Thoughts?

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 05/09/2015 at 17:54 • Filed to: None

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The rear looks a lot like the previous generation Accord Coupe, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Oh wait.

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These photos are fake.

MLGCarGuy > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:01

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To me in the front I see this.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:06

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Stop it with the fake vents!

Rico > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:14

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Looks lame compared to the current model year.

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:16

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But they just released a new Mustang?

scoob > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:33

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Brian Williams is the CEO of Honda.

Brian Williams founded Honda.

Brian Williams works at Honda in multiple positions.

Brian Williams pitched the idea of the Honda Mustang V6 Coupe to Honda’s engineers.

Brian Williams is an engineer.

Brian Williams is the lead engineer behind the Honda Mustang V6 Coupe.

Brian Williams is a designer.

Brian Williams designed the Honda Mustang V6 Coupe.

Brian Williams is a photographer.

Brian Williams works at Car and Driver as a photographer.

Brian Williams took these spy shots of a car he engineered and designed for the company he is the CEO of, founded, and works for, and sent these spy shots to Car and Driver, where he also works.

bryan40oop > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 18:47

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“ Thoughts?”

Boring fwd Honda.......

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 20:07

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How badass would this thing be with a 6-speed, the Earth Dreams 3.5, and SH-AWD?

Tapas > TheHondaBro 05/09/2015 at 22:44

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It looks good, but eh.

wafflesnfalafel > TheHondaBro 05/10/2015 at 01:48

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I don’t like the new corporate “nose”, the fake vents don’t look good and the wheels are lame. Other than that...

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > TheHondaBro 05/10/2015 at 02:35

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Boring.

And a coupe that is not gorgeous has no purpose, and no excuse for not being gorgeous. Might as well just get the sedan, then... or more likely, neither.

The point of having two fewer doors, and less passenger practicality is that there is either better performance with lighter weight than a sedan, or fewer impediments to better aesthetics, and more streamlining. That is without even going into the issue about not having a fastback hatch for better cargo practicality than a trunk lid on a 2-door coupe or 4-door sedan.

Without either one of those advantages, this is a coupe without a purpose, no better than Scion tC (especially 2nd gen), and the old Toyota Solara.

TheHondaBro > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 05/10/2015 at 11:14

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The coupe is lighter than the sedan, and handles better and has a higher power-to-weight ratio. And IIRC, the coupe is on a slightly different platform.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > TheHondaBro 05/11/2015 at 01:53

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A couple of pounds don’t make a huge difference, and the car is still bulky.

“handles better” is relative... relative to a sedate, boring mid-line FWD sedan... as a boring, sedated, mid-line purposeless coupe with no compelling reason to exist, which a coupe has no excuses NOT to have... aside from uninspired execution from an appliance manufacturer.

Coupes are not as practical as other body styles, and not as “lifestyle” appealing as convertibles that can put the top down.

Without some PASSION built in, especially aesthetically, and in terms of driving dynamics, there is no reason to buy a coupe otherwise.

This car isn’t half what the old Prelude used to be, let alone actually compelling with AWD capability, or RWD performance advantage. It is the same old Fail-wheel-drive, topped with a helping of boredom, because it is cheaper to build it that way.

This product is an AFTERTHOUGHT. An ALSO-RAN. A weak attempt. I am not sure which is worse... that sort of dis-service to what a coupe is actually capable of being, or just not having one at all.

And reducing the wheelbase from an Accord sedan, because there are two fewer doors, does NOT qualify as a “slightly different platform.” That is a body-style variation. A platform change would need to be more significant than that.