Originally Posted by
Amadis of Gaul
I don't think Honda did this for the ROI, they did it to prove they could. I won't comment on the wisdom of such a thought process.
You're probably right there. Still, even for a mega-corporation like Honda, the numbers are frightening. It's never going to be another Embraer who enter the biz jet market and within 10 years have a pretty significant market share.
I hope they do come up with follow-on models with lots of hindsight and lessons learn't and expedite the development and certification process such that by the time it hits the market, it's not effectively ten years too late for that particular niche. They need a pretty good crystal ball to know what the market will want by the time Hondajet II finally emerges.