The 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour gets a 1 mpg increase in fuel economy and also relocates the confusing climate-control buttons.It's difficult to place the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour into a category. When you compare the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour to top compact crossover SUVs, its shortcomings are readily apparent. Only in rear legroom does the Crosstour hold a notable advantage. The 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour crossover wagon is available in EX and EX-L trim levels. The 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour is offered in front-wheel drive as standard, with all-wheel drive available on the EX-L. In Edmunds performance testing, a front-wheel-drive Crosstour accelerated from zero to 60 mph in a class-competitive 7.5 seconds. The EPA estimates fuel economy at 18 mpg city/27 mpg highway and 21 mpg in combined driving for front-wheel-drive models.
Standard safety features for all 2011 Honda Accord Crosstours include active front-seat head restraints, antilock disc brakes with brake assist, stability and traction control, front-seat side airbags and side curtain airbags. In Edmunds brake testing, the Crosstour stopped from 60 mph in a decent 131 feet.
The interior of the 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour is nearly identical to the Accord sedan on which it is based.
Like the standard Accord, the Crosstour benefits from accurate steering and predictable handling. The Crosstour is a fine highway cruiser thanks to a comfortable ride quality and a quiet cabin at speed.
The Honda Accord Crosstour has a couple of historical things going for it; it also has a big thing dragging it down.
First, it has the name Accord – one of the most successful in North America.
Here, it only lasted through two generations (through 1997, though the current European Accord wagon makes a comeback to North America as the Acura TSX Sportwagon). Around the time the Accord wagon was petering out in North America, along came the Honda Odyssey, which in its first generation was very much a tall Accord wagon (complete with sedan-like rear doors).
Handy rear seatback release handles in the cargo area sides make it easy to expand the cargo hold forward.
Other than that subjective roofline preference, Crosstour is a fine vehicle, offering up the traditional Accord room and quality inside and out, and delivering fine driving manners in all kinds of situations and surfaces (thanks primarily to our test vehicle’s all wheel drive system).