This is a revisit to one of the greatest mic drop moments in U.S. automotive history, and a testament to never underestimating just what a few misplaced words can do. It’s a story of the Honda Motor Corporation in its very early days of automotive production, having already made a name for itself worldwide with its motorcycles. The company, which rose from the ashes of WWII, learned a lot in the following decades about design and reliability and had a unique perspective on engineering and design that allowed it to take on industry stalwarts, and, more importantly, the largest company on the planet at the time: General Motors.
