Texas

This thread should be combined in the next gen (09)TSX thread. Note the MDX grill and smiling cat face...secondary market should do well selling better looking grills for the new TSX if this makes production.....American Accord coupe looking better all the time...

LuvMyTSX

@ "smiling cat face"

Mokijoki

Funny to see the difference in taste confirmed :-) I didn't mean it in a bad way, but the US Accord would never sell in europe... Not the old one and not the new one...
This is just a concept.. If they'll change anything before going into production it'll be the grill.... If not, be prepared, because your TSX will again be based on the european (and japanese) Accord :-)

dereksmalls

If they put the 2.3T and SH-AWD with a 6MT in this "Tourer", I would be first in line. It's funny how even in Europe they are trying to change the way they say "station wagon". They typically call wagons "Estates" in the UK, or at least they used to. At least they didn't fall into the "Crossover" trap.

titan

It's pretty good looking... Standard Honda/Acura fare, so, not ground breaking. The styling is more of the same, but attractive.

Deity711

I like it a lot, except for the wheels. They look almost truck-ish.

JediMindTricks

interesting.

LuvMyTSX

Agreed. Hopefully the sedan will have slightly more exciting styling.

PatrickB

Sly Raskal

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at the grille Other than that it looks decent.

Yumcha

I like it! Now if they can slap the SH-AWD into that...

biker

This will be a repeat of 03 - the Euro Accord debuts at the show in early March, Europe gets them by the end of the month and the TSX is available in April.

Considering the time line (less than 6 months from production), the production version can't be too far behind this concept.

marakbai

meh value for $ is all that will make me choose this over the C3004Matic ... it's nice, but not earth shattering ... I'd love to see what the TSX specs out at.

Type_S

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Maybe the TSX will look this after all:




Looks really similar to the wagon.

justinangil

Looks like a mini-MDX.

Moog-Type-S

Oh noes!!!! A rendition of the MDX grille on the TSX?!?!?!

The rest of the design is allright...but nothing to write home about.

JoeC1982

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not feeling it from the one pic i can see. fender flares don't go with the front end at all.

JoeC1982

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way too much front overhang, must be the front impact regulations.

dom

Not liking any of it. Those headlights wrap around way too much.

New Mazda 6 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This thing

JoeC1982

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the rear of the 6 reminds me of the new Sebring(tailights) and Lexus Is(rear 3/4)
http://blogs.edmunds.com/.ee9e239/cm...osure..ee9e23a

The A4 S Line looks nice from this pic
http://blogs.edmunds.com/.ee9e426/cm...osure..ee9e427

Mokos23

Now I wonder if the next TL will also borrow these lines from the Accord Tourer. The TSX and TL have the same overall bodystyle right now except for the side indent in the TL and the different rearend, but that's it.

ostrich

Ooooooooh! I love it! What a beautiful wagon! If it's ever going to be sold in the US (which I seriously doubt), I am gonna get one! In the meantime, all I can do is to drool....

Belzebutt

Front and back can very easily be different for the US version, like the US Civic has different shape head and tail lights than the Japan model. The Acura grille is guaranteed to be somewhat different too, this is a Honda grille.

What wilL NOT change is this massive front overhang which I REALLY don't like. Why must Honda cars be so front-heavy...
(Yes, I know, it comes with FWD...)

If the front proportions are more like the Sports 4 concept then it's ok, otherwise I'm not so sure... Does every Acura really HAVE to have a 60%/40% weight distribution?

Texas

The wagon may make it with the new diesel & be called a TSX…hope they lose the MDX blade grill and smiling/jolly cat face…..not to mention the Dolly Parton bumpers (points for the non-USA/country crowd…)...anyway we have some interesting stuff on the way..and SH-Awd will be on the TSX...

biker

...and you know all of this because....

Texas

biker, got the SH-awd from a GM returning from national meeting last year stating that they would probably add SH to all new models, ie RDX, TSX and TL....The wagon is a maybe when the oil burner comes over (my deduction).....just hoping the pointed bumpers and grill do not reach production.

LuvMyTSX

I hope not too. The pointed rear bumper is really the only thing I'm not liking. It looks weird.

ostrich

It's funny how we liked different things - I really likedt he pointed bumper! I thought that it was very characteristic of Acura and it makes it different from many other vehicles out there.

ostrich

Yup, I have a feeling that the new TSX will be based on the European Accord (as much as we do NOT want it to be.... sigh...). The main difference probably will be that SH-AWD will NOT be available on the European Accords, whereas the TSX will be with SH-AWD, just like the rest of the new and upcoming Acura line-up. That's my speculation.

swift22

this seems to be the new trend.."wagon" so i can see it selling...but as an accord wagon...NOT a TSX.

Why.........we need an f-ing coupe damnit! WTF!

biker

There's not much to debate here - the TSX will most certainly follow the current gen and be a badge whored EuroAccord (Executive model to be exact). If the platform supports it I see no reason Honda couldn't offer SH-AWD on the EuroAccord as well - it would be another selling point in Europe where they don't have any AWD sedan offerings (besides Legend which sells very few units).

I just don't see any wagon making it to the US - I mean look at Acura - 1/2 their sales are from SUVs. Do you think they'd want to cannibalize those sales with a lower priced/lower margin wagon?

The diesel coming over does make sense, just not in the wagon.

First with the USDM Accord and now with the EuroAccord, Honda is debuting a high volume model in a lower volume form (coupe for USDM Accord and wagon for EuroAccord). Do they want to hide the sedan till production?

Texas

Swift, I was fairly sure a TSX coupe was coming but got a mixed read lately…my guess is TSX coupe probability is 60 % and you may not like the engine as a 6 will probably not make it….my guess….. a lot of us are hoping for a coupe…like in give us a choice please…

Tuner

Does anyone else find the design evolution to be backwards?? Is this Honda's indication of what the next TSX will be?!?!

I like the Sports4Concept a WHOLE LOT better (especially the headlights)...





The 'Accord Tourer' shown at Frankfurt lost the 'Sport' from the first concept...



I hate headlights that connect directly to the front grille (think new STi, USDM Civic, JDM Odyssey) and the hood/fender flares that made the Sport4Concept so slick are now completely ABSENT. I hope Honda isn't going in the direction I think they're going (conservative non-sporty).

Moog-Type-S

Honda seems to be taking many steps backwards lately, both in automobiles and motorcycles.

Mokos23

Time for a new Honda CEO and new Honda designers? Also, new Acura CEO and new Acura designers? I think so.

dom

That Accord is a mess.

dom

I hate agreeing with you but I have to in this case. The NSX and Sedan concepts that came out last year were unbelievably bad. And the Euro and new NA Accord don't help matters.

Moog-Type-S

I don't know if anything that drastic is needed, but indeed, change is needed at Honda.

JediMindTricks

wasn't there some news awhile back about acura having its own separate building, designers, and engineers?

did that go through?

LuvMyTSX

yes, it opened in the spring in CA