film series plays at dreams.honda.com.
In Australia, Honda advertised heavily during most motor racing telecasts, and was the official sponsor of the 2006 FIA Formula 1 telecast on broadcaster channel "Ten". In fact, it was the only manufacturer involved in the 2006 Indy Racing League season. In a series of adverts promoting the history of Honda's racing heritage, Honda claimed it "built" cars that won 72 Formula 1 Grand Prix. Skeptics[who?] have accused Honda of interpreting its racing history rather liberally, saying that virtually all of the 72 victories were achieved by Honda powered (engined) machines, whereas the cars themselves were designed and built by Lotus F1, Williams F1, and McLaren F1 teams, respectively. However, former and current staff of the McLaren F1 team have reiterated that Honda contributed more than just engines and provided various chassis, tooling, and aerodynamic parts as well as funding. .[citation needed]
The late F1 driver Ayrton Senna stated that Honda probably played the most significant role in his three world championships. He had immense respect for founder, Soichiro Honda, and had a good relationship with Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the chairman of Honda at that time. Senna once called Honda "the greatest company in the world".[citation needed]
As part of its marketing campaign, Honda is an official partner and sponsor of the National Hockey League, the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, and the arena named after it: Honda Center. Honda also sponsors The Honda Classic golf tournament and is a sponsor of Major League Soccer. The "Honda Player of the Year" award is presented in United States soccer. The "Honda Sports Award" is given to the best female athlete in each of twelve college sports in the United States. One of the twelve Honda Sports Award winners is chosen to receive the Honda-Broderick Cup, as "Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year."
Honda has been a presenting sponsor of the Los Angeles Marathon since 2010 in a three-year sponsorship deal with winners of the LA Marathon receiving a free Honda Accord. Since 1989, the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge has been a quizbowl tournament for Historically black colleges and universities.
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Energy/Hybrid/Other | Civic Hybrid | FCX Clarity | Insight | CR-Z | ||
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2000 | 1,158,860 |
2001 | 1,207,639 |
2002 | 1,247,834 |
2003 | 1,349,847 |
2004 | 1,394,398 |
2005 | 1,462,472 |
2006 | 1,509,358 |
2007 | 1,551,542[87] |
2008 | 1,284,261[87] |
2009 | 1,150,784[88] |
2010 | 1,230,480[88] |
2011 | 1,147,285 |
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Directed by | Neal Israel Bradley R. Swirnoff |
Produced by | Joe Roth |
Written by | Neal Israel Michael Mislove |
Starring | Roger Bowen Chevy Chase John Candy Howard Hesseman Joe Flaherty Laraine Newman Betty Thomas Phil Proctor Al Franken Ron Silver Tom Davis |
Music by | Dennis Lambert Brian Potter |
Distributed by | World Wide Pictures |
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TunnelVision (also known as Tunnel Vision) is a 1976 comedy anthology film featuring Roger Bowen, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Howard Hesseman, Joe Flaherty, Laraine Newman, Betty Thomas, Phil Proctor, Al Franken, Ron Silver, Tom Davis, Michael Overly. It was directed by Neal Israel and Bradley R. Swirnoff and produced by Joe Roth. Although the title is repeatedly displayed in the film as being spelled "TunnelVision," it is frequently identified as "Tunnel Vision" in home video reissues and critical reviews.
The plot of the movie revolves around a new television channel called "TunnelVision", which is notably free of censorship, who are under Senate investigation led by a Senator (Howard Hesseman) who wishes to shut down the channel due to its widespread negative effects on the population of the United States. The movie consists of commercials, shorts, and trailers for fictional movies that are usually not connected to one another. These are being shown as part of a Congressional Oversight Committee that will decide the fate of the channel. Character actor Roger Bowen was the most famous actor at the time of the film's release and was afforded the film's top billing. His portrayal of Henry Kissinger in this film had become a familiar comic staple industry wide.
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posted by: sharonite on 10.27.2010 at 12:16 pm in Kitchens Forum We haven't started demolition yet but I'm planning a contemporary-to-modern redo: contemporary cordovan cherry shaker cabinets (1/8 inch offset recess panel as opposed to the traditional 1/4 inch); quartz countertop in a solid-y color; hardwood floor.
I'm toying with the idea of back painted glass as a backsplash (not glass tiles but a templated glass pane). Does anyone here have such a thing or have experience with it? Thanks for any input! NOTES: Send pics with backsplash
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I love the long stainless shelf above my range
posted by: segbrown on 07.06.2010 at 03:19 pm in Kitchens Forum So, we've been using the kitchen for about 9 months now, and one of the things we have that's a little different than most is the 7-ft-long stainless shelf over the range. We have a big hood and warming lights over it. I thought I would give a report for any current kitchen planners.
Here it is with a couple of casseroles ready for the warming lights, and plenty more room: Anyway, we use it as extra counter, storage for cooking supplies (oil -- though it's not optimal for oils, it is working--, s&p, measuring cups), storage for prep ingredients when cook ing ... The heat lamps are useful for so much -- keeping plates and dishes warm, thawing food, softening butter, keeping mugs of coffee warm while you're cooking pancakes, etc. And it's so big, we can do all these things at the same time if we need to. The negative is that I *think* we aren't capturing quite as much in the hood as we would otherwise, but I'm not sure because we didn't have the hood before. It is certainly not a problem (smells and the like), but you'd have to think some would get lost. You could certainly make it with some holes in it if it is a worry. Anyway, it's one of the most useful things we did, and it was only about $300, custom made. If you have the room, give it a thought. NOTES: <none>
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posted by: ejbrymom on 06.27.2010 at 09:59 am in Kitchens Forum Trying to get ideas about what kind of hood (chimney, wood, ...) would love to see visuals of what you all have.
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Kitchen sinks - need to decide soon, ss or the granite composite
posted by: susyk on 07.06.2010 at 01:46 pm in Kitchens Forum I need to make a decision of the type of sink I'm going to put in. I am using a single bowl sink. I need ton decide which is better, a 16-18 gauge ss sink or a dark granite composite sink? I need something very durable that will get a lot of use and probably mistreatment. Thanks!
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I just wanted to share a flower arrangement that I put together this morning. It includes: Pinelands Princess, Alloway Candy, Bonesta, Onesta, Arabian Night, Le Baron, Sonic Bloom and a red sport of Serano. Other materials include white calla lilies, gooseneck loosestrife and golden rod. |
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I've been anxiously awaiting the pictures to start...beautiful job on the arrangement! The frizzy one on the lower right--is that Sonic Bloom? I think I lost Myrtle's Folly over the winter...won't know for sure until a few that I got mixed up bloom. Anyway, someone sent me Sonic Bloom, so I'm excited if that's really what it looks like--it can replace my lost Myrtle's Folly! |
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No, the dahlia in the lower right is Pinelands Princess. Sonic bloom looks like this: It's on a different side of the arrangement. Last year my Sonic Bloom looked more washed out like the Swan Island picture. This year the color is much more nicely saturated. I don't know why. Maybe it's all the 10-20-20 I'm feeding my dahlias this year... ;) Also it hasn't been too blazing hot yet so I'm sure that's helping improve color saturation. |
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Nice Steve! I am so jealous that you have so much blooming already. I didnt get mine all planted out until the 7th of June this year, and we have had so much rain and cloudy weather, they are not growing very fast. I doubt I will have blooms for another month. I am going to have to get some Callas in next year. They make such a great contrast with the Dahlias in your arrangements. I have a big vase with a dozen peonies and some purple salvia that I put together yesterday, but no Dahlias. |
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I really love how your Gooseneck Loosestrife pops out of the composition, giving the perfect foil to separate the round dahlia blooms. I had a chance a few years back to add a large bunch of it to my garden, but was warned that it would take over. Perhaps I'll see if I can arrange a trade with her. What is your experience with GL? |
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CCvacation, Gooseneck Loosestrife does spread quickly by runners and it's level of invasiveness is comparable to mint. It isn't a good choice for a mixed perennial bed where you want each plant to stay in it's place. It would be best to give it a dedicated bed of it's own or perhaps put it in some out of the way corner of your property. The runners are sturdy so you can pull them out if need be so It's not impossible to get rid of like plants with fragile runners. I really like using it in cut arrangements. It has a good vase life, a nice spikey form, strong but thin stems and a good pure neutral white color that works well with all other colors. The small individual flowers continue to open in the vase. It likes water and part shade would be preferable in a hot climate. I would recommend it, just keep in mind it's growth habit and plan accordingly. |
Nice selection of purple and pink flowers along with a bit of white, The red flower buried in there could have been left out. |
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Hmm... I think I have a perfect spot for it next to the wood line. Thank you for such a thorough assessment! Cheers! |
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The sale is part of the No.2 U.S. gas producer's plan to sell up to $7 billion of its properties this year.
The sale helps Chesapeake repair its balance sheet and move into 2014 without relying on a perpetual asset sale program, said Global Hunter Securities analyst Mike Kelly.
The company's asset sales signed or closed year-to-date, including Wednesday's deal, stand at about $3.6 billion, enabling it to fully fund its capital expenditure budget of $7.6 billion for the year, Chesapeake Chief Executive Doug Lawler said.
Lawler took over from co-founder Aubrey McClendon, under whom Chesapeake spent heavily on large acreage positions in U.S. shale basins. McClendon left the company in April after a series of Reuters investigations triggered civil and criminal probes of Chesapeake.
Oil and gas producer Exco said it would buy 55,000 acres in Eagle Ford in Texas. The assets produced 6,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe) in May.
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Forty-three prisoners of conscience were released throughout the year. The rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly continued to be restricted and scores of critics of one-party government were harassed. The US embargo against Cuba remained in force.
Prisoner of conscience Orlando Zapata Tamayo died on 23 February following a prolonged hunger strike. He was one of 75 people arrested during a crackdown by the authorities in March 2003, and was serving a 36-year prison term at the time of his death. A few months later, between July and December, the Cuban government released 41 prisoners of conscience following an agreement with the Spanish government and dialogue with the Catholic Church. All of those released, except one, left Cuba with their relatives.
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by Debra Puchalla in Behind the Scenes, June 29, 2010Think about the best thing you ever ate and how you'd make it again. Now think about someone else's fondest food memory and cook it, recapturing their happiness. Then make the dish the pick of a world-famous chef. Good luck, right?
That's why on Sunday, guest judge Chef Susan Feniger of Ciudad in Los Angeles (and co-host with Mary Sue Milliken of Food Network classic Too Hot Tamales) was "impressed with the calmness of many of them." Keyword many. Herb had a tough time, still recovering no doubt, and Serena and Paul stumbled while Aarti and Brianna sparkled. (Check out some caught-in-the-act pictures.)
Guest judge Eric Greenspan of The Foundry on Melrose and sometime Food Networker, said, alluding to his own experience on last year's Next Iron Chef, "One of the greatest things about these shows is everyone is working from their own perspective." After the challenge, Chef Jonathan Waxman of Barbuto, kind of a cook's Obi-Wan Kenobi (he says) and a mentor to Bobby Flay, offered advice to the finalists. Note to producers: This would've helped the finalists, uh, beforehand. "Make it simple," Waxman said. "It's harder to edit yourself than to add." Standing next to Waxman and introducing him as an inspiration, Bobby needed a little editing--see for yourself.
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i've noticed a trend in the finalists' personalites FN selects from year to year - aria = melissa, paul = teddy, DAS = eddie, herb = jeffrey, aarti = jamika, tom = michael, alexis = that one tall goofy guy, etc.etc. ..you'd think FN would get some new blood and not just repeats!!!
does anyone else think that brianna is totally arrogant and not nearly as "team sexy" as she thinks she is? i don't like watching arrogance and am not a fan!! she might make good food, but the "chill in the air" is not palatable even through TV.
also - paul. BLEH. needs to go!!! cheesy!!!
i hope aarti wins - she is sweet and has a totally new take!
How do you equate Herb with Jeffrey?!?
Herb is intense and "reactive". Jeffrey seemed kinda introverted.But i DO agree---we need to see some new blood. I'm sick of Good Eats and Unwrapped.
What about putting people like Tyler, Robin, Aaron, Ina, and Sandra Lee on in the evenings--instead of see (it seems like) endless re-runs of a small clique.
IDEA #2--WHY NOT?--mix it up during the week and have the people I mentioned on, say Mondays and Wednesdays---and some of them on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Several great cooks need more exposure and the evening audience would love them and benefit from them. Anyone else feel this way? Why does evenings hafta be the "sacred domain" of the superstars (who many have "had their day) ? Give some others a chance, instead of letting 2 or 3 people hog the spotlight. AT LEAST have more rotation and mixing it up.-
Fabulous idea! And you picked five of the best shows on the network!
Great idea! I'd love to see Ina & Tyler! Alton is great, but there are so many repeats!
i don't think that it's really a chill in the air. i agree that she needs to work on her people skill, but to say she's being cold or giving a cold shoulder is a far fetch.
I too agree with you-- Aarti should win--she won me over since day 1-- Paul and Brianna should get together on "team arrogance". Aria is ok--but Herb tries to hard for me-- and sometimes does not come across as genuine...I too am tired of good eats-- new blood should infuse the prime time lineup
Brianna isn't just arrogant, she has a meanness about her that makes me not want to watch. I'm enjoying Aarti, but want to see more of Serena.
I'm looking forward to the next competition. Putting the contestants in food-trucks is a good idea. How well will they do over a hot grill in cramped, possibly smokey quarters? It will test their speed and doing many orders for people.
After they've each served 20 people, what will those people say about the food and the service/personality?
Ya know, sometime after that challenge, and the end before someone wins, I would
like to see the judges tell the contestants: OK. Tonight, each of you have total freedom to make us a dish of your choice--to impress us with. Instad of us telling you what to do, this time, you get to "show us what you can do." Steak, pork loin, pasta, seafood, whatever! Show us how delicious you can be!Think about it. They've already worked in pairs. Now on a food truck. Then let them "do their own thing." All this helps "round things out" and test 'em from different angles.
WHO, can cook fast...and make it come out great?
Who can make awesome food and connect well with the people who eat it?
Who has the widest variety of dishes and creativity?
Who makes food soooo delicious people want "2nd's" ?
Who can most simply and clearly communicate to YOU & ME (the viewers at home) how to make it, too?-
Excellent suggestion!!! I had thought of that also ... seems like they need to be able to show their creativity without the judges telling them what to fix. I think that would be a lot of fun and add some excitement to see what they each come up with...
This might be a good time for many of us to share our observations/thoughts of what we've seen so far. Me, I've watched for years, and based on that, I offer the following:
I'm probably pointing out the obvious here--but--from watching for several years now, it seems there are certain things that DON'T "make it" on this show:
1. "17 ingredients on a crouton", or any one dish. The contestant who does that doesn't win. (Remember a contestant named Hans?)
2. The person who is too quiet or zen-like doesn't win. Remember Jeffrey from last year?)
3. People who lie or are dishonest don't (and shouldn't!) win. Remember "Jag"?
4. A self-taught or home-taught Cook CAN win. Remember Amy and also just last year, Melissa. Being culinary-trained is not bad, but also no guarantee.
5. Good food is probably somewhat MORE important than a glowing camera presence, at least early on, as camera-stuff can be improved easier than learning how to be a good cook already. Remember Mario Batali.
6. Everyday non-technical language connects far better with viewers than giving them a history-lesson about what Latin word a food ingredient comes from or what the ancient romans did with it. Who cares? Right here, is where I would rather learn from ROBIN than Alton Brown. He does "ooze knowledge"-but--sometimes I think he wants to be a history teacher, or an actor, more than a chef. Just my opinion.
7. Getting injured does not help you win. 'nuff said.
8. Bashing your fellow contestants and openly disagreeing with the judges and saying so, will get you out the door, probably next 1 or 2 challenges.
9. Almost paradoxically, putting on a false sense over-modesty or never being satisfied with your own work can also backfire. If the audience can notice it, so will the judges.
10. Better to be a wee lil' bit too spicy than to be Bland. Bland food doesn't win.
11. Neither is good, but, it seems you will more easily forgiven if something is slightly under-cooked that if its burned or tough.
12. Variety is good!--and if you can show "Deliciousness plus creativity" rather than only having 1 signature dish and just alot of other mediocrity, you've got a really good chance.
I'm not a chef. Or a former contestant. Just a viewer. I don't think I'm too far off the mark. History--is mostly on my side.-
I am with you, but Alton Brown is awesome. My kid likes him, too, for just those mad scientist/wise-ass qualities. I don't care for Robin. She seems like a too-perfect soccer mom that I am cordial with but don't particularly feel like talking to at a school function.
i don't understand why Serena gets bashed for interpreting the dish in a culturally relevant way and yet Arti gets celebrated for it? It is one thing to say her food didn't taste good but to criticize her choice seemed a bit on the hypocritical side when the gooosh over Arti for making the same choice. Not that I like "Look at me cook Barbie" but I found it unfair.
That's true....and apparently many people do like the way she cooks chicken! I guess it isn't done in the typical way of fried chicken, but if that is the way they do it in some parts of Italy, there are sure to be a ton of people who do like it??? I like Serena; however, her high-pitched, too fast voice does get to me. She was cute this last time when she got finished and then asked, "Did I do it slower?" She was so tickled and jumped up and down...lol
Totally agree with the thing about cultural-ness. I like Aarti and Serena so I was glad Aarti won but I felt bad for how hypocritical the ruling was. What's wrong with thick-crusted chicken? Nothing since I last checked.
Anyway, this is FoodGirl from last year...you might remember me....it's cool if you don't, but I remember you...I just have a new screen name and a new email. But I really miss Bob's Blog. I like the fact that you have all these different authors for posts now, but I liked how we got Bob's perspective. You know, he's just...Bob! One of the judges. Those videos just aren't enough.
Does anyone else miss Adam Gertler's videos from last year? I still sometimes bring up the "Look Katie. This is an ONION. I like to hollow it out and eat my cereal in it in the morning, because NORMAL bowls are just NO FUN!" ha ha ha.
ANyway, sorry for this long and somewhat pointless rant...but hey, I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
I agree - not everyone chose to make the exact same thing that the chefs said were their favorites, and Serena's whole culinary POV is her homey, Italian take on dishes. Fried chicken on the bone? Not so much in Italy.
There is still one main challenge yet to come and thats the Red Lobster Challenge were one of them has their dish added to red Lobsters Menu for a short time.
Remember last year Jeffery won but Melissa was right on his tail.Last years contest was probably the best of the five seasons, has Guy's runner up was way behind him, The nest years contestants of Jag, Dorry and Amy, Amy had been sent home and Jag had actually won but in the time between February's end of shooting and Junes Broadcasts something came out about Jag and Dorry and Amy had to be called back to have a cook-off between them which kind of gave us a say on the winner, but Amy was wrong to not inform them that she had plans on moving to France and wouldn't be available past the six shows they shoot for the competition.
When big Daddy Aaron McCargo won Lisa Garza was actually a better Chef and more experienced but the way she was portrayed in the editing it didn't come off that way.
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That's not how I remember it at all. And JAG lied about his military service as well saying he had graduated from culinary school, which he did not. Here's what the Military Times says:"Josh A. Garcia won't be "The Next Food Network Star."
The former Marine cook — who goes by the nickname "JAG" on Food Network's reality cooking show — had another stellar performance Sunday night, again surviving elimination to become one of the final two contestants. But once the judging was over, the network added a twist.-
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The picture faded to black and the network made an announcement.
"Several months after this episode was taped, Food Network learned that JAG had misrepresented facts about his military service and his culinary training," the network announced in an on-screen message. "He said he had served in Afghanistan and that he had graduated from cooking school, neither of which is true. When given the opportunity during a press interview, JAG did not set the record straight. Food Network asked JAG to come to New York to discuss the situation."
That press interview came in June with the Military Times newspapers, when Garcia was confronted about his lies. In addition to never deploying to Afghanistan or graduating from the New York Restaurant School, Military Times learned that Garcia left the Corps not as a corporal at the end of a four-year enlistment — which he also claimed — but as a private eight months early."-
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The creep even tried to bribe the military if they would lie about his service. He offered to tell them who the other finalist was.
I don't remember a cook off though. What I remember is the screen fading to black when we found out that Rory and JAG were the finalists. Then we saw a taped session where Jag finally came clean with the FN judges. He volunteered to take himself out of the competition. In my opinion, FN let him leave with what little dignity he had left and would have asked him to leave. Then we saw the judges telling Rory that Jag had taken himself out of the competition and they were bringing Amy back to compete in the final. To my recollection, that was the last season the viewers got to vote.-
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What ;you say is true according to what they aired.
But we have to remember that there is (6) months between the end of the shooting for the show and the final show declaring the winner.What we see portrayed in the shows and reality is different.
Case in point, I am a fan of Iron Chef America, I was also a fan of the original Japanese show and when Iron Chef America first showed I was not familiar with the host who is portrayed as the Nephew of the original Japanese shows creator.It was later that I found out he is what we used to call a (B) movie actor, one of the movies he was in aired and in watching it I recognized him so I did a search and discovered he's been in a lot of low budget Si-Fi movies and Food Network hired him to portray has the Nephew of the Japanese shows originator.
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I think we would all like to see the final show live, but in order for that to happen they would have to air this series in February when the final show is shot.If you will look at the final shows in the background are all the constants for that year.
Bringing them back (6) months later would be kinda hard with some bad feelings that occur during the filming, not counting the expense to Food Network.
Also there is usually one show where the booted off contestants are back acting as Sous Chefs so if they really had left they wouldn't be around for that show, and most of the time the show they show up in is a travel show from NY to Florida again an expense for the Network if they aren't already there. -
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This year with the series being shot in LA and not the Frigid Winter of NY they might not be doing that much traveling in the remaining shows, time will tell.There are a lot of good Locations around LA to shoot at, they've already been to a couple
Oh, I love Big Daddy! And his little boy is too adorable.
I don't understand why the judges got all over Daz for his nervous reply on what prime was. The week before that you had Brad choosing a rump roast to cook in 30 minutes. He's made several really stupid choices for meat to cook in 30 minutes. Personally I don't think he knows meat or about beef at all or he wouldn't have chosen rump roast. No one said a thing about that. Then we keep hearing Bob T. say old Paul is funny-let me know when he is, as I haven't seen anything funny or amusing with him-at best he's annoying to women. And he chose a pork tenderloin when his chef said he likes nothing better than a huge steak! And you saved him, over Daz who actually has personality. Serena may have some good Italian recipes but she talks so fast no one can understand her and that's been since day 1. Seems to me the judges already think Aarti is the chosen one flower in her hair and all that goes with her. She can join the Hearty Boys that you liked as if she's chosen I will not turn her on.
Vic these shows are all shot within days of each other.
The winner is at home now watching and the loser's are too.We may even have one or more posting at the various spots here to keep the interest up to the end show in Aug when this years is announced.
Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I thought they were all taped except the finale. I thought the finale was always a live show.-
No there's all taped both Jeffery and Melissa were home so to speak watching the last show with friends having a party in one of the posts on Bobs or Susie area it was talking about how they kept there mouths shut not only just them but all of them has to do with the contract signed when filming starts, (my opinion here) they have to keep the final a secret.
I believe Melissa's party was at the place she was doing cooking demos at in Washington.-
Thanks for the clarification Mel. So when the FN says a "live finale" what they really mean is a taped finale in front of a live audience. Thanks!
DAS obviously didn't know the difference between a cut (tenderloin) and a grade (prime) of beef, either the first time or after he "corrected" himself. A cooking show host must above all be knowledgeable about the basics, and DAS isn't.
I wish the show would go on for a longer period of time. It seems like they get it going..quickly have the first few episodes, then it is time for the finale...and "zip" it is over for the season. I think they should just kind of drag it out, or extend it by at least 4 episodes. Just a thought, but it sure does seem to get over early. Any ideas?
It runs for roughly 10 plus weeks, thats about the length of time for a normal shows season the way they tape.
This year its a week longer unless they get rid of two in one show as the Fourth falling on a Sunday is going to be a repeat of last weeks show and the one on the 11th will be a hour and a half with Paula Deen.
Not exactly sure the reason for that, a one hour show should do it unless there's a lot interaction with Paula, or they are sending two home. -
Actually, there were a couple of episodes where I was hoping they could dump a couple of contestants. I think it is pretty obvious that there are a few that have zero chance. The judges see this also.