2011 Honda Accord Crosstour Reviews

The Honda Accord lineup will be given a major boost with the arrival of an all new 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour. The Honda Crosstour has its own followers.

The Accord is available in a wagon version dubbed Crosstour, and it's the first Accord with a rear hatch since Honda dropped the Accord wagon in the car's 1998 redesign. The Accord Crosstour comes in front- or all-wheel drive.

As for the performance data, the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour fortifies its suspension to be able to provide enough support to the additional 300 pounds of the vehicle body. This year’s model will offer a single engine choice: the 3.5-liter V6 engine that can produce a maximum of 271 horsepower.

A. The fuel economy rating for the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour is not expected to change. The front wheel drive is expected to deliver an average of 18 mpg on the city and 27 mpg on the highway.

The 2011 Honda Crosstour is a tall, five-door hatchback based on the Accord sedan. While the Accord sedan is bread and butter for the mid-size class, the Accord Crosstour design, as well as packaging, is quite polarizing, eliciting love-it-or-hate-it reactions.

Its 7.6 inches higher than the Accord sedan and rides a couple of inches higher—though its six inches of ground clearance are about the same as that of the sedan.

Mainly because of its added heft and height, the Accord Crosstour gets significantly lower fuel economy than the Accord Sedan: just 18 mpg city, 27 highways for the front-wheel drive model, 17/25 with AWD.

The good: The stereo in the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L produces detailed sound quality. Cylinder management increases highway fuel economy and all-wheel drive gives the Crosstour extra grip in slippery conditions.

The bad: The navigation system has poor-quality maps and no connected features, such as traffic information. Two separate voice command systems mean two sets of buttons on the steering wheel.

Honda's effort, the 2011 Accord Crosstour, just might offer the kind of practicality and drivability that buyers crave.