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Originally Posted by pylon
After the 86 Accord the competition got fierce between the Japanese. At the time, there simply wasn't a car that could compete dollar for dollar.
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That and those Ceilicas, Preludes and Civics helped propel Honda and Toyota to where they are today. The Big 3 simply couldn't match those Japanese peppy engines of the late 80s and early 90s. And then the luxury brands of Infiniti, Lexus and Acura came out to further distance the Japanes from the Big 3.
I was driving a POS Hyundai and could only envy people driving good ricers back then in my uni days. And I said once I started making real money, I would get a fully loaded Accord. But a high $30K to almost $40K fully loaded Accord is insane, the Canadian Honda dealers are still living in the past when there was no competition. Not to say the same Accord costs only $32-$33K in the US.