View Poll Results: Worst Honda/Acura design from the past year?
2009 Acura RL
14
24.14%
2009 Acura TSX
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10.34%
2009 Acura TL
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37.93%
2009 Honda Pilot
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18.97%
2009 Honda Accord sedan and coupe
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5.17%
2009 Honda Fit
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3.45%
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Which is the worst Honda/Acura design from this year and last year?

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Old 07-29-2008, 09:35 AM
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Which is the worst Honda/Acura design from this year and last year?

Take your pick from the poll......

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I voted TL. It's basically a tossup between the TL and RL for me. The grilles are nasty on both of them.
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2009 RL/TL/TSX all of em, ugly

The new Accord is hot! Sedan and Coupe.
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Picks of 2009 Accord?
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Originally Posted by cTLgo
2009 RL/TL/TSX all of em, ugly

The new Accord is hot! Sedan and Coupe.


I like the Accord coupe, sedan is whatever to me.
Old 07-29-2008, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
Picks of 2009 Accord?
i meant to put 2008 Accord sedan only. too many 09's i got carried away.

btw, for the record the Accord sedan isn't all that appealing to me, but the Accord coupe is sweet!
Old 07-29-2008, 10:16 AM
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Ahh, I like the 2008 Sedan...
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The new Accord is a bloated Crown Vic.

The new TL/RL/MDX/TSX are all ugly. The designer should be shot.
Old 07-29-2008, 10:30 AM
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But if it had a GTR badge then you guys would love it

Like everything else, im sure the new grill will grow on all of us.
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i voted for 09 TSX it looks like a classy Saturn.
sorry for the soon to be owners of the 09 TSX.
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Originally Posted by gatrhumpy
The new Accord is a bloated Crown Vic.

The new TL/RL/MDX/TSX are all ugly. The designer should be shot.
the sad part is that designer is being given more and more models.
he or she started with the MDX with that "funky grille".
then the TSX, then the RL and TL.
about all to fuck up is the RDX
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You should have separated the Accord Sedan from the Coupe.
Sedan =
Coupe =

btw...TL =
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This poll is busted!

We should be able to vote for more than 1 model.

There is a whole lotta ugly on that list.
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This thread should have been for which one you like the BEST....not which is the worst.
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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
This thread should have been for which one you like the BEST....not which is the worst.
That would have been an easier choice for sure.
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This should be multiple choice.
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RL ... disappointing when it came out and the "facelift" definitely put it a rung or two lower. TL? Most of us haven't seen it in person yet! I will give it at least a chance to redeem itself with the naked eye ... pics sometimes doesn't do a car justice.

And as others have already said ... current Accord sedan is love-it-or-hate-it but the coupe generally has most people very agreeable to it. (I thought about a new Accord coupe for a split second then remembered it's FWD ... then went back to the original plan and bought a G37).
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I don't consider any of them ugly but I dislike the Pilot the most.

Followed by the RL, TSX and TL.
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I will take 09 Accord coupe and fit.

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The only thing I like so far about the new TL is the interior. The entire exterior is ugly. The front, rear and sides. Looks like an Autobot in the front, they tried to imitate the guillotine grill look in the trunk (fail) and the sides no longer have some sort of characteristic horizontal lines to make the doors look shorter than they actually are. Tall doors look like shit, it reminds me of the new Tundra

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Originally Posted by Crazy Acura
But if it had a GTR badge then you guys would love it

Like everything else, im sure the new grill will grow on all of us.

Lol, if it had the performance of the GT-R I could give a crap about the grille!
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Originally Posted by majin ssj eric
Lol, if it had the performance of the GT-R I could give a crap about the grille!
LolzorZ, if it had teh performance of teh GT-R then it would be teh greatest car evar!!!1@@~!!
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Pics would have been nice
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Originally Posted by pttl
You should have separated the Accord Sedan from the Coupe.
Sedan =
Coupe =
THIS

I voted TL, with the TSX a close second
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i also think that the accord sedan and coupe should have been separated.

since it wasn't, i voted for the RL. couldn't choose both the RL and TL.
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I was going to vote TL but I didn't feel that was fair since I haven't had a chance to see one in person or from a multitude of angles (I think it looks like it will be fugly but I'll give it a chance). I'm pretty indifferent on the rest so the RL takes the top honor as the ugliest in my book.
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I wonder who came up with the bucktooth grill design, Dick Collivier?
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I voted Pilot. The RL I have gotten used to and i think the TSX and TL are good considering what they could have been. I really like the new Accord IMO
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I chose the TL as it's bad coming and going. . The RL is not bad once you see it in person, other than that BIGASSED grille. Its rear is fine. The TSX looks really good in person as it looks like the new grille was fitted perfectly to it.
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I would have to vote for the 2009 Whiskers.

hideous thing.
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They were all quite a disappointment to me except for the Accord and perhaps Fit.
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RL ... disappointing when it came out and the "facelift" definitely put it a rung or two lower.
As for the face lift, the rear of the car looks great, but yeah that front end is too busy.

I think the Pilot gets the vote because it just looks bloated, like a big Tonka toy. And whoever designed the power plenum should be fired. Immediately.
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and we should definitely have more polling options than just one - like someone mentioned earlier... there's a whole lotta ugly on that list.

I dont know why the new fit is on there though.. that little thing looks badass - like a last gen civic SI wagon and a honda oddysey had monkey sex and this thing popped out 9 months later.
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i'm not feeling the new accords, compared to the last gen.
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To me, the new Accord Coupe V6 =
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The RL looks horrendous. The TL's grill is horrible but the rest of it looks good IMHO. The TSX is sharp looking (exc. grill) but its downfall is a respectable but relatively gutless motor. <COUGH>K23PLEASE!!!<COUGH>

The 8G Accord is styled not unlike the 6G and 7G: it wont take one's breath away but it also won't scare off the masses. It's a family car and is styled accordingly.
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Originally Posted by F23A4
The RL looks horrendous. The TL's grill is horrible but the rest of it looks good IMHO. The TSX is sharp looking (exc. grill) but its downfall is a respectable but relatively gutless motor. <COUGH>K23PLEASE!!!<COUGH>

The 8G Accord is styled not unlike the 6G and 7G: it wont take one's breath away but it also won't scare off the masses. It's a family car and is styled accordingly.
i thought we were done with puns...
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Oh man! Just went over to the 4G boards and got another look at the 09TL. The grille on that car is by far the worst in the Acura line up. The cheese grater is bigger than on any of the other models.

Can I vote for the TL again and again and again and...........................
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The grille on the TL is by far the worst, but I like the rest of the car. I chose the TSX. I recently saw the latest RL commercial and it is really starting to grow on me.

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i used to hate the new grills but wow after goin to the acura dealer im in love wit it, it'll grow on yall, the tsx, RL and TL are all beautiful and unique....

would you really want our beloved acura lookin like Lexus's, BMW's and Benz?

i think not....

time to b bold and fresh


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