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Replying to: bobw3 (Apr 22, 2008 6:25 am) I feel a bit silly for not checking over my message before posting. But the Pilot is a CUV. Period. It's unibody. Styling doesn't change what something really is. It's a CUV and no one is fooled. Honda wasn't trying to pull a fast one. They just wanted styling that reflects that the Pilot has more capability than, say, a CX-9. And yes. It is a fact that Honda has both the Odysey and the Pilot. So the Pilot doesn't have to copy the lambdas and act like an SUV and a minivan. The Lambdas do it well, though.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 21, 2008 9:39 pm) That makes no sense. Obviously there is something that one has over the other that draws buyers to the product- sometimes little more than image (like a burger from Mickey D's). And sometimes the product is better. I'm not a big Camry fan, but I will admit that it's a better product than the last gen. Malibu. I don't think the line is always that clear, but that's an example. |
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Replying to: baggs32 (Apr 21, 2008 5:43 pm) I won't say all that, but I though it wasn't ugly. It looked okay. Maybe it was becasue I saw that Fairlane concept in Chicago 3-4 years ago, so I knew what to expect. For right now, it's nowhere near my list, but then again, I'm not really in the market right now. In fact, two months ago, I replaced my 90's M3 with an '02 Mustang Cobra- and that's my play-car. So as you can see, I'm not too focused on that. |
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Replying to: albook (Apr 22, 2008 3:24 pm) Your point is valid but Honda markets it as an SUV. Period. 
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Replying to: baggs32 (Apr 22, 2008 5:27 pm) 
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Replying to: albook (Apr 22, 2008 3:24 pm) ahhh the world of absolute's is back...oppinion veiled as fact... so to keep with your loosely termed logic, what do you consider the cherokee, grand cherokee??? from Edmund's.... "Unlike most other traditional SUVs from domestic automakers, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has always been built using a carlike unibody chassis rather than a body-on-frame design." your opinions are strictly your's in some if not most cases... PERIOD... as one can indeed make an argument the Pilot is an SUV. edmund's yet again; "the Pilot tucks eight-passenger seating into an easy-to-maneuver midsize SUV body." If I were you I'd let the Pilot stay in the SUV end of the pool as if you don't you can't say the Lambda's are the only 8 passenger option's out there in CUV land... LOL
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C&D just did a new semi-comparo of all the new CUVs including the new Pilot, Flex, and Traverse. Click here for the photo page. The brief reviews of all of them are on the other 8 pages. I have to say, that dash in the Highlander looks like a train wreck to me. |
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Replying to: freealfas (Apr 22, 2008 7:49 pm) Yet again, I logically defend my point. And I never said the Lambdas are the only 8 pass CUV in the kiddie pool, I simply said the best (heh, jk). |
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Replying to: albook (Apr 23, 2008 4:02 pm) Now that's not saying that you can't compare the SUV Pilot against the CUV lambda, just like you can compare the minivan Odyssey against the CUV lamda, but just because you compare them doesn't change what they are.
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Replying to: bobw3 (Apr 23, 2008 4:39 pm) Yes, and I think this is why Honda first began marketing the Pilot in this way. "...why does the Pilot have to use it? Of course...because albook says so" Finally, someone gets it I guess it really doesn't matter how Honda markets it. It wouldn't change who buys it. |
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