Honda Presents 2013 Crosstour Facelift with a $525 Lower Starting Price

Honda has made some questionable decisions on its North American products over the past few years, and it is (literally) paying the price by hurrying in facelifts to rectify some of the problems for cars like the Civic sedan and the Crosstour.

The updated 2013 Crosstour comes exactly three years after Honda launched the high-riding liftback on the American market in November 2009, initially as the Accord Crosstour before it changed its name.

We first saw the crossover model wearing its refreshed skin at the New York Auto Show this past April, though, at the time, Honda baptized it as a concept. As expected, nothing has changed on the production version with the redesign giving the Crosstour a slightly more rugged exterior look.

This was achieved through a new and more prominent front grille, redesigned front and rear bumpers that now accommodate protective black moldings and silver trays, along with matching side sills. The newly designed alloy wheels in sizes 17- to 18-inches, depending on the model, a fresh assortment of colors round out the exterior makeover.

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Vossen Wheels Slams Down and Rims Up Honda Crosstour

The Honda Crosstour, be that in its original form or even in facelift guise as it appeared at the New York Auto Show earlier this year with sales to start later in the fall, hasn't exactly won consumers with its looks. Here is where the aftermarket industry steps in.

Miami based wheel manufacturers Vossen is showing off a uniquely tuned example of the pre-facelift Honda Crosstour fitted with a rather discreet aero package comprising front and rear aprons and side sills.

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2013 Honda Crosstour Concept Shows up with a Fresh Face at the New York Auto Show

If you were looking for Honda to present a brand-new Crosstour model at the New York Auto Show, you lucked out.

What Honda brought to the Big Apple is essentially a subtly refreshed version of the current Crosstour, which launched in the market in December of 2009 amidst snarky criticism about its looks.

Most changes can be found up front where the Crosstour gets a new chrome grille that's pushed back along with a more rugged-looking bumper with pronounced fog lamp housings and a protective plate.

At the back, even though you may not notice it, Honda says there's a revised tailgate that sports "a more horizontal design to add visual width to the sculpted lines at the rear", while the bumper has also been redesigned and features the same black moldings as the front bumper.

The new contrasting moldings on the doors and the redesigned alloy wheels complete the exterior revisions for the 2013 model.

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First Official Photos of the Honda Crosstour Concept, 2013 Ram 1500 and 2013 Lexus ES Leaked?

The automotive pundits over at Cheersandgears seem to have scored a hatrick of scoops publishing what they claim to be, the first official shots of the Honda Crosstour Concept, the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup truck and the 2013 Lexus ES sedan, all of which are set to make their world premiere at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday, April 4.

Beginning with Honda's concept model, if this image is indeed real, then the Crosstour study is nothing more than a light facelift of the current model with a revised snout sporting a new chromed grille and a more rugged-looking front bumper, plus different wheels and protective black cladding all around.

The second picture allegedly shows us the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup truck, which looks like it gains a reshaped crosshair grille with a full-chrome treatment (at least on this edition), new headlamp fixtures, possibly featuring LED daytime running lights, and a redesigned bumper with new fog lamps.

The Chrysler Group has already revealed that the 2013 Ram 1500 will get a new 3.6-liter V6 Pentastar V6 matched to an 8-speed automatic transmission.

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New Honda Crosstour Concept to Debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show

It seems like only yesterday that Honda presented the Accord Crosstour, which soon after dropped its Accord moniker and is now simply known as the Crosstour.

To be precise, it's been two years and a couple of months since its market launch in the States, which is very short time in automotive years, but not soon enough for a replacement if you ask (most) Honda fans.

Today we learn that Honda has green lighted a successor based on the soon-to-be revealed ninth generation Accord, the coupe version of which was previewed through a concept model at this year's Detroit Motor Show.

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February Recalls: Toyota RAV4, Honda Accord, Crosstour and Ridgeline, Ford F-53/59 and Maserati GranTurismo

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced several recalls in the first week of February.

Starting with Toyota, the Japanese carmaker has issued a recall on a total of 427 RAV4 vehicles manufactured from November 24, 2011, through December 19, 2011, because the curtain shield airbags may not deploy. Toyota said it would check the RAV4s and if necessary, replace the assemblies. The safety recall is expected to begin in early March.

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New Four-Cylinder Honda Crosstour Costs $2,685 Less than V6, Starts at $28,465*

Honda is expanding the range of its Accord-based Crosstour model with the addition of a four-cylinder, two-wheel drive version that goes on sale today priced from $27,655, or $28,465 if you include an $810 destination and handling charge. That's $2,685 less than the equivalent V6 model.

The new entry level Crosstour sports a 2.4-liter i-VTEC inline four-cylinder engine that develops 192 horsepower matched to a standard 5-speed automatic transmission, delivering 21 mpg city and 29 mpg highway, an improvement of 3 mpg and 2 mpg respectively over the V6 model.

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Honda Adds 2.4-Liter Four-Cylinder Engine to 2012 Crosstour Range

We were expecting Honda to drop a four-cylinder engine to its renamed Crosstour model (previously known as the Accord Crosstour) for a quite some time now, and today, the Japanese company finally made the move.

Scheduled to go on sale in the U.S.A. in the beginning of January 2012, the new base version of the Crosstour is fitted with Honda's 2.4-liter i-VTEC inline four-cylinder engine that produces 192-horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 162 lb-ft. of torque at 4,400 rpm.

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