Honda CrossTour CUV to enter production in September

When you think about the Toyota Venza, Honda’s upcoming CUV model makes a lot more sense. The 2010 Honda CrossTour was recently spotted by a man on vacation in the Smokies. Detroit News is now confirming that the car 2010 CrossTour will enter production in September at Honda’s East Liberty factory in Ohio.

The model will be slotted between the CR-V and Pilot and will take on the Toyota Venza CUV.

Power is expected to come from Honda’s 3.5i VTEC and the 2.3L 4-cylinder turbo from the RDX. Now word on whether Honda plans on offering AWD on the CrossTour.

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Agent00R - 6/19/2009 11:31:26 AM

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All of these crossovers are beginning to look uglier and uglier.

Can anyone just produce a simple, good looking auto anymore without getting design crazy?

sold2early - 6/19/2009 12:36:48 PM

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How about this for an ad slogan: "Like an Accord, but with less visibility, less gas mileage, more cost, and no more usable space!"

theoptimisticpessimist - 6/19/2009 3:09:54 PM

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LOL

db350z - 6/19/2009 2:08:36 PM

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Ugly.....what is wrong with Honda???

finishline - 6/19/2009 3:02:42 PM

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I don't mind it. Plus, isn't it hard to tell what it will look like with all that camouflage on it? I want a hatchback where I can throw my bike in the back, AWD...I think with the 4Turbo from the RDX, it could be a nice vehicle for me.

Whelan - 6/19/2009 4:08:12 PM

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That is not so much a Venza as the Venza has a bigger rear section for storage instead of this overly sloped Porsche Panamera BMW X6 rear styling.

I would call this the Honda X6. And IMO it is a slap together from the parts bin. I see Civic taillights with a Insight hatch, throw on some Accord Coupe wheels, Civic headlights to match the tails, and a CR-V grille.

EL34 - 6/19/2009 6:27:13 PM

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It's a jacked up station wagon.

Give me a sledge hammer and I'll restyle it :-D

doctorproctor - 6/19/2009 6:42:51 PM

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How is this to compete with the Toyota Venza which has a wagon body...this is nothing more than an Accord hatchback. I drive and love Honda's but there's nothing uglier than a very large hatchback! Why not produce a separate body style like what Toyota has done with the camry-based Venza ... which is far better looking.

Designer1 - 6/19/2009 7:17:56 PM

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Its just a hatchback Accord. Ugly.

commander104 - 6/19/2009 7:55:31 PM

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Saab people! Did everyone forget they were the oringal car for this design?

commander104 - 6/19/2009 7:57:57 PM

+3 Boost

maybe u could look at it as the poorman's panamera

truckman - 6/20/2009 4:34:39 AM

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It's small for a station wagon, If it's going to be ugly at least it better be useful.

truckman - 6/22/2009 12:45:54 AM

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The Toyota looks better and would be more functional, Honda should get a different design team at work here,I would rather have a Honda, but not here.

clsboy - 6/20/2009 11:26:33 PM

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At least the tail lights on this look to be better than whats on the current Accord!!!

auronsicero - 6/21/2009 2:35:09 PM

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It looks like a pear.