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Old 09-14-2016, 04:51 AM
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Looks OK.

http://www.hondabarbados.com/car/civ...an/2016#colors
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Yup - we are due both that and the hatch soon.

Miles better than Bagpuss by all accounts, but still a tad overworked, as are most moderns.
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Looks alright, also about the same size as an Accord
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Hmmm... the strap-line ought to have said 'Instantly forgettable'.

Many Tesla-esque cues evident in some of the images, and that's not meant as a compliment, merely that it's typically 'Euro-bland'. The chrome grille was very definitely a 5-to-5-on-a-Friday-before-a-bank-holiday design job.

And the wheels look shite too.
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Originally Posted by Polemicist
Hmmm... the strap-line ought to have said 'Instantly forgettable'.

Many Tesla-esque cues evident in some of the images, and that's not meant as a compliment, merely that it's typically 'Euro-bland'. The chrome grille was very definitely a 5-to-5-on-a-Friday-before-a-bank-holiday design job.

And the wheels look shite too.
You like it then?
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We get a black grille because we're racists. Or ricers or somesuch.

The chrome steer-horn device is a sop to all the Boss Hoggs in septicland.
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Have to agree with Pole, it looks like a generic mini version of the cop cars from the original robocop

POS but then i dont think i'm the target audience

In other Honda news i drove the latest Jizz recently as a loaner. Muchos improved imvho
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Honda need a new wheel designer, they have really lost their way.

whilst most (of the very few) we will see on the roads will look like this, it amazes me that the marketing chaps don't make them stick the 19" inchers on their with skinny rubber to make it look remotely appealing. Does anyone even make 55 profile tyres anymore?

I'll leave my criticisms at the wheels.

BMW, AUDI and MB must be having a party as the Japanese still can't bring anything to the market to threaten them. I bet the 3 aforementioned eat up 75% market share, if not more of the med / large sector in UK / Europe.
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It's not quite that extreme, but it's true that the non-premium (that's a bloody laugh when the 3er outsells the Mondeo) D-segment is dying just like the E-segment did. There was an article in (I think) last month's Autonews Europe mag with yer actual stats.

IIRC, one of the biggest selling non-premiums is now the Skoda Superb or Octavia or somesuch. Not Estelle...
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The masses have no taste, i see millions of qashqai and they are dogshit (we have one, its good at f@#k all bar creaking)

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