Soverighn

absolutely dreadful... the rear end is the only semi-redeeming quality

mltk53

ewwwwwwwwwww

MeehowsBRZ

What is this?!

Ken1997TL

Its a prototype, its not the final product, so before you all get make a mountain out of a molehill, keep that in mind.

dom

Like everything that came before it. (08 Accord, 04 TL, 07 RDX, MDX etc.... Its 95% production.

What a mess.

phile

True. But the initial teaser pic showed this:



But we got this instead:

dom

^ And Honda's tradition of concepts that look no where near as good as their drawing's continues.

phile

^ Agreed. But really, I was not expecting it to be boxy at all, given that teaser pic.

mltk53

rear reminds me of a liberty and the front reminds me of the escape

BurnabyTSX

somebody chop some 30" wheels on the prototype, and you'll be surprised how close it comes to the teaser pic... only the headlights look different otherwise

mltk53

i really dont understand what is up with the headlights~


some more pics for those who havnt seen em

BurnabyTSX

^ why do those headlights remind me of transformers?

mltk53

cuss it is a transformer

Mokos23

I'm guessing this Pilot might have the same output as the Accord V6, 268 hp.

sifuacura

iTrader: (1)

transformer the movie 2, 2009 release

fsttyms1

those headlights dont flow with the rest of the body shape

dom

Probably more.

charliemike

Horrific. Front end is a disaster and the rest of the vehicle has been purged of any curves. It's like a Honda Commander (and that's not a good thing).

datadr

Can you say Isuzu Trooper?

JediMindTricks

the current pilot > this "concept"

and +1 for the CX-9.

MeehowsBRZ

Maybe Honda wants to help Mazda sales.

joerockt

That whole front end fails.

LuvMyTSX

Agreed. It really reminds me of the Jeep Commander (as someone else pointed out) or the Dodge Nitro. I despise those boxy looking vehicles, and the Nitro is just downright pitifully ugly. I'm not liking this new Pilot, but I suppose I should wait until I see it in person before making a final judgment.

LuvMyTSX

I feel as though these concept pictures really deviated from the previous ones. The ones we saw before looked WAY better, like a totally different vehicle.

Black Tire

hmmmm..reminds me of a slab of steel...that's all.

CCColtsicehockey

looks like a chevy tahoe to me.

Moog-Type-S

Another bad design from Honda. Honda is failing. It looks like a Trooper/Jeep bastard child.

Honda: Going forward in reverse.


...the concept interior is nice....but it won't look like that in the final production.

titan

The entire design sucks.

silverf16

The answer to the original question is: It's not you, this thing is really UGLY. There goes sales figures for the future Pilot.

I love the part in the vehicle introduction when John Mendel turns to the public, and asked, "what do you think?" Somebody should have spoke up and tell him the truth. Damn, Fukui was there in person and need to hear it in person.

joerockt

I've never understood how designs like this actually make it this far. All the different people just in this thread alone and nobody likes it. Wouldnt they have got the same results from a test market? Baffling...

sdho

ummm MDX to this? what the?

AsianRage

everything!

Moog-Type-S

Well the MDX was not much of a looker to begin with.....

Sarlacc

What the hell are you talking about moog. The current civics were a HUGE leap foward. As are the new Accords. I can't but turn my head at the new sedans, so good looking.

As for this concept. Needs a new grill, headlights prob arent production, otherwise its following the boxy SUV trend, and I actually kind of like it, just need to see the interior. Its WAY better the current Pilot.

So, where exactly are the designs going backwards?

keg1997

But it looks a helluva lot better than this. The MDX flows from front to rear. I agree with the previous comments that the front end and rear end to not mesh. It is like they went weird and futuristic on the front end/headlights and then went old school/retro/boring on the rear. I wonder if they'll take the same approach to the interior....driver side is futuristic and passenger side is retro...ala Lincoln

LuvMyTSX

LOL....Lincoln has some of the worst interiors ever IMO. Whenever I see one, I think, "Welcome to 1971."

Mokos23

i love the video on vtec when john mandel asks, what do you think? there is a slight silence and then forced clapping. i kind of wish someone went, "go back to the drawing board". it's ugly!

F23A4

Stylewise, Murano > *. As with the 1G, I am certain the 2G will be a well built SUV with a great powertrain and respectable gas mileage but it also carries the same ugliness from the 1G as well.

...and to LuvMyTsx's post with regard to Lincoln. For has been hit (Mustang) or miss (Lincoln, Thunderbird) with that retro theme.

TacoBellSauce

i was planning on trading in my 04 for the 09
but im now gonna go with the X5

mltk53

oooo the new x5s are pretty nice.