The Honda Crosstour is Dead:Why was it ever alive?

I love the Honda Motor Company. To me they are the Montreal Canadiens of Car Companies. Yet they have drafted and played a lot of visual trash in their lineup over the years. The Honda Crosstour was their Aztec.A temple of car designed with Meth in mind. Why not just make a beautiful wagon instead of an aborted foetus of car design?

H/T Jalopnik The Montreal Canadiens of Car Blogs