Honda shows off the new Stream interior
Think you have to wait until next week's official unveiling to see pics of the new Honda Stream interior? Think again.
Honda has teaser images of it up on the new Stream website, but they're interactive Flash thingys that require you to move the camera to see everything. Enter carblogger Paul Tan, who has those shots posted in their full glory. The only navigation required is your heading over to PaulTan.org to check 'em out.As for the interior, it's very nice, and the dash is reminiscent of the one in the new Euro-spec Civic Type S that we showed you at the end of June.
Thanks to Paul for the heads-up!
(Shot of the full seating arrangement after the jump)
[Source: PaulTan.org]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
sammy davis 6:42PM (7/08/2006)
Why can't we have this in the US?
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Stoneman 6:45PM (7/08/2006)
Wow, nice design...and check out the body roll!
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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emor8t 7:49PM (7/08/2006)
ick. talk about mashed together.
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Jaymez 7:50PM (7/08/2006)
Typical Honda. Hideous as always. Stick to making motorcycles and yard equipment.
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AutoFan 9:07PM (7/08/2006)
I wish I was the guy who came up with that air vent design. It seems like every manufacturer is using it in at least one model. Damn me and my lack of foresight, design, and injection-molded plastic manufacturing capability!
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Reuven 9:35PM (7/08/2006)
The Mazda 5 fighter? Looks rather nice, I'd like to see one in person.
And AutoFan, totally agree about those vents. I don't care for them much, but they seem to be on just about everything, from the Fit to the Mericlleago.
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far jr 9:37PM (7/08/2006)
That is quite nice (better than the hodge podge Civic speedo thing). Just take the shifter off the dash (does the manual version come there too?). Three row seating is a plus as long as you don't get rear ended...looks like a back breaker. Overall, very nicely packaged IMO.
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Jay 9:40PM (7/08/2006)
I'm not much of a Honda guy, but I'd buy that...I hope they bring it over to the US!
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Steve B. 10:00PM (7/08/2006)
"The Mazda 5 fighter?"
I guess you could call it that. Just about every manufacturer makes one of these 6-7 passenger compact MPVs, from GM to Renault to Toyota.
Does anyone know if this will be replacing the Honda FR-V (6 seats in 2 rows), or if it will be slotted a bit above it?
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dan g. 10:33PM (7/08/2006)
Stylish and functional. Front of the exterior kinda reminds me of an older version of Mitubishi's Lancer I saw 15 years ago as a kid. Their Japanese version of Odyssey is just as good (http://www.honda.co.jp/ODYSSEY/). I wish they will bring either one to the US at least.
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starlightmica 11:05PM (7/08/2006)
Steve B. - Yes, every manufacturer makes an MPV or three. Just us poor North American residents are deprived of all but the Mazda5 (minus ESC, damn) and the upcoming Kia Rondo (Carens). Wouldn't be surprised to see more MPV class vehicles in NA with rising gas prices as standard minivans usually weigh hundreds of kg more and have gasoline V6's displacing about 3.5L.
Looks like the Edix/FR-V and the Stream will be sold simultaneously, although I'm wouldn't be surprised if some markets will get one over the other. Honda reportedly trademarked the name 'Latitude' some years back for NA, but hasn't used it.
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Capt Jack Sparrow 11:11PM (7/08/2006)
Not to shabby..Those air vents are in my matrix, and they were in the celica too!!
Lovin the dash
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Howard Kerr 11:30PM (7/08/2006)
The previous generation of Stream actually BEAT the Mazda5 to market by a few years. This is really not much more than a Civic station wagon and has been available in Europe, and of course...Japan, for years.
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Speed42 12:46AM (7/09/2006)
Steve B. said "Just about every manufacturer makes one of these 6-7 passenger compact MPVs, from GM to Renault to Toyota."
So what 6-7 passenger compact MPV does GM make?
These vehicles are exactly what's gonna put one of the final nails in GM's coffin.
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Alex Nunez 12:56AM (7/09/2006)
Actually, Speed42, GM makes a really nice compact MPV for Europe: The Opel Zafira. Since Opel and Saturn are joined at the hip now, there's always a chance it could come here. Follow the link.
http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/2005_geneva/0503_opel_zafira/
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AutoFan 1:08AM (7/09/2006)
Dig the cool blue lights ringing the cupholders, btw. Nice interior. I'd buy one of these things if it came over. If I had some of that stuff...whatchamacallit...money.
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Anand Sharma 1:10AM (7/09/2006)
they could compete with the mazda 5 with this
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Steve B. 1:15AM (7/09/2006)
Alex Nunez beat me to it.
Visiting Europe and looking at the cars is a surreal experience. GM's cars have very crisp, modern styling, and the areas where they seem to fail in the US (small cars) are areas they are quite successful over there. The Astra and Zafira are both very nice cars, and GM Europe is a profitable entity. Chevrolet means "it used to be a Daewoo," but since the Vauxhall and Opel names have good brand capital, using the (previously unused) Chevrolet name for Korean-built cars is not a serious risk.
Seeing the quality of the cars there makes me believe that GM as a whole is not doomed, but that North American operations are effectively in the crapper.
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paul 1:54AM (7/09/2006)
acura should make a mercedes r class fighter like bmw is doing it wouldnt be hard with the civic type s
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risingsun 2:50AM (7/09/2006)
For a mini minivan thingy that's respectable body roll. In fact, knowing Honda, it's probably the least body roll in its class, the Civic and the Fit being other prime examples. And it's not a damn sports car so lay off. This was about the interior remember?
I sure wish on my blog that someday when I run out of stuff to post about I can just copy/paste some wikipedia.
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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