Crosstour = Fail
02-11-2010, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SpudRacer,Feb 10 2010, 03:49 PM
Honda / Acura has been shopping for employees to staff the design studios at the School For The Blind the last few years. It's pretty sad when GM is turning out better looking designs. About the only nicely packaged platform Honda has is the Civic. Every single Acura has been defaced at this point. Pilot? Blocky. Accord? Bloated. CRV? Not too bad. Fit? Meh. Odyssey? Meh. Insight? Prius ripoff.
u gotta understand the designers don't make the final decisions. it's the top management who makes the call and they might not have a design degree or sometimes a good design sense... they approve the design if there's a business case for it.
u say GM cars look better these days. well, have u seen what they have to offer in the past couple decades?
02-11-2010, 05:23 AM
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Crosstour = FAIL.
Acura ZDX = FAIL.
As someone shared on s2ki.com on another thread...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPL8H4jc__4 [/media]
Acura ZDX = FAIL.
As someone shared on s2ki.com on another thread...
Honda built a car no one asked for...
02-11-2010, 06:11 AM
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My wife loves it. A lot of women seem to like the Crosstour. Heck, in darker colors, I even like it.
We'll see how the market responds over the next year or so.
We'll see how the market responds over the next year or so.
02-11-2010, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Popeye,Feb 11 2010, 06:58 AM
It's funny they sold ... so far 170+ Acura ZDXs
They must have been sold/leased to Honda corparate people
They must have been sold/leased to Honda corparate people
02-11-2010, 06:47 AM
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I think the concept of an Accord wagon is great, but the Crosstour is an Accord hatchback with SUV wheels and tires. I suppose carmakers may have a point about the avoid station wagons at all costs mentality that most Americans still have, but why did Honda needlessly raise the ride height and add less effective tires? Remember that company that originally put 16 inch wheels on an S2000 to save unsprung mass? I haven't seen them lately.
02-11-2010, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Roadster,Feb 11 2010, 07:47 AM
I suppose carmakers may have a point about the avoid station wagons at all costs mentality that most Americans still have,
Americans are so damn stupid with this SUV shit. It's so tiresome. I see people every day in them that shouldn't be driving them.
02-11-2010, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by alexchou,Feb 11 2010, 05:49 AM
that's pretty harsh right there... i think u don't really understand how the process works and u jump right in with a critical conclusion.
u gotta understand the designers don't make the final decisions. it's the top management who makes the call and they might not have a design degree or sometimes a good design sense... they approve the design if there's a business case for it.
u say GM cars look better these days. well, have u seen what they have to offer in the past couple decades?
u gotta understand the designers don't make the final decisions. it's the top management who makes the call and they might not have a design degree or sometimes a good design sense... they approve the design if there's a business case for it.
u say GM cars look better these days. well, have u seen what they have to offer in the past couple decades?
02-12-2010, 05:12 AM
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Stopped by a local Honda dealer yesterday. I've known the folks there for years...and I asked them about the Crosstour, how it's selling, etc. He said they've sold 2 so far (since the launch) and that it has brought a lot of folks to look at it...but the price is much more than they are expecting. Considering an EX with leather (2WD) was in the showroom and sat at $33,800...I can see what he's talking about. He said folks would rather go with an Accord Sedan or the Pilot...but he says many have passed on it all together. They currently have 7 on the lot.
02-12-2010, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by airgate,Feb 12 2010, 09:12 AM
Stopped by a local Honda dealer yesterday. I've known the folks there for years...and I asked them about the Crosstour, how it's selling, etc. He said they've sold 2 so far (since the launch) and that it has brought a lot of folks to look at it...but the price is much more than they are expecting. Considering an EX with leather (2WD) was in the showroom and sat at $33,800...I can see what he's talking about. He said folks would rather go with an Accord Sedan or the Pilot...but he says many have passed on it all together. They currently have 7 on the lot.
