Talk:Honda 1300

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Added information on the sedan version of the 1300 and the two different versions of the engine (single carb vs four carb). Added information on the 145 model that succeeded it. Removed reference to the 1300 being the first front-wheel-drive car from Honda, as the N360 pre-dates the 1300 by at least two years. Corrected release date from 1972 to 1969 (although the coupe wasn't released till 1970). 58.105.215.79 04:53, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this is correct

"The 1300 was Honda's first attempt at producing a conventional sedan to compete with the Toyota Corona and the Nissan Bluebird..."

Considering the size of the car (even just looking at length and wheelbase) surely it was designed more to compete with the smaller Corolla and Sunny? Even later on in the article it is compared to the Corolla and European Ford Escort. --Zilog Jones (talk) 14:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Living in Tokyo at the time the 1300 came out, I do seem to recall that a Honda 1300(s) was sent to Southern California for some road testing at/about 69 or 70. I also believe there was an attempt to actually sell some of these cars on the West Coast. I seem to remember some TV ads by a well known US actor (whose name I can't right now). The reports that came back in the press and car circles was that the cars had unsuccessful trials there due to engine overheating on the much faster (and hotter) free-ways in/around LA. So the engineers went back to the drawing board. Up to that time, the most successful Honda car overseas was the N500/600/800 chain driven, air cooled sports cars. Of course, the N360 "Kei cars" swept the market in Japan. They handily outperformed Mazda Carol, Mitsubishi, Daihatsu, Subaru 360 and Suzuki Kei cars -- and were the first 4-stroke K cars made. As a high school kid, one of my classmates was daughter of Mr. Kawashima -- who had just returned from US assignment as head of Honda US. So I got a lot of "rumit" info back then about Honda cars and bikes... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.159.213.58 (talk) 13:58, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

If the more contemporary replacements are any indication, the 1300 looks like it might've been suited to compete with something between the Corolla and Corona. Standing at 5'11.5", the Accord is probably the smallest Honda I can fit in. As far as the Toyotas go, I can barely fit in the Corollas of the 1980s and 1990s. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:52, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Introduction

The Introduction to this article is too long and a subsection should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheHappiestCritic (talk • contribs) 01:13, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

I sort of agree, but since the TOC is placed up there at the top I don't think it's really a problem.  ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃  (talk) 06:10, 24 October 2011 (UTC)