Taken from Import Tuner #55 (October 2003)
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Honda says it's going to be the latest company to predict the future--the

near future, as in when your car is about to slam into an obstacle. Honda

says its Japanese-market Inspire (think Acura TSX in size or Accord

maybe !?!) is getting a new computerized braking system that senses

impending crashes and responds by applying the brakes and tightening

seatbelts. They're calling the setup, which is like new systems from

Mercedes-Benz, a "collision mitigation brake system", not a "prevention"

system, meaning that Japanese lawyers probably had a say in the

process, you think? By the way, at the same press conference where he

showed off the braking system, Honda president Hiroyuki Yoshino said

American car companies have one option in beating back the growing tide

of imports in the U.S.: "They should try harder."