You know, I can't help but look at the new Mazda 6 and lament what the Accord
might have been, had their designers not viewed a masonry brick as a laudable aesthetic goal.
![](http://www.fototime.com/B6BF7940A201F50/orig.jpg)
Instead of edgy, aggressive and exciting (none of which diminish practicality one whit) we get a blocky, derivative amalgam that looks like so many other cars on the road, it's hard to figure out who they copied:
![](http://www.fototime.com/85F1EE1878FF904/orig.jpg)
![](http://www.fototime.com/F7FC53B31E813B4/orig.jpg)
My biggest gripe about the new Accord is it's huge size - as in more than 4 in. longer than Altima or Camry - neither of which could be described as even remotely smallish cars. This thing is actually
closer in dimensions to the Chrysler 300 than to its traditional rivals. Honda's take on a full-size domestic is NOT what I had been hoping for.
Will it sell? Of course it will. The Accord nameplate all but guarantees it. But there would be about zero chance of them ever selling one to me.
Now let's just hope the new TSX doesn't follow the same path.
Jaeger