An elaborate April Fool’s joke had many people thinking that Honda was about to produce a convertible version of its Crosstour SUV. The photo-shopped picture above appeared April 1, 2011 on the Autoblog site and was quickly picked up. It was said that Honda had decided to “take on” Nissan for the convertible crossover market, a segment of the population so far entirely unknown to anyone. As is public, Nissan is indeed producing a convertible version of its popular Murano SUV. And a reminder for the gullible, believers and non-believers alike, the Murano story appeared nearly two years ago on the Internet with a photo-shopped picture. Nissan vigorously denied it was going to produce the car. But it will go on sale in the U.S. this month. Truly, hard to know what to believe. The Honda convertible that never was
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An elaborate April Fool’s joke had many people thinking that Honda was about to produce a convertible version of its Crosstour SUV. The photo-shopped picture above appeared April 1, 2011 on the Autoblog site and was quickly picked up. It was said that Honda had decided to “take on” Nissan for the convertible crossover market, a segment of the population so far entirely unknown to anyone. As is public, Nissan is indeed producing a convertible version of its popular Murano SUV. And a reminder for the gullible, believers and non-believers alike, the Murano story appeared nearly two years ago on the Internet with a photo-shopped picture. Nissan vigorously denied it was going to produce the car. But it will go on sale in the U.S. this month. Truly, hard to know what to believe. 