- hatchback 37,235
- 3,481 below average
- 18,493 good
- San Fernando, CA
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- autoshopper.com
- 3,481 below average hatchback 37,235 gasoline black automatic
The big hatchback opens wide to the cargo area, while lift-over height at the rear bumper is not much taller than a midsize sedan's. However, its sheetmetal is more like the current accord, thanks to revisions for 2013. Honda has said it's more rugged looking, presumably because there's more black plastic in the fascia at the front, rear and rocker panels. We don't get rugged out of that. But we do see a cleaner shape at the nose, thanks to its mimicking the latest accord. two engines are available. Lanewatch is included with the ex v6. all-wheel drive, which honda calls real time 4wd, only comes with the ex-l v6 35,140) or ex-l navigation v6 37,240). Every v6 model has18-inch alloy wheels with p225/60r18 all-season tires. safety equipment on all models includes six airbags, electronic stability control, abs with ebd, tire pressure monitor, active front headrests, and side impact beams. Available safety features include lane departure warning (ldw), forward collision warning (fcw), and lanewatch blind-spot display. It's similar to the bmw x6, but swoopier. One long character groove extends from the top of the front fenders through the door handles, climbing slightly to the taillights, contributing to the vision of the raised rear. The roofline flows in the opposite direction, its slope so long and shallow that the vast rear glass seems almost flat. A black spoiler contains the horizontal brake lights, but it's lost in the tinted privacy glass. the hips appear huge, like no midsize car we know. The fascia below the front bumper contains a horizontal stretch of black plastic with a silver-colored faux skid plate. Add mesh around the foglights, and it all looks cheap. the pillars are blacked out, and a chrome rim surrounds the glass. The rear corner is a sharp triangle following the roofline, back behind the c-pillar, where there are no passengers to look out the tinted glass triangle. we wonder what it would do to the car's lines if there were no chrome. The seats were not too firm, not too soft, not too wide, and not too flat. Rear-seat headrests have been tweaked to improve this, but it's still bad, because of the roofline and the obstructive horizontal bar at the deck. That's structurally necessary, because of all the glass (it contains the chmsl brake lights). It's annoying, if not unsafe. We don't know what can be done about it, in a car with this much glass in back. The toyota prius has the same problem. what we liked second-least was the complicated radio tuning. We think it's a dastardly plot by manufacturers, because nowadays it seems they're all like that. Not to mention non-intuitive thinking. The distraction is dangerous. instrumentation is clean. The speedometer and tachometer contain crisp, white numbers on a black face, with nice silver rings that change colors at night, into a moody electric blue. That information should be displayed in a smaller box ahead of the driver's eyes. On the nav screen, it takes up more space than needed. the standard rearview camera is nice and clear, but the optional/upgrade lanewatch blind-spot display malfunctioned on us. In the couple years since these systems were invented, we've gotten hundreds of warnings in cars we've driven, every single one of them false alarms. The basic problem is sensitivity. Climate Control✔ AM/FM✔ Tachometer✔ Sunroof/Moonroof✔ Leather Seats✔ Bluetooth✔ Navigation System✔ Alloy Wheels
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