[ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish

[Geer Krul]

Adam.
One of the better cars on the market accordance to the "Consumer Reports"is 
the Ford Fusion based on the Mazda6 platform.
Regards
Gerry ve6wg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Farson" <farson at shaw.ca>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish


> Hi Jay,
>
> Actually, there is no comparison between Icom/Kenwood and Ford/Mazda. Ford
> owns 30% of Mazda (the maximum foreign ownership permitted under Japanese
> law.) To my knowledge, Mazda does not own an interest in Ford. They use 
> one
> another's subassemblies, which is commonplace in the car industry.
>
> Under the JV, Icom and Kenwood are not subsidiaries of each other. I do 
> not
> believe that Kenwood and Icom will use one another's modules or boards,
> although one may well see re-badged radios. I am sure the two companies 
> will
> seek economies by avoiding R&D duplication where possible.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Jay Eimer
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 13:10
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] New Kenwood D-Star looks Icomish
>
> Yep - probably not much different than Ford/Mazda - look at the Ranger/
> B-Series pickups - bodywork looks the same except for minor differences
> (hood and tailgate profile, fender flare) and the trim.  Even the engines
> are "swaps" (2.3 I-4 is from Mazda, 3.0 V6 is a Ford, regardless of the
> "label" on the outside).  But no one would argue that all Fords are 
> Mazdas,
> or vice versa.  Just the guts and/or cases of "certain" ones.
>
> Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:  Hi Ed,
>
> No, each company will retain its corporate identity. Part of the
> joint-venture agreement is that the respective companies will each bring 
> out
> products under their own name. (Of course, the recently-announced
> Kenwood-JVC merger may lead to changes in the Kenwood brand.)
>
> Kenwood and Icom own blocks of one another's shares. The JV mainly covers
> new LMR technologies. Don't expect a "killer" Kenwood HF transceiver any
> time soon.
>
> http://www.icom.co.jp/world/info/pdf/info060517.pdf
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
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