Can Honda get its mojo back? | Deep Drive Podcast Ep. 18 | Autocar India

Honda might be one of the most loved carmakers in India but sales are down and it seems to have lost its Midas touch. Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Ketan Thakkar - Editor, Autocar Professional - discuss Honda's heyday, the present line-up and what's to come in this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime.

Producer: Nikhil Bhatia
Editor: Deven Bhalla
Archives: Shrey Vaid, Lincon Rodrigues, Ganesh Jadhav
Graphics: Rohit Kesarkar, Yuvraj Dhurmekar

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Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
1:50 - Honda and the City
8:55 - Missing trends
11:20 - Honda's engineering
12:07 - Diesel dilemma
13:35 - Brio platform was sub-par
14:45 - Why Honda engineers don't like SUVs
16:19 - Chasing volume
21:30 - Leadership churn
23:35 - India-specific models
24:25 - CKD and premium models
26:50 - Honda is more complex than Toyota
27:23 - Honda Elevate
32:07 - Exports is big business
34:43 - EVs and new PF2 platform
37:50 - Keeping the fanbase happy
40:45 - Shrinking portfolio
41:42 - India as a base for PF2

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