The Pursuit of Dreams: The First 50 Years of Honda [Hardcover]

Various Artists (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Car Graphics (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4544040604
• ISBN-13: 978-4544040609
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,821,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Professional & Technical > Automotive > Foreign

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, February 4, 2001

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A. Kudriavtsev (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pursuit of Dreams: The First 50 Years of Honda (Hardcover)

This is a great book and may be interesting both to a Honda fan and to someone sceptical about those "riceboyz carz". This book not only talks about the success of Honda (and they have a lot to say!), but also openly discusses the problems and unsuccessful designs they had. This book tells you why, besides cars and motorcycles, Honda builds walking robots and airplanes. With every page I read I had more appreciation of Honda thinking and I was more proud to drive something designed by these people.

Some of the future car prototypes discussed in the last chapter are already on sale as production cars, and it leaves a feeling that this book is kind of old, outdated, but this is only another confirmation to how dynamic and innovative Honda is.

I really enjoy this book and recommend it to everybody who wants to know how Honda came about and what they are after.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you ever wanted to know..., April 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pursuit of Dreams: The First 50 Years of Honda (Hardcover)

This is one comprehensive history book of the most important motor company of all time: Honda. Honda was and is making progress in leaps and bounds. They are the past, present and future of the automobile industry, hands down. They even had enough foresight to develop a hybrid car while all of the gas consuming, muscle car fanatics stood back and laughed. But, like so many times in the past, Honda always gets the last laugh! Who was it that almost put Harley Davidson out of business...?