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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Honda Crosstour



When spy pictures of this car first came out, it was of a mule that was basically the American Accord front end grafted onto the Euro Accord Wagon, and it rode pretty far off the ground, kind of like the Subaru Outback. Unlike the Outback, it had pretty clean lines (ignoring the grafting), and it looked pretty butch. I liked it.

Sadly, that was not remotely the final design. Honda opted to go the "4 door coupe SUV" route, like the BMW X6 and it's sister the Acura RDX. Yet unlike either of the above, it's not remotely attractive. And it's not sporty. And it's roofline provides no utility.

As for looks I could go on and on about it, as there's not a single part I like (other than the interior). That grille, those taillights, those tiny looking wheels...

I'm sure most of you are aware of it's looks though, due to the infamous Honda Facebook page which created quite a bit of negetive feedback about this Honda's. A lesson in how NOT to introduce a controversial new car to the masses. Especially when you have no control over what people will say about it.

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