Our Crosstour is in a scintillating shade I like to call Appliance White. And every Crosstour that I've run into on the streets of Los Angeles has been silver or gray, like the model shown above -- a safe sea of neutrals, with not a red, green or blue in sight. Turns out the Crosstour only comes in seven colors and four of them are neutrals -- black, silver, gray and white.
A company named DuPont Automotive takes a look each year at the most popular car colors in North America. White was the most popular shade in 2010, followed by -- you guessed it -- black, silver and gray. Perhaps Honda and other manufacturers are paying attention to consumer preferences and adjusting their color palettes accordingly. In any case, it's a shame there's not more color on the streets.
Does the model that you drive come in a wide or narrow range of shades?
Warren Clarke, Automotive Content Editor @ ~19,600 miles
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
I rolled in our soon to be departed long-term 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour the other night and was reminded of something. When I worked at Big Motor Car Corp, we worked a lot on JD Power Initial Quality Survey (IQS). A lot.
Of course you know IQS surveys tens of thousands of new-vehicle owners to provide feedback on quality during the first 90 days of new-vehicle ownership. For complaints where our customers had difficulty with operation of any type, we used the term DTU, for difficult to use.
Well I doubt that Honda R&D Americas has had to deal with too many DTU complaints with the Accord Crosstour. That's because everything is easy to use -- the navi, the radio, the HVAC, the center stack switches (even if there are a billion of them), the cruse control, setting the trip odo. Everything.
Everything, except the horrible interactive voice response Bluetooth phone pairing (I hate this in all vehicles so equipped.)
Next time, Honda should put it in the navi screen with a visual-manual interface -- like Nissan.
Albert Austria, Senior VE Engineer @ ~19,600 miles
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
Honda has made a strange ergonomic choice on the Accord Crosstour. One I don't agree with, but one that is, I admit, not much to worry about.
To check your fuel range on most cars, included the Acura MDX and the Honda Odyssey I've driven this week, the number can be found somewhere on the instrument panel directly ahead of the driver. And it can left there indefinitely instead of the odometer reading or some other info the driver may not need very often.
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We were expecting some friends to drop by anytime, so my daughter decided to stalk them from our front yard.
"What kind of car do they have?" she asked.
"A Honda," I replied. "Accord Crosstour, white, like the one I sometimes drive."
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In about a year the lease is up on my wife's Mazda CX-9. And well, it turns out she didn't need all that cargo space and the third row seating she had to have last time around. What to get next?
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Ever been curious as to what kind of buyer purchases a whitish (or, more accurately, Alabaster Silver Metallic, I'm guessing) Honda Accord Crosstour? I know I was, so when I saw one cruising down a trendy stretch of 3rd Street while driving our own white Crosstour, I tailed the car like my name was Jake Gittes or Easy Rollins, just so I could check out the person behind the wheel.
Since I see the Crosstour as a family vehicle for parents (of small families) unwilling to trek into station-wagon or minivan territory, I was expecting our car's doppelganger to be piloted by a harried housewife with crayon stains on her blouse and a wailing toddler in the back seat. Or maybe a spent hockey dad, gazing wearily at the long road ahead.
But this Crosstour driver defied all my preconceived notions.
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Plenty has been said about the Honda Crosstour's exterior design. We admit that it's polarizing, to say the least.
But if Honda was going for a standout car, they certainly didn't miss with the Crosstour. Sure, it's probably the newest car in this parking lot, but it's not just its newness that makes it stand out from the crowd.
Kelly Toepke, News Editor
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On Friday night I was in the Crosstour on my way to meet friends at the Arclight for a showing of "True Grit." Stopped at a red light and felt like I was being watched. Turns out it was the Crosstour that was being watched - the woman in the lane next to me (seemed to be in her mid-30s, driving a BMW Z3 convertible) was giving the car the once-over and she seemed to like what she was seeing.
She saw me watching her watching the Crosstour and smiled, then gave the car a thumbs-up. Now it's obviously not the first time an onlooker has responded favorably to a car I was driving - I've gotten admiring smiles and even a couple of appreciative nods. But this is the first time I've been on the receiving end of such an explicit gesture of approval. A thumbs-up! My very first one. What a special moment. I'm sure the Crosstour felt validated.
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Our Accord Crosstour has memory seats; they're standard in EX-L models like ours and in certain respects, Honda has done a good job with the execution. The memory-seat controls are located exactly where you're expect to find them - high on the door, within ready eyeshot. They're also easy to use - adjust the seat, press "Set," hit "1" or "2" and you're good to go. I had to reprogram the settings and it took me all of three seconds.
But there's one thing I'd change about the way the memory seats operate, if I could.
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My neighbor took a walk-around of the Crosstour this morning. He works for a large Japanese automaker and likes to inspect whatever long- or short-term car ends up in the driveway. As he walked around the back to check out the rear cargo volume, reserving judgment on the car's design, I looked for the tailgate release around the driver's seat. Except, it wasn't there.
Looked around the dash. Nope. Scanned the center stack, steering column. Inside the center console; nope, just a USB cable and AUX input in there. I did find the traction control button next to an empty cubbie where you might stash a garage door opener or pack of smokes.
Really? A big old button and a spot for your American Spirits, but no hatch release?
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It rained yesterday in L.A. That means, besides drivers losing their minds, the roads develop more potholes and ruts. I use a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Glen to see how cars hope with the worst road conditions. The right-hand lane is pockmarked like the moon and, ironically, is in one of the most expensive sections of the city.
How did the Crosstour fare?
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See that on the center screen? Of course you don't, because it's too freaking dark! It seems like the light sensor that determines if it's day or night is too sensitive. In the slightest shade, it makes the nav screen go into night mode. If I were in an unfamiliar city, this could be aggravating, since night mode is pretty much blacked out if there's any ambient light.
Mark Takahashi, Associate Editor
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
Our long-term 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour has a small storage box at the bottom of the center stack, below the CD player. It's easy to miss or forget. That's why I hid my garage door opener in there a while back when I had to valet park. I was pretty sure the valets wouldn't find it.
Perhaps other (somewhat famous) people could hide things in there they wouldn't want discovered. For example, Chris Brown, Tony Parker, or Tiger Woods could place their mobile phones in that stash box so Rihanna, Eva, or Elin, respectively, wouldn't find it.
I suppose you could hide your "medical marijuana" in there too...but that police K9 will probably discover it.
So you'd better limit that stash box to your cheating mobile phone or garage door opener.
Albert Austria, Senior VE Engineer @ 18,650 miles
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
I felt the same wobbly steering wheel that Takahashi noted a couple weeks ago. It's not bad by any means, but I figured it was worth investigating a little further. Pulled the front wheel and found nothing but this pristine-looking rotor. If I were a betting man I would say the other side is probably just as smooth.
Someone in the office suggested that maybe it's the rear brakes? Or maybe it's not the discs at all, but the pads instead? Looks like we'll have to take it in for a proper inspection to get to the bottom of it. We'll keep you posted.
Ed Hellwig, Editor, inside Line
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
As a person who tends to frequent restaurants more than her own kitchen, I can appreciate the Zagat function of our 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour's nav.
Kudos that it can still be accessed even when the car is in motion so the passenger can play concierge while the driver is busy.
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I'm a fan of lumbar support, but seriously, the Honda Crosstour's front seats are extreme to the point that they're uncomfortable. Having the ability to adjust lumbar support to a massive amount is one thing (and for many out there, a good thing), but being stuck with a level that jabs into your back, forcing you into a continual arch, is another. Even with the driver's seat turned to its minimum level, I find it excessive. And the front passenger seat can't be adjusted at all. So if you don't like a ton of lumbar, tough luck.
Mike Monticello, Road Test Editor @ 18,152 miles
Categories: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour
You bet it does. There's something to be said for the ease with which tall wagon/crossover-type vehicles such as the Honda Crosstour swallow all kinds of cargo, including bicycles. Definitely makes it less daunting when you're loading up the car to meet the guys for that chilly, 77-degree January mountain bike ride.
Mike Monticello, Road Test Editor @ 17,989 miles
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"Riswick, don't do that to ours," I say. "Ohhh, you guys have a Raptor?" says the Ford guy at the booth. "For the purposes of this conversation, yes, absolutely."
Anyway, this week of course was the 2011 Detroit Auto Show (you've been following on Straightline, right? ) and in between press conferences and free espresso, I snagged shots of as many of our current Long Termers as I could find. (Note: Some substitutions)
Here ya go!
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Categories: 2010 Chevrolet Traverse,2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor,2010 GMC Terrain,2010 Honda Accord Crosstour,2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD,2011 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ,2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0,2011 Mazda 2 Touring,2011 Toyota Sienna SE
Driving the Crosstour got me to thinking: when was the last real Accord wagon? Turns out that was the 1997 model year. And thus began the comparison of dissimilar fruits. That '97 with its extended, squared-off (i.e. wagon) roofline offered the same seats-up cargo space (26 cubic feet) and likely quite a bit more maximum capacity than the Crosstour's 51 cubes.
Furthermore, the Crosstour still only seats 5, is nine inches longer and weighs 700 pounds more (front-wheel-drive version) In fairness, the Crosstour provides an inch more rear headroom and three inches more rear legroom.has a 271-hp V6 to the '97s 145-hp I4, has more safety and luxury features and gets nearly the same average (combined) fuel fuel mileage estimate -- 21 mpg versus 22 mpg.
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A number of people on my street have left their Christmas trees on the curb, hoping that the city will pick them up. However, the city of Los Angeles doesn't seem to be in a rush to get them, as many have been lying on the street for more than five days. I wasn't going to contribute to this mess and I wanted to make sure that my old tree would be properly disposed of, so I took it to a nearby fire station, one of the locations where the city's Bureau of Sanitation has placed large bins to collect and recycle discarded Christmas trees. The Honda Accord Crosstour was more than up to the task of tree recycling.
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