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Hate The Honda Crosstour? You've Been Heard
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Edward Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: October 28th, 2009
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No, Honda’s Accord-based Crossover sin-against-nature hasn’t been canceled, but it is being cannibalized (sort of). Acura has announced [via Autoblog] that a TSX Sportwagon will be offered beginning with the 2011 model year. In short, if you begged Honda to bring a Euro-spec Accord wagon to market, your pleas have been answered… as long as you’re willing to shell out at Acura prices. More information as it becomes available… meanwhile, notch up another promising sign in the Honda column.
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Published October 28th, 2009 3:12 PM
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I've been clamoring for an Accord wagon for years. People looking for a practical haul-muddy-bikes-and-dogs around car are generally going to be looking at a lower price point. Plus, this'll have an ugly chrome beak on it. They really should've made it an Accord wagon with an entry price of about 20k, topping out at 30. I'm sure Honda will use this as "evidence" American's don't like wagons.
I'll agree that Honda's designers have given weird looks (almost ugly) to cars over the years, I don't think this is too bad. If I was going to buy a four-door Accord, I could see buying a wagon instead. I hate trunks... I always have. This would be a good alternative to a mini-van for people that can't stand the thought of buying/owning one.
Mirko Reinhardt, Thanks for that info. Honda must be about the only maker out there shrinking their cars from one generation to the next. But maybe it was just the last Accord Wagon being too far removed from the sedan to be economical. Anyway, with no flat load floor, and no 5 size, that's one less car I'll have to consider. psarhjinian, even without gargantuan capacity, wagons are just sooooo much easier to load irregular shaped stuff into than sedans, due to the bigger trunk opening. A Segway simply won't fit through the mail slot in the rear of a 3 series sedan, despite there being plenty of volume to hold it with the seats down. Hauling Boxes and upright suitcases are another area where wagons really shine, despite not being that much larger than their now tall decked Sedan counterparts volume wise. Also, a 5 series and above sized wagon with a flat floor allows for sleeping in the back, which is problematic in a vehicle that gets its cargo volume from height instead of length. In general, for living in denser places at least, the "Euro way" of a midsize wagon, with a roof low enough to easily pack a top box when more space is needed, in combination with a trailer for those few times most people "need" a pickup truck, has a lot to recommend it over the gargantuan SUV / Pickup Truck that serves a similar need over here.