Motor Trend Blames Social Networks And YOU For Hate Of Honda Crosstour Design

Motor Trend Blames Social Networks And YOU For Hate Of Honda Crosstour Design
From MotorTrend...."Guess what, automotive blogosphere, Honda's Accord Crosstour is not the design catastrophe you so deliriously predicted.

Prior to the new Crosstour's traditional introduction, Honda, rather innocently, released early images of the Crosstour on Facebook. However, these social networks can often be less than sociable gatherings. Snap a finger, and a bunch of collegial car-loving "friends" can transform into a pack of frenzied piranhas. And on their menu last September was the complicated-looking Crosstour, which was spilling blood in the water even before it was properly introduced to the mainstream press. Okay, so just about every car company these days is upping the ante with their online stripteasing, leaking a photo here, releasing a gallery to a social network there, but this time, the viral publicity machine chose to bite back -- and bite back hard. Oh, for the days when a new car was revealed to the world with one mighty whiskaway of a black sheet at a major car show."

This is a snippet from Kim Reynolds Honda Crosstour review

Can you believe the NERVE of this writer claiming that THEY are right and the social networks like ours got it wrong lambasting the design of the Honda Aztek, er, Crosstour?

And they had the gall to claim that the majority of you are "collegial car-loving "friends" and "a pack of frenzied piranhas"?

They're almost relegating us to 'Tea-Bagger' status.

What an insult!

The CONSUMER couldn't POSSIBLY know if a design is good or bad.

Only the hallowed buff book writers that live in the puzzle palace should be given THAT kind of responsibility.

It couldn't POSSIBLY be that the Crosstour is absolutely hideous, could it?

And that Honda's mistake was they didn't "properly introduced to the mainstream press" first?

Hey, MotorTrend, do you guys REALLY think in this day and age, you're STILL all that?

You go on the same trips we do and I can safely conclude that 95% of the "PROPER" motoring press wouldn't know a great car design it it whacked them in the face.

One of the biggest reasons the American car companies got in so much trouble is because THE BUFF BOOKS have been giving them a pass since Noah was on the ark.

Their ad dollars OWN you and you just sat there (Look at the Crosstour ad at the top of this review!), shut up and took the trips, the perks and the bucks.

SHAME ON YOU!

It's no wonder, your mags are 1/5 the size that they used to be.

And it ain't gonna get any better for you guys anytime soon!

Especially with attitudes like that!

Thank God for the social networks, the blogs and the entire internet for democratizing this automotive world for the first time in forever!

AutoSpies.com readers, give these MUTTS the REAL review, the one that REALLY counts on the Honda Crosstour design.

And let them hear what a REAL rant can sound like!

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kuvakas1kuvakas1 - 12/14/2009 12:41:51 AM
-6 Boost
Motor Trend is right. As a matter of fact, I think I smell a "MTCOTY" coming here...the ultimate kiss of death for any new car!


DaHarderDaHarder - 12/14/2009 1:06:44 AM
+15 Boost
From my perspective...

Not a single person with functioning eyes needs any additional incentive to dislike this automotive abomination.



ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 12/15/2009 5:20:41 PM
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yea, really! how about this idea. the "Hate of Honda Crosstour Design" may actually come from... Ready for this one... Its DESIGN!!!


uhn2000uhn2000 - 12/14/2009 2:03:04 AM
+6 Boost
This thing has got to be the ugliest thing to come out of Honda in recent memory. What in the world were they thinking.


bmwdrvrbmwdrvr - 12/14/2009 10:14:34 AM
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well you insulting, and generalizing everyone because they dont have your opinion about cars is just as ignorrant as amatuerish article. Im confused as to how those brands relate to being self righteous as the denotation of that phrase has nothing to do with a brand of car. Clearly ignorrance is bliss, because your post can be more properly identified as self righteous....ignorrace disgusting.


Agent63Agent63 - 12/14/2009 5:16:07 AM
+3 Boost
For a car magazine that has a reputation of being biased and 'paid off' they have no right to complain and blame sites like Autospies.com or any sites with a social community. Did they get upset because Honda paid them to be upset?. Lets not be too naive here folks.


pcar4evrpcar4evr - 12/14/2009 5:33:40 AM
+3 Boost
Hey 001, I understand your passion, but stating the obvious with a holier-than-thou attitude makes you kinda sound a little, may I say

douchey


Agent00JAgent00J - 12/14/2009 8:23:07 AM
+2 Boost
001

I don't know if you saw it or not (and I am trying to find it) but one of the editors of MT (I believe) took a jab at one of the auto websites calling them something along the lines of pompous or something that, and then went on to reference their web traffic versus whoever it was they were referring to.

Upon reading the column, my thought was that the jab may have been at AutoSpies.com, if you haven't seen it let me know I'll find which issue and column had the jab, but this article this morning seems to tie in line with the battle being raged right now between print versus internet media.

-00J


fatandsassyfatandsassy - 12/14/2009 9:03:18 AM
+1 Boost
Who gave Motor Trend the license to tell us what we like and dont like. I would rather here details and info from the consumers about a car than these paid writers. I buy cars after I do my own research and drive the car myself. I have never taken advice from MT. I owned a 2005 MD C class 4 cyl turbo. MT never gave this car any time of day. That car got insane MPG, had plenty of get up and go, looked great, built tough, and was never written with good comments from them. Who really needs MT and who pays and reads magazines anymore. Social sites are the future.


fatandsassyfatandsassy - 12/14/2009 9:04:28 AM
+6 Boost
OH YEAH - the HONDA Crosstour is the most BUTT ugly thing I have seen. HONDA and ACURA are really having design issues.


lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 12/14/2009 10:02:02 AM
-1 Boost
Amen to that. Meanwhile at Infiniti...they are doing quite well


lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 12/14/2009 10:03:17 AM
+1 Boost
the honda CT ad is on the pic above there...


Agent001Agent001 - 12/14/2009 10:04:53 AM
+2 Boost
I see the ad there now on mine.

Could be served up by region although 00R saw it on his PC yesterday in NY.

001


lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 12/14/2009 10:05:01 AM
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By the way, who;s to say that we cant say that the Crosstour is ugly? Free speech anyone? If people dont say something about crappy design, it will never get better! Honda needs to fire their whole desing team.


WillisWillis - 12/14/2009 10:26:22 AM
+6 Boost
I remember when I admitted on here that I liked the Honda Accord Crosstour from a styling point of view. At the end of the day I was deboosted to something like -14. Quite funny.


truckmantruckman - 12/14/2009 11:16:51 AM
+1 Boost
I prefer wagons over sedans because they are functional, I don't care how ugly it is, but this isn't as functional as it can be and it is ugly. Although it is going to safe and reliable. If they made the rear hatch a full wagon I would consider it.


EL34EL34 - 12/14/2009 12:03:04 PM
+2 Boost
The Honda Crosstour is ugly, flabby and slow.


JUGNUJUGNU - 12/14/2009 12:30:21 PM
+3 Boost
Crosstour to me is definitely the ugliest car Honda ever produced.
I think out of present cars only BMW 5-GT come close to the ugliness of crosstour.

JUGNU


richard112360richard112360 - 12/14/2009 3:08:51 PM
0 Boost
It's so hideous looking, I could vomit!!!!


lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 12/14/2009 3:30:55 PM
0 Boost
I hate how the big fat rear overhang reminds me of...well, i guess everyone knows the rest. The coupe-style suv thing isnt working with me at all.


M53RM53R - 12/14/2009 3:43:10 PM
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What they are basically saying is that " If you don't like the CT, then you're an idiot! " lol. Man, that thing is ugly..


Type707Type707 - 12/14/2009 3:50:47 PM
+1 Boost
Blame us for their design failure??? We're just critics! We have the right to implement our opinions on whats HOT and FUGLY. Obviously Hondas crossover...well...looks like Grannys ashy feet. Nasty, dry and Stank!


commander104commander104 - 12/14/2009 5:10:22 PM
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Now could somebody just compare it to the Venza since that's the only reason it's around.


commander104commander104 - 12/14/2009 5:17:54 PM
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well if it's marketed like a beach buggy like the MT pics show, I suppose it could pass--I do think it looks good in the sand--would be better if a wave came up and hit it


Agent001Agent001 - 12/14/2009 8:27:36 PM
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My favorite comments so far on my facebook page:

David Edmundo Loji HuiAre they blind or something??? Its so blatantly ugly like a lot of their current work. Take the new Acura TL, the Honda Ridgeline and even the Accord sedan. Sure, great engineering,quality and reliability but styling is so lame.
Sometimes it looks like they are correcting their styling trends (previous Acura TL and current Accord coupe), but they backslide in a spectacular way.
Yep. Thanks for the Crosstour the Pontiac Aztek is no longer alone
9 hours ago · Delete

Dan ZimmerLol! Facebook didn't make the Cross Tour fugly. Honda did.
2 minutes ago · Delete

001


Agent001Agent001 - 12/15/2009 2:21:15 PM
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Special thanks to Ryan and all the friends at ClubLexus.com for their opinions...

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/car-chat/469729-autospies-rips-motor-trend-a-new-one.html

Some good ones:

PhilipMSTP

Thank God for the social networks, the blogs and the entire internet for democratizing this automotive world for the first time in forever!

I like this quote.

1Sicklex

can't believe I'm saying this but GO AUTOSPIES!!! Having read that same review on the Crosstour, I shook my head in disbelief of the token "Honda press fanboi pass" they used again.

For quite sometime now I have publicly blasted most of these mags for their childish conclusions, amateur writing and biased ways especially towards Honda/Acura and BMW. Its CRYSTAL CLEAR to people.

Hey Motor Trend, these social "sites" have replaced you as the new means of relevant auto news. If (when) you die off, the only people sad will be those few loyal subscribers.

MadMax2K1

Ha ha, this is a brilliant response.

In other news, Motor Trend offered to renew my subscription for $6/year and I declined.

JoeB427

They'll probably keep sending the magazine to you.

I get MT,Car&Driver and Road&Track for a couple of years now free after my subscription expiration date.
I guesss the circulation number for ad dollars is more important that the $6 or other number renewal fee.

001






GodgoreGodgore - 12/18/2009 4:43:24 PM
+1 Boost
That's a MONZA!


mggraymggray - 12/20/2009 2:35:59 AM
+1 Boost
"combines the excitement of a minivan with the fuel efficiency of a Corvette." LOL

And, this guy's comment is so perfect; I couldn't say it better:
connermt (11/03/09 06:51 AM)

. . . "First they killed the Integra, then had the Civic kill the RSX (great business planning BTW). Then they killed the nice (but over-priced) S2000. They they restyled the Accord into something uglier than the previous model (bravo). They replace the sharp TL with the Dr. Suess looking current model, give the RDX a doopey looking face, and slap all the Acuras with that stupid chrome "shield" (hey Honda - it's not 1989 anymore - chrome is over).
Lastly, they insult us with the ugly ZDX & even uglier (didn't think that was possible but you proved me wrong) Crosstour. And THEN call it the top of the line Accord?
What the h*ll...?!?
What blind person is in charge of their design department?!?
Wow."
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