http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup...a/feature.html
http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup.../interior.html

 

Rebadged, really, really ugly Honda's?

 

i hate how honda uses same look over and over. seriously, that's nothing more than an accord with ugly exterior but same interior.

 

This should be in Car Talk: https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/

 

I'm curious what kind of deal has been struck between Honda and these guys...

 

probably have relationships at the executive level...honda def makes some $$$$$$$ to be willing to do this

 

Edit: Can't

 

 

Mitsuoka makes some odd looking cars off Nissans, Hondas.

 

Not that again.

BTW, it's a repost: (can't find it: Title was: "Because the TSX isn't Pimp Daddy Enough)

I already have those picture coming back to haunt me every time I cross that ugly KIA 350 something..

 

What an absolutely lame , unoriginal, and especially incongruent design.

 

Sauceman just found the word of the day: incongruent

 

Nice looking fugly car.... sure I'll take 10.....

 

Please let it stay in Japan......

 

Why did Honda agree to this? Almost as cool as selling Pilot engines to Saturn.

 

Had a nice laugh remembering that thread title.

 

So this fugly ride is a deformed spin-off of a TSX (or JDM Accord?), correct?

How come it's available in 4WD?

I can't read Japanese, but I can figure this table out and it looks like it's saying 4WD is available on the 20ST and 20LX trims...
http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup...equipment.html

 

I think you're right and I'd guess this shows how this platform is ready for AWD.

Bring on the 250hp SH-AWD Type S TSX!

 

Is Hondata out for this car yet?

 

 

:troutslap

 

I don't get it. What are these Mitsuoka things ?

Just TSXs with big body kits?

 

"classic" looking grills and front ends, but everything else is pretty much modern.

never seen these before today...

 

oh my freaking god.. and i thought the ford taurus was ugly.........

 

thread revival

I didn't know about these things in Japan until this thread several months ago. I gather they are small (?) niche-market company turning (or trying to at least) modern cars into "classic" looking ones for a certain market segment

 

Honda does not sell cars to these hack's. They buy them wholesale like a rental car company would and create their own facelift.

This company and others like it do the same for many models. Its hideous, but to each his own. At least they are putting some effort into fit and finish as grotesque as it may be... it shows more thought and care than a Pep Boys fiberglass EK bumper slammed on the front of a Malibu.

The SEA platform does have an AWD model. Its sold in the middle east and south america. Nothing worth getting excited about... its just Honda's real time 4WD. Not worth the additional weight if you ask me.


-SWRT

 

I don't know new hood, new grill....integrated fog lights.....

oh NO!

 

I think it's amazing work that they did.

 

Mitsuoka = the Japanese Callaway

 

This one isn't too bad:

http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/galler...768/orochi.jpg

 

It looks like a cartoon face.

 

Brutal,........just brutal.

 

Yes, it is.
Well, completely redo the front-end and it might look good. That front is freakin hideous!

 

Looks like something that belong in the ocean.

 

The Japanese Accord has the AWD (not SH-AWD) option with the K20A since 2003.

 

OMG! I've seen pictures of this car before, multiple times. This is the first time I realized it came from the Accord. Guess this is what my car will look like when she grows old . . . :-P

 

i think i've seen it before...but is it just me, or does it look like a spider?