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    2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like

    Some VTEC With That Insight, Sir?

    Engine Of The Day: Honda D

    VTEC Will Crush Le Mans, Godzilla Style!

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Same ugly grille, less traveling-sales-rep body (but more Fit). Zero rear/side visibility. Oh, shit.


    Since all of these, statistically, are sold in Massachusetts, where drivers don't signal before merging... she won't be able to see me, and I won't be able to see her, until she's totalled her brand new car, and she's at fault.


    Something else to look forward to. (I say "she" because last I knew, men didn't drive these little crossover-things unless they were over 60.)

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    Image of SgtBeavis SgtBeavis
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Is it just me or does that look like an overgrown Chevy Spark?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/23/09

    @SgtBeavis: I see the resemblance.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    DragonBall Z and CUVs don't mix.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    I'm a sixteen year old looking to get a new CR-V as my first car, and I want to modify it. I have no money, so I can only buy performance parts. I'm thinking some stickers, and a flying buttress.
    I saw an article on Jalopnik about front wings- do you think I should put one on my CR-V.
    Also, because it is a 4x4, how would a thirty inch lift and 44" Super Swampers look? Do you think they will interfere with my performance parts? (You know, the stickers and the flying buttresses)
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    2012 Honda CR-V: Now with more ugly, less quirky utility.


    Copied directly from Chevrolet Orlando design concept.

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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    This looks like it was copied straight from a Hot Wheels video game. If I had mad drawing skills, could I just pull a car sketch out of my butt, slap the name of a popular car model on it, and send it in to a car mag as an "insider" design? Does anybody check this stuff out?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Tetsuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuooooooo...!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Concept illustrations always exaggerate the details. If you believe this picture represents the design direction for the actual vehicle, then we should expect to see some of these design elements incorporated into a more normal SUV shape.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Looks like an Acura, but isn't too bad. But what the hell is it with making cars bigger and bigger? What's wrong with the current size? Don't they have a Pilot to fit that role?
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/23/09

    @MaWeiTao: I have a hypothesis: marketing departments conduct focus groups and surveys, and find that everyone wants a roomier car, when asked what they would like to see "improved" for the next model.


    It turns out, however, that apparently almost nobody is buying the correct size car for their wants.


    Except me. I do not wish my car was bigger.


    It used to be that in the good old days, you'd buy (for example) a Chevy, and if you wanted to trade up to a bigger, more luxurious model, you'd get an Olds or a Buick, and from there you'd get a Cadillac. Nowadays, each brand seems to need to have everything from econoboxes to luxobarges, with wagons-on-stilts in between for idiots.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    Hey look, it's the new Honda CR -zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    I hear that the services at the Temple of VTEC are really slow and plodding at first, but business really picks up about 2/3 of the way through.


    /VTEC just kicked in, yo!

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    It looks smaller, like a crossover Fit (so, you know, angrier). It'll make for weird proportions if that's what the production model looks like.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    06/23/09

    In reply to 2012 Honda CR-V: Bigger, More Akira-Like
    I dunno, seems kinda risky. You know, not having any awkward grille openings or anything...
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    03/25/09

    In reply to Some VTEC With That Insight, Sir?
    THIS CAR IS WIN.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    03/25/09

    In reply to Some VTEC With That Insight, Sir?
    46mpg, gobs of power. I see no downside.


    Well, besides it being a Honda.

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