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Penny for your thoughts V. Accord Crosstour

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by bluetwo, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. bluetwo

    bluetwo Relevance is irrelevant

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    I'm just curious to see what you guys think about this car. Like I always say I'm trying not to be biased (but I do think it looks a lot better than the Venza). I don't take anything personally so flame on!

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    Also, is there somewhere else I could've posted this? Feel free to thank me if you haven't seen it yet.
     
    #1 bluetwo, Aug 19, 2009
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Funny. I was gonna say the Venza was better lol. But this is more car-like than the Venza so, in typical Honda fashion, it should be more fun to drive. Put it this way, welcome back Honda Accord Wagon after 10 years of absence.
     
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    Ha ha! It's clearly an Accord, even if you didn't know Honda named it that because you can see it in the body work but I don't think it shares any sheet metal with any other models.

    The first Accord wagaon was hideous and yeah this one is definitely more car-like... in a good way.
     
    #3 bluetwo, Aug 20, 2009
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    I'd call it a hatchback. I've actually seen an older Accord Hatchback when I go out for lunch sometimes.
     
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    Ah yes, my grandparents had an 83 Accord hatchback which served them well for decades. That car was literally half the car the Crosstour is. :D
     
    #5 bluetwo, Aug 20, 2009
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    But it was cool with pop-up headlights!
     
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    Well.. we've always said Toyota follows Mercedes and Honda follows BMW. Say hi to the new Honda X6.

    The rear has hints of Maxima. The front looks like a Cayenne (i.e. take the grille of a car and stretch it)
     
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    Why do we get useless vehicles like the X6? Who is buying these things? We need less X and more M (at least those are purposeful)!

    I'm just angry because I want a Civic Type-RR (yes, two Rs).

    EDIT: Apparently I'm not the only one:

    http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/02/official-honda-crosstour-facebook-page-all-lit-up-with-early-neg/

    Some comments:

    Was really hoping this car was going to look like the JDM or the Tourer...but we got neither. Very dissapointed!!! -- Ciamaris R.

    The bad move here was teasing a wagon and delivering this Aztec/Venza, why? They don't appeal to the same people (wagons appeal to existing Honda, Subaru & VW owners and CUV's to people who buy cars solely for their street presence (it... helps if they aren't ugly btw)). Through inept PR you've set yourselves up for an instant backlash that is going to dominate the press narrative for this car's launch...and you deserve it. Were you trying to keep a lid on the new Venza competitor? To what purpose? Did you really think that Toyota didn't know this was coming down the pipe? You've dissapointed and angered existing, money in hand customers by raising their expectations and then showing them a product you must know they would consider a betrayal of your brand heritage. If you had announced the CUV aspect of this ahead of time all those buyers would have tuned out this release and just kept on waiting for the wagon, faith in brand intact... -- Ted G.

    Excellent another hideous car from Honda. This should be a real sales leader in the Early 40's Soccer Mom demographic. How about a legitimate replacement for the S2000 or NSX instead more garbage like this? -- Andrew C.
     
    #9 a_gray_prius, Sep 3, 2009
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