I was looking at the Japanese Honda site and noticed this..........

Saber

Inspire

What's the difference between the 2? Anyone know? Also, what's Primo, Verno and Clio on the top right corner?

 

Saber and Inspire are same. The difference are front grill, design of rims and badges.

Primo, Verno and Clio are the names of HONDA dealers in here in Japan.

The reason why HONDA has provided two names (Saber and Inspire) to TL here is that HONDA has three selling channels as follows.
- HONDA Clio dealers
- HONDA Primo Dealers
- HONDA Verno Dealers

Saber is for Primo and Verno Dealer and Inspire is for Clio Dealer.

As far as I know, HONDA originally indented to have three channels with three different characters.
However since HONDA now has many models, the difference of the characters cannot be recognized clearly.

Clio for luxury cars.
Verno for sporty cars
Primo for small cars

At present HONDA sells their cars as follows.

[Only for Clio]
Legend (RL) http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/legend/
Accord http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/accordeuro_r/
Inspire (TL) http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/inspire/
Lagreat http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/lagreat/
Avancier http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/avancier/
Accord Wagon http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/accord_wagon/
S-MX http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/s_mx/

[Only for Verno]
NSX http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/nsx/
S-2000 http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/s2000/
Integra http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/integra_r/
Insite http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/insight
CR-V http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/cr-v/
HR-V http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/hr-v/

[Only for Primo]
Civic http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/civic/
Orthia http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/orthia_v/

[Only for Primo and Verno]
Saber http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/saber/
Torneo http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/torneoeuro_r/
Capa http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/capa/

[For all three]
Odyssey http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/odyssey/
Stepwagon http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/stepwgn/
Stream http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/stream/
Fit http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/fit/
Mibilo http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-lineup/mobilio/

 

 

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

WOW!! I had no idea we have a member from Japan!!
Good to mee ya... and thanks for clearing that up!
I have been wondering about those three dealer differences for a long time.... thanks!

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I am enjoying this forum from Japan.
And I am very proud of my Saber that is manufactured in the USA and imported from the USA.

Sometimes there are posts that I can reply.
I am so happy that I could be involved in this forum.

 

amfjabe, have you ever heard of itadori, japan?? I went there for vacation once, I LOVE JAPAN!! There is this place there called BikeTrails where they hop from sharp rock to sharp rock on pedel bikes, check this link out -----> http://pat.m78.com/Pages/Gallery/Photo/01mtb.htm

Japan is soooo cool. Beer machines on the side of the road, underage porn buyage No guns, no crime. Dang, i'm thinking how much fun it must be to drive a TL (I mean Saber) on those crazy japanese streets...!!

 

amfjabe, have you ever heard of itadori, japan?? [/B][/QUOTE] Yes, Itadori is famous for Bike trial. The place is in Gifu prefecture that is approx. 250 miles from Tokyo.
I am not familiar with Bike trial, but I could know that the final of World Championship of Bike trial 2002 will be held in Itadori in this August.

Well, you are absolutely right! Although number of crimes are increased, still Japan is a country that is pretty safe. And yes driving TL here is a fun!!

 

AMFJABE

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