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#21 of 3589 honda loses market share by nofeer May 12, 2003 (6:56 pm)
with quest and sienna, honda will lose market share and momemtum, nolonger fresh, we must hope the refresh in the fall helps. honda now are no longer asking full price now near invoice, the pendulum swings back to toyota....can honda face this loss of momemtum, wait for the comparo in mags, honda won't be #1 they are also having quality issues so honda better refresh and get their new model out as close to jan 04 as possible.   this is a slooooowwwww forum no new info only speculation i'll wait c ya on the flip side.
#22 of 3589 Re: Source by vrm May 22, 2003 (2:16 pm)
EPI, If you are talking about the 2004 model, then that will be coming this fall in September/October 2003. If you are talking about the redesigned model being introduced in 2004 then that will be the 2005 model.   I wish people would read what they type....instead of posting entries which confuse others.
#23 of 3589 RE: Honda lose of market share by dtownfb May 22, 2003 (6:09 pm)
Honda won't lose in the market share. They will sell all the minivans they make for this year. It may not be at full sticker but they will sell more. The Sienna will also sell all they make this year. So the Sienna and Honda will pick up market shares while DC, DC and Ford continue to lose. That is of course based on minivan sales being the same as last year.
#24 of 3589 Another Honda Minivan by hoodlum2 May 23, 2003 (6:53 pm)
I found this link that talks about Honda introducing a 3rd minivan in the Asian market next fall that will fall in size between the Asian Odyssey and our Odyssey(Lagreat).   It looks like the 2005 North American Odyssey will be significantly larger and Honda needed to fill the gap. I wonder if we'll ever see either of the other two minivan here.   http://64.58.76.136/search/cache?p=2004+honda+lagreat&n=10&url=TPLR8KgIZmwJ:sg.biz.yahoo.com/030405/1/39tp1.html
#25 of 3589 Another Honda Minivan info by hoodlum2 May 23, 2003 (6:59 pm)
It looks like my link didn't display correctly. Here is the text:   Saturday April 5, 12:06 PM   Honda Motor to release new minivans to compete with rivals Japanese automaker Honda Motor will release a new large minivan in the spring of 2004 and fully remodel the Odyssey within the year to bolster sluggish sales.   "Honda is believed to earn more than half of the profit in its domestic auto operations from minivan sales, but it is losing share in the automobile market to such rivals as Toyota," the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper said.     By introducing new models, the company hopes to boost its domestic sales, the newspaper said.   The large minivan, scheduled to debut as soon as next spring, will fall between the high-end Lagreat, which has a 3.5-liter engine, and the Odyssey, which has 2.3- and three-liter models, the Nihon Keizai said.   The new third-generation model of Odyssey will be released later this year, four years after the current model was released, the newspaper said.   Honda sold 860,557 autos in Japan in fiscal 2002, down 2.4 percent on the year and the first decline in four years, the newspaper said, adding that its minivan sales fell 20 percent to 241,856 units.   "This hurt the automaker's profitability because its profit margin on minivans is several times that on subcompact cars like the popular Fit," the newspaper said.   The domestic minivan market, which accounts for around 30 percent of auto sales, is estimated at slightly above one million units a year and is growing at a double-digit pace, the Nihon Keizai said.
#26 of 3589 2004 Odyssey: Any new improvements? by baoshe May 27, 2003 (5:57 am)
I'm getting a conflicting information regarding new Odyssey models. Some say the significant changes will happen to the 2004 models, but other indicate for 2005 models. Please advise what changes will possibly apply to 2004 model which will be on the market in September/October.
#27 of 3589 baoshe by robr2 May 27, 2003 (6:16 am)
We're all getting the conflicting information. Honda usually doesn't leak information on new models until just before introduction. If there is a new model being introduced in September, we'll know about late July - early August.   Honda used to be on a 4 year product cycle now extended to 5. That would lean towards an 04 model this fall. But many have reported that the current model would go one more year.
#28 of 3589 Will the Odyssey be redisgned in 2004 or 2005? by rosey4 Jun 02, 2003 (5:26 am)
There are many conflicting reports on the redesign of the Odyssey. Having seen the new Toyota Sienna, one can suspect that the Odyssey would be redesigned for 2004, however does anyone actually know for sure? I've spoken to several Honda salespeople who say Honda is hush, hush about it. Some have said Honda will redesign the Odyssey in 2004, while others say it will be in 2005. Vtec.com says Honda will redesign the Odyssey in 2004 (05MY). Does that mean mid-year? Much like what Honda did when the Pilot this was unveiled, this time last year. If anyone has any information on it, please share.
#29 of 3589 2004 Design by epi Jun 11, 2003 (3:07 pm)
My source at Honda told me that the new design (2004 model)is coming out in September/October 2003. He had no details about the car, other than to say when it was coming out. He was talking about the re-design, not just the new model year. Who really knows, but this is what he told me.
#30 of 3589 2004 Odyssey by rosey4 Jun 12, 2003 (5:58 am)
Its June now, can anyone confirm what Honda's plans are for the 2004 Odyssey? It appears that there's conflicting news on whether it will be redesigned in 2004 or 2005. With the redesigned Sienna already out, I thought for sure Honda would do the same for 2004. Nevertheless, I guess we'll all have to stay tuned. I wrote Honda of American just over a week ago, to inquire about the redesigned Odyssey, as to whether it will be for 2004. The response I received from them was that Honda hadn't confirmed when the redesigned Odyssey would be out. In my letter to Honda, I suggested the Odyssey be build with a power lift gate, and a regular sized spare tire. It appears again Honda is very hush, hush about the new Odyssey. Here is a web site that say Honda will redesign the Odyssey in 2005. Don't know how true this is, however, I did speak with a sales person there, and he indicated that for sure that it would be out in the fall of 2004.   http://www.collegehillshonda.com/news/hondapreview.htm

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