I thought Honda just made, cars, lawn mowers, generators and motorcycles ...

Sailor Steve · 05-21-14, 03:40 PM

Kawasaki started life a shipbuilding company, but today are most famous for their motorcycles. The also make industrial equipment...and pianos!

Betonov · 05-21-14, 03:43 PM

The problem with japaneese cars is, that the Japaneese don't salt their roads.
We do

Wolferz · 05-21-14, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

The problem with japaneese cars is, that the Japaneese don't salt their roads.
We do

It does snow in Japan. Are they using aircraft de-icer on their roads or do they just see it as an opportunity to do some drifting?

Most cars are dipped in a zinc primer during manufacture to combat rust.
I don't think the Japanese cars get that because we heavily undercoated nearly every Honda we sold. More money.

Maybe the German cars stay on the road long enough to defeat that armor.

Schroeder · 05-22-14, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

The problem with japaneese cars is, that the Japaneese don't salt their roads.
We do

My last Japanese car survived 20 years of salted streets before it started corroding...

Mr Quatro · 05-21-14, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Kawasaki started life a shipbuilding company, but today are most famous for their motorcycles. The also make industrial equipment...and pianos!

Don't forget the airplanes they made in WWII: http://www.airpowerworld.info/ww2-fighter-planes/kawasaki-ki-100-fighter.htm

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In combat during WWII the Kawasaki Ki-100 was to prove at least as fast as any of the American fighters it encountered and was more manoeuvrable than any of the ...

TarJak · 05-21-14, 04:45 PM

I'm not sure why it's surprising, most largeJapanese industrials have a broad and diverse foot print of manufacture.

Platapus · 05-21-14, 06:03 PM

Daewoo makes practically everything. It would be a shorter list of what Daewoo does not make.

I was shocked!

Jimbuna · 05-22-14, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

I'm not sure why it's surprising, most largeJapanese industrials have a broad and diverse foot print of manufacture.

Rgr that

Dread Knot · 05-22-14, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Don't forget the airplanes they made in WWII: http://www.airpowerworld.info/ww2-fighter-planes/kawasaki-ki-100-fighter.htm

In combat during WWII the Kawasaki Ki-100 was to prove at least as fast as any of the American fighters it encountered and was more manoeuvrable than any of the ...

The paradox of Japanese military aviation in WW2 was that they produced their best designs at a time when their industrial output was collapsing, and their rookie pilots were virtually untrained. The Nakajima Ki-84 Type 4 Army fighter ('Frank') was another world-class machine which compared favorably to the most advanced versions of the Hellcats, Thunderbolts and Mustangs( and therefore to such European superstars as the Spitfire, Tempest, FW-190D and La-7)

In terms of quality, some of the last Japanese warplanes put into production were of unprecedented brilliance. In terms of efficacy, they were almost irrelevant.

Sailor Steve · 05-22-14, 10:18 AM

Gee, and my whole idea in bringing up Kawasaki was that they also make pianos.

Jimbuna · 05-22-14, 01:48 PM

Products manufactured by Honda:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda

VipertheSniper · 05-22-14, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Kawasaki started life a shipbuilding company, but today are most famous for their motorcycles. The also make industrial equipment...and pianos!

You sure you're not mixing up Kawasaki and Yamaha on the piano part?

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,400 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Daewoo makes practically everything. It would be a shorter list of what Daewoo does not make. I was shocked! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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