Honda Crosstour Still Ugly; ABC About to Kick Toyota's NSFW on Floormatgate
“First question: Is the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour as unattractive in the flesh as it is in photographs?” Automotive News [sub] asks itself. “Answer: Pretty darned close. Directly from behind — and directly from the side — Honda’s new crossover-meets-wagon looks appealing. But from any other perspective, the Crosstour’s confluence of angles is visually jarring, especially in how the swooping a-pillar meets the hood line.” This is it: the day that the editorial collusion known as the Crosstour press embargo ends. For some reason, Honda forgot to invite TTAC to the ho-down. Never mind. Until we see the sheet metal, we’ll rely on yet another round of press shots and word-of-mouth. Or, more precisely, I threw-up-in-my mouth-a-little. While we wait for Autoblog for the official weasel words (“Honda has also released tons of new Accord Crosstour glamor shots”), suffice it to say Honda’s drubbing will not be anywhere near as severe as what awaits Toyota on tonight’s edition of ABC News and Nightline. The network has fired an opening salvo on the internet, and it ain’t gonna help ToMoCo recover lost sales ground one little bit. So here’s MY first question: how much of Toyota’s $1.665 billion ad budget does ABC reap? Just curious . . .
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Drop the ride height about two inches and it's really not that bad. It's certainly better than current Accord sedan, though that's setting the bar rather low.
This is absolutely shameful coming from a company that gave us the NSX, Prelude, S2000, and Civic CRX/del Sol/Si/Type-R. Honda, please torpedo this abomination and send over the Stream instead. Or even a freshened version of the JDM Life Dunk. I'd buy one for the name alone. Hey, it worked with the Jazz/Fit!
Im still confused.. I used to drive a 2800lb Accord 4cycl with a 2.2ltr I-4.. that was always tossable. My 00 with the 2.3ltr I-4 is about 3000... and this fat ass.. 3800lbs. Thats 800lbs of just mass that I CANT THROW AROUND! Alright I could deal with the average sized 7th gen... but the 8th. Jesus.. thats a big ass damn car. Wake me when its over.
The Crosstour in a funny car. Some cars look better in the brochure pictures than in real life. This Honda looks better to me in real life than it does in the pictures. For a "big" sedan it has alot of great utility. Fold those rear seats down flat and you can carry all sorts of packages or hardware store stuff. Yahoo! Of course mainstream America will totally miss the point and shake their heads in disbelief. Too much this or not enough that and the rest of the flock will follow. Honda won't sell enough and we'll move away from anything close to a car based wagon five door hatchback style vehicle. Yep in America we only think in terms of "real" SUVs (read big, good is no longer measured by offroad ability, just size), minivans. four door sedans and pickup trucks. No clever ideas need to apply here. Damn...