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Re: New Thread: ILX Sales    (Score: 1, Normal) 06-27-2012 08:06
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The simple solution to the matter of pricing and the like would have been to make the 2.4L standard. If the concern was fuel economy, the Accord version of that motor would have produced identical fuel economy to the 2.0L. Still ample power for a compact sedan. Offer a manual tranny as an option with any configuration and all the bases would have been covered.

When the more efficient 4 debuts in the Accord later this year, we're going to have the situation of the bigger family hauler getting better fuel economy than the premium compact ILX. Not a good arrangement.

If the base ILX had the same price tag as it does now only with the 2.4L and more importantly the manual stick could be had in any configuration, the response to the ILX would have been far more favourable.

As it stands, though, expectations of sales Armageddon are greatly exaggerated. When considering what cars the ILX will be shopped against, the list is rather a long one. Accord, Camry, Taurus, Malibu, Verano, Mazda 6, Sonata, Altima, and on and on and on. Any one looking for a sedan and willing and able to pay more than the lowest of prices would likely have a car like the ILX on its radar. Not everyone wants or needs a larger sedan. Some of us are perfectly happy with cars sized like the ILX. I'm 5 ft. 7 in., stocky, overweight, but not obese. The rest of my household is smaller still. The CSX, which I assume is similar to the ILX, is fine in terms of interior space. I prefer nimble over excessive and for me, personally, larger sedans are excessive.

I'm not shopping for a car right now but if I were my observation regarding the ILX packaging is that being one of those people who prefers manual trannies, it's irritating that I can't have one in the base model or, for that matter, the fully loaded model, either. This slight is not a huge problem for the majority of shoppers since people like me who prefer doing our own shifting are a dying breed. The damage, though, is that some have complained that the one variant offering the 2.4L and the manual is pricey and that implies that pricing is off the mark all around. Yet the base ILX is reasonably priced and a rather well-equipped car.

Had Honda put the Accord 4 in the base ILX, offered the manual across the board, and kept the pricing now applied to the 2.0L, all the packaging issues causing negativity would have been addressed. The following model year, a Type S could have been conjured up likely with few complaints about pricing.

Also as soon as Earth Dreams tech becomes aavailable, the ILX should be top-of-the-list to get it. Do this and I believe that a car that many are questioning becomes an unqualified success.


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06-17-2012 19:12
New Thread: ILX Sales = STILL NONE   (Score: 1, Normal)
NealX
06-17-2012 19:32
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NealX
06-17-2012 19:52
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NealX
06-17-2012 20:18
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NealX
06-18-2012 00:19
Re: New Thread: ILX Sales = STILL NONE   (Score: 1, Normal)
owequitit
06-18-2012 09:12
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NealX
06-18-2012 11:30
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CarmB
06-18-2012 11:57
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Gumbercules
06-18-2012 12:33
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Louis87
06-18-2012 12:58
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DCR
06-18-2012 13:40
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Louis87
06-18-2012 14:45
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Hondarulez
06-18-2012 19:14
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DCR
06-18-2012 19:28
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A77
06-19-2012 02:32
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EXV6
06-18-2012 12:18
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atomiclightbulb
06-18-2012 20:38
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NealX
06-18-2012 20:58
Re: New Thread: ILX Sales = STILL NONE... Acura of Peoria has sold 3 ILXs   (Score: 1, Normal)
DrWhiner
06-18-2012 21:42
Re: New Thread: ILX Sales = STILL NONE... Acura of Peoria has sold 3 ILXs   (Score: 1, Normal)
NealX
06-18-2012 21:49
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NealX
06-18-2012 22:34
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NealX
06-18-2012 23:33
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superchg2
06-19-2012 02:08
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06-19-2012 07:39
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06-19-2012 11:30
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06-19-2012 12:30
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98EX4cyl
06-19-2012 12:58
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Powered by Honda
06-19-2012 13:21
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98EX4cyl
06-19-2012 13:20
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Hondarulez
06-19-2012 10:31
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CarmB
06-19-2012 11:44
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superchg2
06-19-2012 16:38
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CarmB
06-19-2012 16:58
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superchg2
06-19-2012 17:16
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NealX
06-19-2012 19:50
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98EX4cyl
06-19-2012 23:45
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Powered by Honda
06-20-2012 03:12
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NealX
06-20-2012 08:35
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PhrozeDeuce
06-20-2012 09:20
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06-20-2012 09:56
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VTEC_Inside
06-20-2012 10:52
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Chocs
06-20-2012 11:13
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06-20-2012 11:20
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06-20-2012 11:40
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06-20-2012 11:54
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NealX
06-20-2012 12:40
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06-20-2012 11:46
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06-20-2012 13:02
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VTEC_Inside
06-20-2012 14:43
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dominik331
06-20-2012 14:48
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dominik331
06-20-2012 16:00
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dominik331
06-20-2012 18:30
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CarmB
06-20-2012 18:43
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Hondarulez
06-20-2012 19:43
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danielgr
06-20-2012 18:55
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Grace141
06-21-2012 13:12
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4thaccord
06-21-2012 21:26
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06-22-2012 08:26
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06-22-2012 17:57
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06-22-2012 19:09
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06-21-2012 23:38
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06-22-2012 04:29
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06-22-2012 05:59
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Chocs
06-22-2012 09:54
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06-22-2012 11:30
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06-22-2012 12:18
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06-22-2012 13:43
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06-22-2012 13:28
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06-22-2012 14:56
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06-22-2012 16:03
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DCR
06-22-2012 16:55
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CarmB
06-22-2012 13:41
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06-22-2012 15:24
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06-22-2012 17:54
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06-22-2012 18:22
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06-22-2012 19:52
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06-26-2012 22:31
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06-27-2012 08:06
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06-27-2012 18:51
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06-27-2012 19:06
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06-27-2012 20:01
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06-28-2012 08:41
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06-29-2012 13:20
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06-29-2012 13:34
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06-29-2012 17:04
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06-29-2012 17:53
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06-29-2012 17:53
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06-29-2012 19:56
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06-29-2012 22:16
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06-29-2012 23:05
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07-01-2012 00:37
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07-01-2012 07:33
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07-01-2012 08:00
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06-30-2012 00:55
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06-30-2012 19:48
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06-30-2012 21:04
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06-30-2012 21:41
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06-30-2012 23:38
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07-02-2012 07:58
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02-21-2013 08:16
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02-21-2013 08:27
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02-22-2013 16:52
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02-23-2013 14:00
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02-25-2013 15:51
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04-17-2013 12:19
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04-18-2013 00:29
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04-18-2013 02:08
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04-18-2013 01:16
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02-21-2013 11:13
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02-21-2013 11:45
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02-21-2013 11:51
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02-21-2013 18:38
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02-22-2013 13:41
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02-22-2013 14:18
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02-22-2013 20:18
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02-22-2013 20:31
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02-28-2013 09:44
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02-28-2013 11:21
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02-28-2013 15:20
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02-28-2013 18:26
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04-16-2013 19:49
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04-16-2013 20:41
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04-16-2013 23:01
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04-17-2013 02:05
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04-17-2013 03:11
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07-01-2012 00:10
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07-17-2012 23:41
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07-18-2012 00:23
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08-16-2012 21:33
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10-02-2012 11:24
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07-18-2012 00:26
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02-25-2013 11:29
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02-25-2013 11:42
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06-27-2012 21:52
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06-27-2012 22:43
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07-03-2012 13:49
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06-20-2012 22:36
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06-21-2012 12:40
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06-21-2012 13:45
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06-20-2012 10:52
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06-19-2012 17:54
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06-19-2012 18:03
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06-19-2012 19:10
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06-20-2012 10:33
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07-17-2012 15:37
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07-17-2012 16:03
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