2010 Honda Accord Crosstour

Honda has revealed more info and photos of the upcoming 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour. Based on the Accord sedan, the Crosstour hatchback will leverage the Accord’s performance and handling, presumably sharing powertrains and car-like road manners with the sedan. However, it will offer a higher seating position akin to the "command seating" position common to SUVs.

The design is aerodynamic, sporty, and functional, concealing a cargo area that can hold larger items that couldn’t fit in a typical Accord. The Crosstour will be positioned above the Accord, so expect pricing to start in the upper $20s and extend into the $30s. It will complete most directly with the Toyota Venza wagon that went on sale last year. (The Crosstour should not be confused with the upcoming Acura ZDX shown at the 2009 New York International Auto Show, which may look similar in photos but is derived from the MDX SUV.)

Further details including pricing will be revealed closer to production.

The Crosstour will be at dealerships in October.

—Liza Barth  

Comments

[coolcar]

Wow... I didn't think something this ugly could come out of Honda!

Why is everybody into the swoopy, nonfunctional design of such cars as the Crosstour, ZDX, prius, Insight, BMW x6, Porsche Panamera, and BMW 5-series GT, and the ill-fated Pontiac Aztec???

Just give me a proper wagon, please...

[Cars for sale]

That is a gigantic grille.. It overpowers the ugly blacked-out headlights
The Accord Tourer looks perfect just as it is. Why must they reinvent the wheel to fit into some imaginary new product segment?

[Cale]

Saying the car is "ugly" just reflects the "popular" thing to say about the Crosstour. Lots of trash talk, little substance.

I can understand the Scion xB owners wondering what all the fuss of swoopy design is all about, but for the rest of us it seems pretty clear that continuing the roof line in a gentle arc to the rear promotes a sporty appearance. It is a automotive design feature used extensively over the years and featured prominently in the following sports cars: Porsche 911, Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, Jaguar XKE, Jensen Interceptor, Mustang Fastback, etc.

I applaud Honda's design team and like this addition to the Accord lineup. SUV design has become a cliche of its once "rugged" image. With early CUV design mimicking SUV design consumers were trapped into buying what amounted to a truck look-alike if they wanted the all-weather capabilities and the elevated driving position of an SUV.

The Venza and Crosstour offer consumers a sleek and modern interpretation of the CUV, one that severs the SUV-roots once and for all. I think this style is going to prove very durable. It's certainly a departure from the extremely staid design of the current Accord, Civic, Pilot, Fit, and Insight.

The only shame is that Toyota beat them to the punch with the Venza and will get credit for bringing the CUV-fastback to mainstream car buyers.

Aztec-like? Bleh.

[coolcar]

The fast back design is less efficient when it comes to cargo room. Why should anybody buy this over an Accord Sedan, CR-V, or a Subaru Outback? It is far too expensive, is impractical, ugly, and does not offer much more than even other cars from the same brand!

The grille from an Odyssey, headlights from the TL, roofline from the Insight, wheels from the Pilot. Yuck.

Where did the wagons go in the USA?

[Cars for sale]

Honda almost had styling right, but then here comes the current gen TL. It's all been downhill from that point. I've always liked Honda, but this is a car that probably isn't needed in a niche so small that probably didn't even need to be created. Do car makers really like making their cars ugly on purpose?

[Car Reviews]

You know, this thing would be almost bearable to look at if the front end actually matched the rest of the car. Instead, it has Acura TL headlights and an Odyssey grille enlarged to 150%

[Ben]

I have to wonder if somebody in some back room at Honda decided that they were going to test the loyalty of their customers by making progressively uglier and uglier cars to see how far they could go before sales dropped. First there was buck-toothed TL, next there was snout Pilot, and now we have Dunkleosteus Crosstour.

Problem is, Honda drivers really honestly don't care how bad the cars look. Too bad for the rest of us who have to look at these awful designs every day on our way to work.