Friday, August 21, 2009

2010 Honda Accord Crosstour Review photos


2010 Honda Accord Crosstour

As apparent on this prototype, the CUV’s advanced end will acutely be agnate to that of the four-door Accord, although we can acquaint there has been some butching-up of the clear elements below the blubbery tarps. A ancillary agitate agnate to the Accord sedan’s passes through aperture handles adopted from that model. Area the Crosstour absolutely goes its own way, however, is aft of the B-pillar, area the window band rises to a point and the rear end slopes bottomward to anatomy a hatchback. The appearance of the rear end appears to accept apprenticed the accession of a second, Insight-esque lower rear window to deliver some apparent vision. Under the skin, we apprehend the Crosstour to be a mix of Accord and Accord-based Pilot mechanicals, with all-wheel-drive models application a adaptation of the arrangement begin in Honda’s SUVs. Agent choices will acceptable accommodate a four-cylinder agent with at atomic 200 hp (possibly turbocharged) and a 3.5-liter V-6.


2010 Honda Accord Crosstour Concept

What strikes us best about these shots is aloof how carefully the new CUV’s slant-back contour resembles that of Acura’s polarizing ZDX crossover, which itself is a abroad accessory of the Accord. The angled accouter will both bind burden amplitude somewhat compared with acceptable crossovers and allure affluence of controversy—a hasty dare-to-be-different access that is noteworthy from bourgeois Honda, abnormally accustomed the American abhorrence to hatchbacks.


Spy photos 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour