Comments on: Honda considering four-door Accord coupe?

By: impulsive facts

impulsive facts — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:20:13 +0000

Imitation is just what? An OBJECTIVE FACT?!

Too bad the “final arbiter” of LLN attended the grammar class as the LLN bloggers.

What’s wrong, Impulsive? Did the girls all make fun of you in high school when you showed up and revved the engine in your Dodge Aries 4 door coupe?

By: save saab

save saab — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:27:11 +0000

1115: For the first time ever, I totally agree with you. Now with all these good small cars (especially the Kia Forte) I think honda’s bread and butter car the new civic should be the car that should be focused on. I’m not sure about a SH-AWD TSX (Even with the base TL gone) because it would maybe create some in house competition, but it could work.
Back on the 4-door Accord coupe. Forget it. Enough of these stupid body styles that make no sense at all.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:36 +0000

I think HONDA said “We are considering a Four door version of our much more attractive and sporty (Can’t forget sporty) Accord Coupe. Not that the Accord Sedan is ugly, but we want to sucker a few more import performance neophytes before they realize that DETROIT is the real REAL DEAL and can deliver. The Malibu and the FUSION has us just a bit nervous… just a bit…”

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:34:02 +0000

If only VW would roll out a CC TDI and a CC W8…

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:24:24 +0000

Another FACT … my subjective views are OBJECTIVE FACTS. Most everyone else posts subjective nonsense which I then have to correct with OBJECTIVE FACTS.

Imitation is just that … I stand alone as the final arbiter here and any monkey who even THINKS of trying to copy, imitate or somehow mimic is a jealous peasant. That’s just more FACT.

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:45:52 +0000

Accord crossover…thats what they are planning. It looks like a BMW X6. 4 door coupe….Mercedes tried that and it was a failure. Honda will go slowly when it comes to bold moves. AWD crossover coming out this fall.

By: Sly Raskal

Sly Raskal — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:33:34 +0000

Four doors = Sedan.

Do us a favor and stop calling sedan’s “Four Door Coupes!” Any manufacturer that calls a sedan a four door coupe are only making fools of themselves.

UGH!

By: leftwingagenda

leftwingagenda — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:20:55 +0000

the current accord coupe struck me when it first came out because it actually had some style…honda has been so very bland as of late…my first car was a honda prelude…nothing special, really, but it was an easy to drive and fun car with a big fat sunroof (i’m talking about the boxy mid-80s prelude here)…so honda eventually killed off the prelude, putting out some questionably styled models along the way, and the only other car with any style to it that they’ve put out is the S2000 and that was nearly 10 years ago now…(i’m pretending acura doesn’t exist for the purposes of this comment, btw)…

the current 2 door civic looks sorta cool, in an over-angular way…but it doesn’t really grab me…the accord coupe, though, made more of a statement…it’s a big fat cruiser of a coupe, of course, but i’m interested to see the sedan version…

i’m agnostic on how you want to define a coupe, but here’s what dictionary.com has to say about it:

“coupe
1 /kup/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [koop] Show IPA
–noun
1. Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.”

By: impulsive facts

impulsive facts — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:23:57 +0000

Fact: an opinion can only be subjective, not objective

Fact: Impulsive is (one of) the moron(s) on this site.

By: shane train

shane train — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:25:12 +0000

The Four Door Coupe, brought to you by the people who made the Hatchback pickup and the convertible wagon.

By: Hyperion

Hyperion — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:46:15 +0000

I applaud any car-based usage of the 2.3L turbo engine but…. there is no such thing as a “four door coupe”!

Honda already has a good looking “Accord Coupe” that is actually a *coupe* with two doors.

By: bigp

bigp — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:32:00 +0000

they need this lol i dont care if it wont have the awd system

By: Reventon4

Reventon4 — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:11:03 +0000

If this information is correct then it is in fact a good news because Honda is a much reliable company than say a toyota [engine quality]. Anyway when Cadillac came up with a sporty design for CTS or CTS-V everyone drooled. So looks are a huge deciding factor on whether or not a customer will buy a car and so far honda do not have a car of that sort except maybe the Civic si mugen or the Accord coupe [little bit]. If they can build car with aggressive looks without the beak nose for Acura they sure do have a winner. People buy Honda for reliability not looks and its about time Honda needs a do it all over again sedan or coupe either from Honda or Acura. If they can do that then it is good. I also think Honda should ask their customers for feedback. Like give a design for public feedback over a time period and gather the data and make that car kind of like what Microsoft is doing with Windows 7

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:45:20 +0000

Sorry ‘Rafa’, one of your two subjective comments are NOT fact. Yes, this new consideration is BS.

By: Borat

Borat — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:14:14 +0000

Terrence the Terrific Train No.3, try Civic SI with 6 speed manual.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:49:45 +0000

Please.
Just.
Stop.

By: shaver

shaver — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:03:18 +0000

Call it what they want, just dont call it original. Honda used to be a leader, now they just seem mislead.

By: strongbad

strongbad — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:56:49 +0000

I am pretty sure a CC has an A, B, and C pillar, so its a sedan. Like someone said, suicide doors like the RX-8 is a ’4 door coupe’.

Anyway, I like the current Honda Coupe Fixed Roof Convertible.

By: Terrence the Terrific Train No.3

Terrence the Terrific Train No.3 — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:13 +0000

I agree on the “4 door coupe” crap, but I would love to see a smaller, sportier sedan with turbo 4 and 6-speed dual clutch gearbox.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:44:43 +0000

“Four-door coupe” isn’t an oxymoron. A coupe or sedan designation has nothing to do with the number of doors a car has.

Coupe: four structural pillars (A, B).
Sedan: six structural pillars (A, B, and C).

Hence my Accord “coupe” is a two-door sedan, and the mistake Honda is considering making here could be a four-door coupe. Granted the word “coupe” is almost universally regarded to mean “having two doors”, or (in America at least) “it looks a lot sportier than it deserves to and you should buy it.”

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:26:09 +0000

That should read 5 series GT*

By: 04focus

04focus — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:10:43 +0000

Really, the only “4-door coupes” I’ve seen in recent years would be the RX-8 and the Ion Quad Coupe.

Everything else is just a sedan.

By: krautninja

krautninja — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:08:19 +0000

so, while the accord sedan isn’t bad looking, its definitly not attractive, the accord coupe on he otherhand, is rather attractive i like the direction they took with it. If honda goes through with it, i hope it takes more the direction of the accord coupes stylings…it might actually work. but it would need that turbo 4 from the rdx so its not simply a guised up accord sedan. it needs somethin to separate it. and WRATH…you forgot one company that nailed the 4door coupe and that is the Lambo Estoque… polarizing, YES but its damn good looking, that cant be denied one bit.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:06:05 +0000

Woh, wait a sec. The VW CC is been so successful due to it’s rather affordable price and German nameplate making it a interesting, albeit less practical choice in the midsize sedan catagory. What Honda is thinking of is a semi-luxury car, if badged as an Acura, that would cost upwards of $35,000 to start, not quite the value leader of the CC.

I can see it, I guess, competing with the CC V-6, but to be a true CC competitor, I don’t see it at all. Especially given Honda’s, um, interesting (crappy) designs in the past couple years. I love you Honda, but I could find better designers off the street. VW has you beat when it comes to making a car look good, and stay classy on top of it.

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:58:36 +0000

Fact: With new BMW 5 series nobody would want to buy anything else.
Fact: That’s some serious Bull$hit above.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:27:12 +0000

‘shane’, you fool, outside of politics ‘mayer’ most often nails it … you NEVER nail it … I ALWAYS nail it … you don’t matter here … FACT.

‘Borat’, the Accord is OBJECTIVELY unattractive … more FACT.

By: ricky_b

ricky_b — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:23:31 +0000

I do agree that technically, 4 door coupe is an oxymoron. I will say that the MB CLS and VW Passat CC are really interesting to look at and it people want to buyt them, then let them. I don’t mind looking at them on the road. I am surprised that Honda would release this is a Honda first and not an Acura.

By: shane train

shane train — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:08:39 +0000

mayer_ray_nagin- Despite disagreeing with you all the time, I have to say that’s EXACTLY what everyone should want from Honda. And Toyota for that matter. The S2K may have been fun to drive, but they need something affordable, to go back to the CRX and stuff like that. Affordable fun.

Real Honda fans know that they’re going in the wrong direction. Lousy Honda fans like 1115 who praise what they do now have no idea what Honda should be doing.

By: wrathofkwon

wrathofkwon — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:51:35 +0000

This “4-door coupe” trend is interesting. Only the Merc CLS and the VW Passat coupe have done it right. The Rapide will also look fantastic, though I think the Porsche Panamera will suffer in the design department (pregnant 911). Honda needs to go back to its roots. The current design is too busy, bulging headlights, too much chrome, basically amounts to slapping Nike Shox soles onto wingtips. Bring back design elements from the last generation Prelude and clean things up.

By: coolguy8157

coolguy8157 — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:30:29 +0000

I cant wait for this mess to be on the roads…who in this world needs a dressed up accord for a premium price ? obviously there r many who dont care for the looks nor the performance than premium brandish (?) 30mpg 4 banger….I cant see how these 4 cyl are getting into the premium market..holy crap.

By: bcjohnso99

bcjohnso99 — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:26 +0000

The design languages of the current Accord and all Acura products do not lend themselves to the sleek looks of a “4dr coupe”. Since I don’t see Honda changing their design language any time soon, this is likely to be one horrible mess of lines, creases and curves.

Not that they make anything is is good looking, but this could be a real disaster…

By: leftwingagenda

leftwingagenda — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:08:52 +0000

careful, johnny, somebody will accuse you of being a proponent of the 2016 CAFE standards down here in the states with talk like that…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:46:53 +0000

Many ideas have achieved life by simply resorting to the old tried and true method of throwing the metaphorical lump of fecal matter against the wall to see if it sticks. The four door coupe would in this case be representative of said lump. And I for one am at least grateful the resultant products are not two and a half ton quasi SUV luxo barges with the interior volume of a subcompact masquerading as some kind of perverted lifestyle choice while doing nothing more than hauling one passenger, their blackberry and briefcase. It is sad however that not only will that concept probably also stick but we’ll end up having to fix the hole in the wall as well.

By: Borat

Borat — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:35 +0000

On the subject of 4 door coupe: it is a misnomer or marketing gimmick. Seems to work for VW so everybody is jumping on the success wagon. This shall pass.

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:03 +0000

Im getting tired of these “4 door Coupe” things. I think that Honda needs to concentrate on
-Making a new Civic bc the Mazda 3 and the Kia Forte are looking great
-Offer VTM4 wheel drive on the Accord (in limited numbers)
-Get rid of the base model TL and let the V6 TSX take over the slot, Maybe even offer SH AWD and possibly a hybrid version
-Work on a new rear drive based SH AWD RL for Acura

By: Borat

Borat — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:14:32 +0000

Actually, current Accord isn’t bad. I personally like it looks and it is not a bad ride, considering size/dimensions and practicality. And if you can find tester on dealer lot with manual (not an easy task) it is outright competition for A6 even with 4 cylinders.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:08:18 +0000

How about Honda consider building a car again that is fun to drive and isn’t äss-ugly. They haven’t done that in maybe 15 years.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:05:31 +0000

God dämmit, if its got 4 doors, its a sedan. I don’t care about how many cubic feet of interior volume there is, and neither does anybody else.

By: Go Saab

Go Saab — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:05:21 +0000

A “four-door coupe”? You mean a sedan, beacuse that is what a “four-door coupe” is.