Honda says that new Accord is a new design altogether. It's got a larger wheel-base, new exterior styling and a retuned 2.4 litre i-VTEC engine. The interior space has increased substantially, and so has the quality of the cabin and the equipment levels. Honda claims that the fuel efficiency has increased by 8%, and we agree to that after having driven the car and getting some really min-boggling efficiency figures for an engine so big. The 2.4-litre engine produces 180 PS of power.
Honda says that they have benchmarked the new Accord against the likes of the BMW 3-series for handling and they tried to keep the quality of the interior as close as possible to Audi cars. While Honda may not have succeeded in completely achieving what they were gunning for, the new car still is a great improvement over the outgoing Accord, which itself was the best car in its segment by a good margin. Now, the day Honda plonks in the 2.2 I-DTEC engine into the car, we can expect all the exec car makers in the country press the panic button
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