2016 Honda Legend

**corbon44** · October 21st, 2015 07:57 AM

At P4.38M, would it have been better to have badged it as the Acura RLX instead? That price is Classic E-Class/Business 5-Series and GS territory...

**niky** · October 21st, 2015 10:53 AM

More legroom than any of them.

Only sedan in the price range that comes close in specs is the GS450h, and that has a small rear seat. It's hella fun to drive, though... but it's about 1m more than the Legend.

You want something else that big and powerful, you're looking at spending maybe 7-8m already.

Heard a rumor that the first batch is already pre-sold... pre-sold out.

**jut703** · October 21st, 2015 11:05 AM

At this price range, I don't think you're paying for just legroom alone. At the end of the day, badge snobs will scoff at this "Honda".

And after all, those who buy 4.4-million peso cars are really just out to impress badge snobs, rather than maximize value for money.

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**niky** · October 21st, 2015 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

At this price range, I don't think you're paying for just legroom alone. At the end of the day, badge snobs will scoff at this "Honda".

And after all, those who buy 4.4-million peso cars are really just out to impress badge snobs, rather than maximize value for money.

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True enough. But Honda has name cachet to rival Toyota... where Toyota has leveraged this cachet to sell lots of Land Cruisers and Alphards, Honda has struggled to sell a luxury car locally worthy of the brand status (old USDM Odyssey and Pilot were too middle-class in terms of looks and interior comfort)... Honda can possibly sell quite a few luxury cars if it sells them in the right price brackets... note how the new Odyssey is selling compared to the old one, despite being well over 2m for what is basically a small minivan.

When the new Pilot comes in, they'll have "luxury" cars in the sub-2m, the mid-2m, the 3m and the 4m price brackets. Doable, even if the total volume is small.

**niky** · October 21st, 2015 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

At this price range, I don't think you're paying for just legroom alone. At the end of the day, badge snobs will scoff at this "Honda".

And after all, those who buy 4.4-million peso cars are really just out to impress badge snobs, rather than maximize value for money.

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True enough. But Honda has name cachet to rival Toyota... where Toyota has leveraged this cachet to sell lots of Land Cruisers and Alphards, Honda has struggled to sell a luxury car locally worthy of the brand status (old USDM Odyssey and Pilot were too middle-class in terms of looks and interior comfort)... Honda can possibly sell quite a few luxury cars if it sells them in the right price brackets... note how the new Odyssey is selling compared to the old one, despite being well over 2m for what is basically a small minivan.

When the new Pilot comes in, they'll have "luxury" cars in the sub-2m, the mid-2m, the 3m and the 4m price brackets. Doable, even if the total volume is small.

**ronw123w124** · October 21st, 2015 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

At this price range, I don't think you're paying for just legroom alone. At the end of the day, badge snobs will scoff at this "Honda".

And after all, those who buy 4.4-million peso cars are really just out to impress badge snobs, rather than maximize value for money.

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4.4 million? No way! For that money, I'd buy a Lexus or an LC200

**corbon44** · October 22nd, 2015 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by niky

...Heard a rumor that the first batch is already pre-sold... pre-sold out...

Impressive. I'm imagining a buyer as someone who used to drive an EG Civic in his college days...talk about brand loyalty.

If this works, perhaps we see Toyota selling the Crown again and Nissan reviving the Cedric/Fuga for the local market?

**dct** · October 22nd, 2015 08:30 AM

Lagi naman sinasabi ng honda na in demand sasakyan nila

**mda** · October 22nd, 2015 09:54 AM

The same guys who will be buying this are the ones who prefer to buy Lexus models over BMWs, Mercs and Audis.

I actually think there are a lot of those, given this is really an Acura model with a Honda badge.