acurax
Senior Member
As some have pointed out here. Acura/Honda has made some seemingly bonkers product decisions over the years, most recently holding out on EV until it could not longer ignore it, and against dealer's strong dismay, only to then pullback on EV due to the new administration and at the same time as pushing EV dropping hybrids just as they become more marketable. I'm sure there are more examples, but they really need to take a hard look at their forward looking view of market trends/dynamics as it seems a lot of it really comes down to timing.
That said, higher fuel costs are a thing currently, unsure how long that may persist, but more importantly how long will consumers absorb that cost before switching to more fuel efficient cars? Also, will they be looking to stick w/ SUVs and go hybrid, likely, or look at cars like the Integra, probably less likely, but there will be at least some who will not entertain hybrids and will go for something along the lines of the Integra. I would suggest that there will be pockets of both and dealers likely know their specific market better than Honda/Acura and their input should carry more weight than some numbers cruncher who's currently be driving decisions.
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