Judging by the downfall of Honda quality, will the quality rise up or will it just keep going down until Scotty no longer recommends them in the future?
Honda's priorities have shifted from reliability and quality to performance and efficiency, I doubt they will go back because thats what the market wants.
That makes sense, Kerem. If Honda wants to be reliable again, then they have to abandon small displacement turbos and go back to non turbo engines. Kind of a tradeoff.
they must be lacking in "performance and efficiency" to lose marketshare
According to Scotty, even Toyota is slowly going down. There in Europe they reduced avaliability of diesel and naturally aspirated engines when last generation of models came out. Only hybrid Camry avaliable there.
Time will tell, but I am not too happy with their latest venture with GM and their Ultium battery technology. That has the potential to send them further downhill in quality/reliability. We’ll also see long term how their 1.5L turbo, 2.0L turbo engines and 10-speed ATs hold up. And not a fan of the cylinder deactivation in some of their engines. They are not as disciplined or as conservative or as well thought out in their powertrain designs as Toyota. Still, there are a lot worse companies out there and Honda still ranks in my top 4 for quality/reliability at the moment.
honda market share is trending down in the US, better change direction
https://carsalesbase.com/us-honda/
old folks and SUVs are still dominating the new car market
honda may continue to slide
https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2019/01/new-car-buyer-demographics-2019/