Montreal, QC—Current economic turmoil aside, planetary forces seem to be aligned for Honda. Car buyers have been switching to smaller vehicles en masse. So significant has been the extent of the big-car exodus that Honda’s Fit factory in Suzuka, Japan, couldn’t make enough of the 2008 model: All 16,000 units designated for Canada were gobbled up well before the 2009 version was ready for sale. And the dealership near the DRIVEN offices started taking delivery of the ’09 Fit before pricing had even been confirmed.
Archive for December 23rd, 2008
Gentlemanagement: no trouble at all, doesn’t amount to a damn thing
Posted verbatim and without editorial comment, a paragraph from Elliott Chaze’s noir crime story Black Wings Has My Angel (1953):
“But about the gentleman thing.” She waved her glass. “I want to make it plain as the nose on your face. I can stand anything in the book but gentlemen. Because I’ve spent a lot of time, too much time with them, and I know why gentlemen are what they are…
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