if its anyones fault then its Honda's. 30 years in Pakistan with bare minimum localization resulting in price of car directly equal to dollars-worth because 90% is imported.
then they had decades of bad economic practice of merging their business with "real estate investors". the people who buy 50 or 100 civaacs just to inflate the market for markup money.
We predicted the end of Honda Atlas after civic launch but some civac fan boys were adament that it will work. After HRV, we know they will wind up. Because this is what they deserve
My advice is to not buy any cciivac/HRV even on invoice minus10 so the industry gets its lesson. Next will be toyota. One more Vigo alternative and Toyota will go down like anything.