Honda vs Toyota ... comparing the technology
While most folks think of Honda as better at technology because of their high powered VTEC engines, they fail to see the bigger picture where Honda simply fails.
Performance Turbo/Supercharged engines from Toyota =
- 4AGZE
- 3SGTE
- 4EFTE
- 3SZ-FTE (Vitz 1.5RS turbo engine, I think the code is different)
- 1/2JZGTE
Performance Turbo/Supercharged engines from Honda=
- Uhhh ? None!
Major displacment of Honda perfomance engines=
- 1.6 to 2.2L (B16/B18/B20/H22/F20/F22)
Major displacment of Toyota performance engines =
- 1.6 to 3.0L (4AG[Z]E (20v), 3SGTE, 2ZZ-GE, 1JZG[T]E 2JZ-G[T]E)
Some other pointers
Toyota has the worlds most succesful true 4x4s which attack the offroad like anything, Honda SUV and 4x4s are mostly on-road vehicles
Toyota has made a successful AWD vehicle.
Toyota has made an engine which can take 600+hp on stock internals.
Toyota's luxury division Lexus has cars that go on par with the luxury marques of BMW and Mercedes. Hondas dont.
Honda has got very good bikes while Toyota has only cars
Toyota is about to become the biggest car manufacturer beating GM. Honda isnt in the top 3.
A rather nosy thing about Honda in my opinion is the sportiness of each of their vehicles, those which arent even SUPPOSED to be sporty. Toyota small and medium sedans have a more executive look rather than a sporty look which would look strange for a manager or someone official.