The Honda Clarity is ugly, but dat green tho

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I happened to see a Clarity on the road recently and was struck by this lovely Moonlit Forest Pearl color. I do love me a good green. The car’s still fugly though. 


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Kinja'd!!! TysMagic > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:15

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One of these is running around the business complex I work in and I crush on it every time I see it. Dark green looks good on so many things. 

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Kinja'd!!! Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:16

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I mean, no, it’s not a looker. But at the same time, it’s honestly not THAT bad. Maybe it’s just because I’m looking at it in that green that it looks ok. 


Kinja'd!!! Milky > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:17

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Green 1000000% doesnt get enough love.  


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:17

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The overall design has grown on me, one review said to think of it As a modern Citroen DS, and yeah I guess kinda.

What I can’t get past is

1 those hideous wheels.

2 The Fast thst it’s a Sedan. That heavily raked rear window implies that it would be a liftback, but nope that glass is fixed. So it has about a 6 inch long trunk lid.


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:20

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My landlord has a white Clarity. I don’t hate it. 


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10/11/2019 at 10:23

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I’ve seen the Clarity and it seems to look better in person to me... better than the current gen Mirai.

Also more useful than a Mirai since you can get hybrid and BEV versions... with the hybrid being the best version to get apparently.


Kinja'd!!! ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:23

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I’ll say that certain angles are interesting in a good way to look at, especially up front. And dark colors hide the ugly a little bit, like the black. Agreed the green looks great and I love the maroon color they have too. 

Either way it’s a really interesting PHEV and with the Volt gone it’s pretty much the closest option to a BEV you can get while also having an ICE backup. It’s also a much bigger and nicer car than the Volt on the inside and is very, very close to being a do it all family car (outside of any sportiness, of course) .

Having turned my Spark EV lease in 2 weeks ago this is the top contender for my next commuter (so I’m trying desperately to get used to the ugly) ...if I can actually find one. Was already hard enough to find in stock, and apparently for 2020 now it’s becoming order only so its days might be numbered too.


Kinja'd!!! Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:25

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You know, maybe I’m weird. I actually rather like the styling of the Clarity.

But to your point, yes that is a fantastic green


Kinja'd!!! Maxima Speed > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:28

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I think the clarity is one of the better looking sedans on the market today.


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10/11/2019 at 10:31

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It also came in a really nice medium blue color similar to your E92.  I think it got replaced this year with the green you saw.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 10:46

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I love green, too, but that green is a fail, IMHO. And Honda’s got some ugly  cars these days.


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10/11/2019 at 11:01

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Hooray for the owners choosing an actual color.


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10/11/2019 at 12:00

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We need to make green great again, and this shade is a good way to do it.


Kinja'd!!! gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 12:54

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The bit that bugs me is there is no fillet for the wheel cover. The straight line looks out of place


Kinja'd!!! RandyS > promoted by the color red
10/11/2019 at 16:09

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Agreed. W hen I bought my C larity I had the choice of white, gray, or black and then I saw this green and said that’s it!


Kinja'd!!! RandyS > Textured Soy Protein
10/11/2019 at 16:12

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I didn’t buy this car for its looks. But I really don’t understand why everybody hates it. I bought it because of its 45 mile battery .


Kinja'd!!! MM54 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
10/11/2019 at 20:09

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A friend has one, the trunk opening is near-useless and, though the seats fold down, the passthrough is about 1' tall and 3' wide. Really should be a liftback.


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MM54
10/11/2019 at 22:16

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It’s the main reason I’d take a Prius over one.