Engineer to lead Honda again!

[havoc]

In the news today - Fukui to step down and the chap who project managed the NSX to take over!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM...


So...is there any hope of a revival of their performance arm?!? One can only hope that Ito-san will revive his old passions...

[fido]

said:

The management shake-up marks the end of the six-year leadership of Takeo Fukui, 64, who is retiring having won plaudits for keeping Honda in profit at a time when other major Japanese automakers are into the reddespite piss1ng billions on a F1 team that only managed a couple of podium finishes.

It would be nice to see an S2000 replacement or proper CTR/ATR for the UK/EU market.

Edited by fido on Wednesday 25th February 12:26

[dino ferrana]

Fukui is also an engineer, he helped develop the oval piston bike racing engine amongst other things.

I think all Honda CEO's have been engineers since Mr. Honda.

[havoc]

That wasn't what was reported in The Times, and I understood that not to be the case also.

Are you sure?

[dino ferrana]

Yes the Times story is not that clear, but they have all been engineers since the founder.

http://www.autospectator.com/cars/topics/takeo-fuk... third article down confirms this (directly taken from his speech)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Fukui
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/22/business/f...