![]() It bears a solid yet agile look, borne out by its basic solidity and dynamics.Ĭoncentrations of cargo inevitably cram every station wagon at times. ![]() Yet overall the wagon comes across as distinctly trim-and trimmed for distinction. The Accord's liftgate and taillights also fail to mesh as smoothly as they might. But the windows along the appended "boot" don't blend into its shape-or the shapes of the other side windows-as seamlessly as the artwork led us to expect. The wagon's bodywork remains leanly handsome, especially the aggressive nose, slick shell, and glassy cabin. Honda proves again that it can simultaneously move its markets in fast-forward and rapid-rewind.ĭespite the stylish original plan, some details slipped away between the early rendering and the final fendering. More irony: Honda will build the Accord wagon in the States-at its Marysville, Ohio, plant-for sale here and for export to Japan. But get this: the freethinkers who dreamed up this potential flood tide work not out of Honda's Japanese R&D center and studio but its American think tank and design enclave in Southern California. It lacks, perhaps, in the sheetmetal what looked so attractive on the sketch pad. Yet the Accord Wagon hasn't come out as svelte as we expected. Like a cloudburst in the desert, here comes the Honda to gully-wash the status quo. If the sketch came true, the Volvo, Mercedes, Ford, and Audi stylists would soon be frantically whittling away on some fresh five-doors. Unlike many styling studies, this one was restrained enough to suggest a producible vehicle instead of a pure pipe dream. Its shape promised to outprofile even the world's most handsome five-doors. About fifteen months ago, when Honda's forward thinkers introduced today's Accord sedans and coupes, they showed renderings presented as their own mouthwatering wagon. The first three showed up rounded, the last starkly boxlike, but all remain classy and well proportioned. ![]() Mouthwatering station wagons come few and far between: the Audi Quattro, the Ford Taurus, the Mercedes 300, the Volvo Turbo. From the February 1991 issue of Car and Driver.
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