Honda Cars : More Honda "Crosstour" pic's | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Once again, our spy photographers caught up with Honda’s upcoming Accord-based crossover - not far from where we originally shot it earlier in the week, but this time we managed to get a bit closer! Honda fans have been asking lots of questions and speculating, and we think this newest set of photos will satisfy most.In response to Toyota’s recently launched Venza crossover, Honda is preparing a new CUV based on the Accord. Believed to be called the CrossTour, the latest shots show reveal the forthcoming CUV’s interior as well as engine bay. Although visually similar to the upcoming Acura ZDX, the CrossTour will not ride on the ZDX’s platform.

Based on a modified Honda Accord chassis, this all-new crossover vehicle will start production in September of this year at the East Liberty factory in Ohio (the ZDX will be produced in Alliston, Ontario). The Accord CUV will slot in-between CR-V and Pilot and will look to do battle with Toyota’s new Venza CUV. It will likely be called the CrossTour.

These early-production prototypes are powered by Honda’s 3.5 i-VTEC engine, but earlier this year, we observed powertrain mules testing alongside a 2010 Acura RDX. We also noticed these mules accelerating rather briskly, so the 2.3L, four-cylinder turbo motor from the RDX may also have a chance of making it into the Accord CUV.

One thing we can say for sure about this vehicle is that AWD will be an option. A close look at this prototype reveals that it has a rear differential. More than likely, this means the car has Honda’s VTM-4 AWD system.

Source;
http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-crosstour.html

Honda Cars : Something New is Coming to Honda! | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda has quietly slipped this onto their Future Models portion of the US website, I am pretty sure they are talking about the 'Crosstour' (spyshot pictured below).

A completely new Honda vehicle is on the horizon. We can’t tell you anything about it just yet, but if you sign up for the New Model newsletter, you’ll definitely be ahead of the curve.
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http://automobiles.honda.com/future-cars/

Honda Cars : Introducing....2010 Honda Accord Wagon, Spyshots | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Wow, those temple of vtec people have been busy....
VWVortex Member Michael J Balisky was vacationing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he spotted this posse of Crosstours getting their test on. I guess this sighting lends a lot of credence to the October 26, 2009 onsale date rumors that were just posted. Mr Balisky does not list an e-mail address in his profile so we were unable to contact him. Here is a lnk to the thread at VWVortex: name the car (spy pics)

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http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=834186

Honda Cars : TOV: Honda confirms crossover is coming this fall, also confirms it's NOT ZDX-based | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Straight from Temple of Vtec;
With all the rumors that have been flying around lately, there has been some confusion surrounding the "CrossTour". I now have some information that I can share, and it came directly from Honda PR.

First of all, Honda has confirmed with us that a new "Crossover" vehicle will be going on sale this fall. The delay that was rumored earlier is false. That said, Honda has not confirmed nor even acknowledged that the name will be "Crosstour". They are simply referring to it as the 2010 Honda “Crossover Vehicle”. I asked whether or not this would be based upon the same platform as the ZDX, and surprisingly they confirmed what we had heard earlier, and that is that it will NOT be based on the ZDX. Beyond that we were told that no further official information would be released until later this year, so we were unable to confirm anything regarding the powetrain, seating layout. While you're here, why don't you vote in the poll we just crafted: 2010 CrossTour Spy Shot Styling Poll

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http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=834301