I know they're called "friends" or "fans" or "followers" or whatever, but Honda's new not-a-wagon, not-an-X6, not-a-Murano, not-an-Impreza, the Crosstour, is not feeling much love on Facebook. The complaints run the gamut:
- that thing is fugly, it looks like an Aztek.
- that thing is fugly, it doesn't look anything like the EU Accord Wagon.
- that thing is fugly, it has a giant ass, and
- that thing is just plain fugly.
It's gotten to the point that Honda's PR folks had to issue a statement saying, basically, "Am not! I'm beautiful. My mom [target market] says so!"
Honda fanbois unleash haterade on official Crosstour Facebook page [jalopnik]
Honda Responds To Facebook Crosstour Hatefest [jalopnik]
Honda purges some comments from Crosstour Facebook page--yeah, comments made by a stealth Honda employee [autoblog via dt reader jj daddy-o]
A momentary Facebook server blip the other day prevented me from adding an impulse post of "All the bulk of a wagon with only 50% of the utility".
To be fair it's not just the Crosstour, the whole segment needs a reboot; I was really hoping for a nice little family-friendly Lancer wagon but when the Sportback finally came out, it showed up with an unusably tiny cargo space, unlike the previous square-ish Lancer wagon.