Question of the day

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
02/28/2018 at 14:31 • Filed to: None

With the recent emergence of lift back midsize sedans, was the Crosstour simply one generation too early for success?

DISCUSSION (43)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:39

Yes. Same with the ZDX for the Coupe-U-Vs.

However, it’s too early in the game to call the Stinger/Regal/etc. a success. I think certain brands can sell whatever they want because B A D G E (Mercedes GLE Coupe, BMW X4 and X6, Evoque cabriolet?!).

Spanfeller is a twat > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:41

Yes.

LongbowMkII > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:41

Nah, it’s fatal flaw was being ugly.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:42

With all its doors open, I like it. But otherwise I don’t haha. I think they are just like anything else, there are good looking ones and bad looking ones, I think the Crosstour in my eyes was more so the latter.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:42

ttyymmnn > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:42

No, as Longbow said, it was just fugly. Just give us a wagon and be done with it.

shop-teacher > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:42

I was asking myself the same question the other day, because I saw one. I want to say no, because they’re hideous ... but the also fugly BMW and Mercedes versions of this really fly in the face of that analysis.

benjrblant > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:44

Kinja'd!!!

Spanfeller is a twat > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:44

So... SUVS are becoming lower and more car like with sweeping roof lines and cars are becoming taller and SUV like with sweeping roof lines.

I suspect that asking for a wagon is out of question?

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Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:45

That was already the fattest generation of Accord and the Crosstour only made it fatter. However, the Crosstour is an objectively great car. My carpooling partner had one and preferred that I drive, so I drove one for a few months in city traffic and freeway traffic. It was roomy, fast enough, economical enough, and pretty nice to drive. It’s only vice is that the visibility is very poor.

I don’t find it attractive, and it looks more like the CUV monstrosities to me than the sedan liftbacks like the A7, Stinger, etc. It would certainly look less out of place in today’s market, though.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:45

The crosstour is a genuinely very ugly car. The stinger and buick are good looking (8/10) with much more cargo room. The Crosstour also directly competed within honda’s own product line, like the CRV/pilot. The cross tour is like Honda’s own Subaru Tribeca, or the chevy malibu Max.

random001 > LongbowMkII
02/28/2018 at 14:46

That’s the thing. I liked the idea of the Crosstour, but...ugh...

The Venza looked a bit better, but still...

Ash78, voting early and often > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:49

Yep, just like the orginal Pacifica and Freestyle predicted the crossover trend. Too bad they were so ugly.

Truth be told, I think the only reason Honda didn’t make the new Accord a liftback was because it would be a Crosstour all over again. People within the company would have been pissed.

Cash Rewards > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:49

I’dgo with the Ford Taurus X for that

Future next gen S2000 owner > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:49

The Crosstour was branded as a cuv, no?

Textured Soy Protein > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:50

The Crosstour was trying to be a fastback Subaru Outback but ended up just looking like butt.

benjrblant > Spanfeller is a twat
02/28/2018 at 14:50

Or eventually everything will assimilate so much that we can’t tell one class from another?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:50

I think you may be a bit loopy from the pain meds for your ankle...

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:50

I said before, they just missed what BMW did with the x4 and x6. Take a suv, make its back end droopy and lower it by a couple inches and all of a sudden, its an SUV coupe! They should have just called it the CRV coupe and they would have sold millions!

Spanfeller is a twat > benjrblant
02/28/2018 at 14:52

maybe we’ll start 3d printing everything and we go back to coach built exteriors and the only important thing the manufacturer does is the interior?

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
02/28/2018 at 14:55

When we bought our 13 Civic, I told the salesman that the new Civic looked like a smaller Crosstour. He looked at me like I had snakes growing out of my head, but I think there is a definite resemblance. If it’s a sedan, it should have a proper trunk.

Stapleface > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:57

Yes, I do believe it was.

When I purchased my Civic 3 years ago I was talking to the salesman about it. He said he liked the car and it was probably his favorite car on the lot. He said it was quite fun to drive for being what it was.

HammerheadFistpunch > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:58

No, it was too ugly for success. This works

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This? Nononon

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surprisingly similar actually, but most humans also have similar shapes yet some are better looking than others.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 14:59

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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > benjrblant
02/28/2018 at 15:11

The Maxx was very a wagon. And actually a very decent vehicle all things considered.

Well, at least in SS form. But seriously, it had some great features that are nowhere to be found in anything new... at least not in the same package.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > benjrblant
02/28/2018 at 15:13

We’re getting there already

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 15:13

Best liftback

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ivnic8 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 15:31

Before the introduction of the crosstour, there was many spy shots of a true tall wagon from Honda. It looked great. Then the crosstour was introduced, and was universally panned because of its looks. It should have been a true wagon. It would still be available today if it were.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 15:39

I think you meant to say “one generation too ugly”

Klaus Schmoll > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 15:51

Kinja'd!!!

Maybe it was too late?

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > benjrblant
02/28/2018 at 15:52

I loved the Maxx as a kid.

I even had a toy one.

OmerCarrothers333 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
02/28/2018 at 16:11

I think I’m the only Oppo/Jalop that can honestly say he had an Accord CrossTour.

And as I’ve said at every opportunity, it was a great car, but it was marketed wrong. It should have had the Accord grill, with a lower stance, and marketed as the Accord Sportback, a poor-man’s Audi A6 instead of an upscale Outback.