LAST AUTO NEWS – HONDA TOUGHENS UP WITH ‘ALLROAD'
Last Auto account – Honda toughens up with â??Allroad' At aboriginal glance, the car in our spy attempt looks like a Honda Accord Tourer on tiptoes. But on afterpiece inspection, clue signs appearance it’s advised for the asperous stuff.Set to be badged the Honda CUV, the newcomer blends the all-terrain allowances of a 4×4 with the acumen of an estate, and proves the Japanese maker is toughening up to yield on the Audi Allroad and Volvo XC70.
At aboriginal glance, the car in our spy attempt looks like a Honda Accord Tourer on tiptoes. But on afterpiece inspection, clue signs appearance it’s advised for the asperous stuff.
Set to be badged the Honda CUV, the newcomer blends the all-terrain allowances of a 4×4 with the acumen of an estate, and proves the Japanese maker is toughening up to yield on the Audi Allroad and Volvo XC70.
Flared wheelarches acknowledge the foreground and rear clue is wider. And abaft the aback doors is an added inch or two of metal – hinting at an continued wheelbase. The abeyance has aswell been jacked up to accord bigger arena clearance.
The CUV’s four-wheel-drive manual will be akin to Honda’s accepted 2.0 and 2.4-litre petrol engines and 2.2 i-DTEC diesel. Production of the Accord-based newcomer is set to alpha appear the end of the year.
Honda has aswell appear a ambit of accessories for its new Insight (driven on Page 27). The exoteric backpack brings a adventurous bodykit, chrome B-pillars and Crystal architecture admixture wheels.
Interior upgrades cover ambient lighting for the footwells and centre console, as able-bodied as a Honda-branded carriageable sat-nav that mounts to the dash. Further data and prices will be accessible after in the year.
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