In article <Kk3_b.588929$X%5.191901@pd7tw2no>,
"Chris" <whosechris@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Anyone that's owned Honda's for as long
> as I have will know that in years past, they religiously revised model
> styles every four years.

And a few years ago, changed that to a 5 year cycle. The 98 Accord went
until 03, and the 96 Civic went until 01 before revisions and platform
change.

Always look to the Accord and Civic. Those are the bread and butter
cars that establish baseline platforms: Civic for cheaper and smaller,
and Accord for bigger and more expensive.

So the new Civic comes, and shortly thereafter comes the new CRV--based
on the Civic platform. Likewise the new Accord came in 03, and shortly
thereafter come the other vehicles based on the same platform: Odyssey,
Pilot, MDX, TL, etc.

Honda makes the most of just a couple basic platforms. Smart engineers,
they are.