Best Commercial of the Decade

Ran across this a short time ago. It is a commercial from Honda that according to Adweek is the best (non Superbowl commercial of the decade.

Take a look and let me know what you think. I thought it was interesting, but not great.

http://www.win7news.net/100107-Commercial

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Honda - Made in America

I'm always not sure where cars are made or from which countries most of the parts come from even if a particular brand or model is "made" in a particular country.

I just got a Google Alert that says that 84% of Honda and Acura cars sold in the United States were produced in North America. That's an impressive statistic. But what does it really mean?

There was an asterisk by the word "produced". I'm still looking for the explanation of this little symbol.

Can you find it:

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/hmc_honda-builds-record-84-of-2009-u-s-auto-sales-in-north-america-690401.html


Anyway the article goes on to say that Honda has 7 plants in North America. Four in the USA, 2 in Canada, and one in Mexico. These plants produce 15 different models of Honda, including the Civic sedan, coupe and GX, Accord sedan, coupe and Crosstour, Odyssy, Piolt, Ridgeline, CR-V and Element, as well as the Acura, TL ZDX, RDX ad MDX models.

I knew about some of these, but the entire list surprised me. Most of these cars get outstanding quality ratings, so it appears the USA, Canada and Mexico can build quality automobiles. Now why do American brands struggle so hard to be quality?

Can't be the location, or the base workers. Must be something else. Management perhaps? Labor Unions? Stockholders? Take your pick.

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Honda Accord Drops a Spot

The Accord has been one of the best selling cars in America. It usually wins in its class of typically a family sedan.

However, when you compare total sales rather than in a particular category in 2008 the Accord placed fourth. Not too bad.

What happened this past year? Well it looks like the Accord dropped a spot. Kind of surprising to me, as I thought it was doing well (that is in a recession as compared to other cars).

You can read the article here:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/what-were-the-top-10-best-selling-vehicles-of-2009/1



Here is the entire list:

-----------------2009------------ ---------2008
1.----------Ford F-Series-------- ---Ford F-Series
2.----------Toyota Camry------- ---Chevrolet Silverado
3.----------Chevrolet Silverado- ---Toyota Camry
4.----------Toyota Corolla----- -----Honda Accord
5.----------Honda Accord---- ------Toyota Corolla
6.----------Honda Civic------ -------Honda Civic
7.----------Nissan Altima---- -------Nissan Altima
8.----------Honda CR-V------- ------Chevrolet Impala
9.----------Ford Fusion------ -------Dodge Ram
10.---------Dodge Ram------ --------Ford Focus

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