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Somewhere, a Porsche 997 is missing it's taillights.

What the Hyundai Honda?

Presenting the 2013 Honda Accord sedan.  Although it's miles better looking than the current Accord, it also looks remarkably like a Hyundai. And not even current Hyundais, but the previous generation Sonata (up front) and pre-facelift Genesis (out back). In fact if the current Sonata were one of those "coupe sedans", the styling of this Accord could definitely fill in for the "regular" version.

Volkswagen Passé

The new for 2012 VW Passat also follows Volkswagen’s new North American strategy of offering more for less. While the Jetta is basically them same car they get overseas (with a much worse interior), the Americanized Passat is an entirely different beast. While they get a reworked version of the current Passat, we get a completely new supersize version - presumably for our supersized, McDonald’s feed American (and Canadian) asses.



While the interior doesn’t suffer the same air of cheapness of the Jetta, the exterior does share a family resemblance. And in doing so, this is a very generic looking car. It’s not hideous, but there aren’t many positive adjectives that can be used to describe it either. From it’s vaguely Accord looking face to it’s vaguely Chevrolet Impala looking greenhouse, the look comes off as inoffensive (and a bit dated) looking clone hoping to gain sales by looking enough like the big sellers. Plus they might be trying to morph this apple strudel into looking enough like an apple pie to warm over some of the more jaded buyers that tend to only buy American.



Still though, it’s classy in a very retrained way and far from fugly. Had the 2008 Accord looked like this when it debuted instead of having it’s quasi-Bangle-butt, it would have been commended.

Merccord Coupe

Mercedes has just released shots of it’s new C-Class coupe, which kinda sorta replaces the CLK. Kinda because the CLK sorta became the E-Class coupe. Which is based off the C-Class, but looks like an E-Class. Although this seems a bit repetitive, the C-Class coupe is smaller and doesn’t have the pillarless window effect of the E-Class Coupe or it’s dramatic bodyside treatment and (excessive) front end details.

In the end it’s a sleek and clean design that looks quite nice. Unfortunately, it also looks a lot like an Accord Coupe (in particular the greenhouse and bodyside crease), which probably isn’t the demographic they’re looking for.

Honda Type-SLR

Yes, this is an attempt to create an SLR out of a 1996 Honda Accord SEDAN. It's difficult to see just how much work went into this, as apparently their photographer finds it very difficult to take photos with more than 3/4 of the car visible. Possibly on purpose, as I'm not really sure how they resolved the rear end. The only shot of it is below, and rather dark.

It's hard to tell, but it appears they might have achieved the triangular Benz tail light look by masking off the taillights. Compare with the photo below.

Also worth noting is a unique attempt at closing wheel gap. Instead of defaulting to larger rims and/or tires, they decided to drastically close in the the wheel openings with fender flares. I'm not sure how this is driveable, but then having no reverse lights (they've been covered up as you can see above) or visible spots to mount a license plate it's possible that this car will never move under it's own power on public roads. Which I suppose is a service to us all.

The enhanced shot below might better illustrate. As well as cutting off key areas of the car, the photos have very poor contrast - a lot of the detail gets lost. Again - possibly on purpose (to hide flaws?).

Honda Accord Coupe, Mullet Edition

Looks like Billy-Bob traded in his 1982 Camaro for the dependability of a new Honda.

Attack of the Clones: 2011 Honda Accord

Honda just today released pictures of it's updated Accord, whose current iteration isn't quite fugly - but definitely was not as pretty as previous generations. Focusing on the sedan here as it's the biggest offender. I wouldn't say the facelift exactly helps matters. Up a new grille is the biggest news - kind of similar to that on the Crosstour, but 40% the size. Guess it doesn't look too bad, but then I find myself constantly comparing it to the Crosstour.


However out back they seemed to glue on this gaudy taillight on the truck and call it a day. Worse yet, the looks is shockingly similar to everyone's favourite BMW.

Honda Accord Type-S

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PLEASE NOTE - Abandoning the favoured "Type R" emblem, this owner has affixed a "Type S" emblem. So many people make fake Type R's now, to see a Type S emblem you just have to automatically assume it's the real thing. Also, the chrome chain license plate cover gives the car an extra shot of testosterone.