The Accord gets a lift into crossover territory.

4. There's no 4-cylinder option.

Honda says that they didn't offer a 4-cylinder because it would have been only a marginal fuel economy bump, and not enough people would have bought it. Maybe. However, we think the absence of a 4-cylinder is because Honda simply doesn't make one big enough to move the Crosstour with any kind of authority. The 271-horsepower V6 Crosstour is about 300 pounds heavier than a V6 Accord sedan, so it's easy to assume a 4-cylinder Crosstour would weigh roughly the same amount more than a 4-cylinder Accord. The biggest 4-banger in Honda's lineup is only 2.4 liters, and with just 162 lb.-ft. of torque. By contrast, the rival Toyota Venza's 4-banger has 182 lb.-ft. of torque, and still feels weak-kneed.