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Old 01-26-2010, 12:24 AM   #120 (permalink)
Clev
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The Clunker (retired) - '90 Honda Accord EX sedan
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
So essentially Honda has added the safety features to an Accord, while dropping its Civic line - except for the nameplates, of course. But in order to get me to buy one of their current model year cars, they'd have to go back and re-create something the size of the '90 Civic. (Or in my case, a CRX/Del Sol.) Now if they want to add some of the "don't weigh all that much" safety features that don't also detract from my driving experience, fine.
The Fit is probably closer in interior volume to the older Civic, though with a not-too-efficient shape. As mentioned above, the closest in size is probably the Smart. It's 100 pounds lighter than the CRX HF, and does 0-60 in about the same amount of time. (And if you see its crash test videos, you can imagine just what would happen to the driver if that car was an old '85 CRX.)

The base ForTwo MSRP is $11,990, which is $6,069 in 1985 dollars. The CRX MSRP was about $6,500.
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