Honda Crosstour is a front- or all-wheel drive SUV of a full-size class, in which (according to the automaker itself) the inclinations of cars in various body types "coexist": the practicality of the station wagon, the dynamism of the coupe and the cross-country ability of the off-road vehicle ...
Its main target audience is middle-aged men (usually family) who prefer outdoor recreation (that is, trips off paved roads) and like traveling long distances ...
The official premiere of the restyled Honda Crosstour took place in April 2012 - at the international auto show in New York, but only then only as a concept ... and its production version was "born" in November of the same year.
Compared to its predecessor, the car has undergone a serious modernization (and the point here is not even that it lost the "Accord" prefix in the name) - the exterior was refreshed, the interior was thoroughly redrawn, a new V6 engine was separated in tandem with a 6-band "automatic" and expanded the list of equipment with new systems.
"Crossstour" looks non-trivial, expressive and (due to its impressive dimensions) very respectable. In front, the five-door flaunts an aggressive look of lighting technology, a multifaceted chrome "shield" of the radiator grille and a raised bumper with a protective strip in the lower part, and at the back it has a peculiar shape, showing stylish lights, a large fifth door and a bumper with two exhaust pipes.
In profile, the car is perceived as a huge hatchback with a long hood, sloping roof and heavy stern, the "all-terrain orientation" of which is emphasized by wheel arches of impressive size and solid ground clearance.
The scope of the Honda Crosstour is really impressive: its length is 5020 mm, width - 1900 mm, height - 1560 mm. The size of the wheelbase of the crossover is 2797 mm, and its ground clearance reaches 205 mm.
When equipped, the "Japanese" weighs from 1698 to 1865 kg (depending on the modification).
Inside, "Crossstour" meets its inhabitants with a modern, attractive and rather presentable design - a classic "toolbox" with dial gauges, a weighty four-spoke multi-steering wheel, an impressive front panel, in the center of which two color displays flaunt (the upper one displays a map, information on a board computer and other trifles , and the lower manages the audio system and media center) and a neat "microclimate" unit.
The interior of the car is finished mainly with high-quality plastic, which is diluted with exhibitions "like wood" and "like metal".
The front end of the Honda Crosstour is equipped with wide seats with unobtrusive lateral support, soft padding, a large number of electric adjustments and heating. At the back there is a comfortable sofa with an optimal backrest tilt and two-stage heating and a normal supply of free space (but only for two, since the third will be inconvenient to sit on a hard "bolster" in the center of the pillow).
The trunk of the crossover in normal form is able to accommodate 457 liters of luggage, and in addition to this, it is soundly trimmed and supplemented with a 54-liter underground. The second row of seats folds down in a 60:40 ratio, resulting in a completely flat area and increasing to 757 liters (when loaded along the glass line) volume. The small-sized spare wheel at the five-door is suspended under the bottom from the outside.
The Honda Crosstour is powered by one of two naturally aspirated gasoline engines, to choose from:
- The "base" car is equipped with a 2.4-liter in-line "four" with an overhead camshaft, an aluminum block of cylinders, a 16-valve DOHC timing belt, direct fuel injection and an i-VTEC valve control system, which develops 194 horsepower at 7000 rpm and 220 Nm of torque at 4400 rpm.
- "Top" versions relies on a V-shaped six-cylinder 3.5-liter unit with a single overhead camshaft, direct "power" technology, a 24-valve timing mechanism, a variable valve timing mechanism and the function of deactivating three cylinders at low loads, which produces 281 hp. at 6200 rpm and 342 Nm of torque at 4900 rpm.
The "junior" motor is combined with a 5-speed "automatic" and driving front wheels, and the "senior" - with a 6-band automatic transmission and an all-wheel drive transmission with a multi-plate clutch in the rear axle drive (up to 50% of the power can be directed here, if necessary).
The crossover has good driving characteristics: from 0 to 100 km / h, it accelerates after 8.1 ~ 11.1 seconds, and reaches a maximum of 190 ~ 194 km / h.
In the combined cycle, this crossover consumes from 8.4 to 9.8 liters of fuel for every "hundred" of the run.
"Crossstour" is based on a "front-wheel drive" platform with a transverse engine and a monocoque body, the power structure of which is 46% of high-strength steel grades. An independent suspension with double wishbones is installed on the front axle of the car, and a multi-link system is installed on the rear axle (in both cases, with hydraulic shock absorbers and anti-roll bars).
As standard, the five-door has a gear-rack-type steering mechanism, but on the version with a 194-horsepower motor it is supplemented with a hydraulic steering booster, and with a 281-horsepower "six" - an electric booster with variable characteristics.
At the front, the car is equipped with ventilated disc brakes with a diameter of 296 mm, and at the rear - with conventional 305 mm devices (in the "base" - with ABS and EBD).
In the secondary market of Russia, the Honda Crosstour in 2018 is sold at a price of ~ 900 thousand rubles (but much depends on the condition, equipment and year of manufacture of a particular instance).
By default, the five-door is equipped with: six airbags, 17-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone "climate", ABS, ESP, a lane control system, an assistant when starting up the hill, an electric sunroof, a leather interior, heated front and rear seats, a media center, a rear-view camera, an audio system with six speakers, bi-xenon headlights and a host of other "gadgets".
