2018 Honda Accord Re-design

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3:09p, 7/14/17
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2018 Honda Accord Re-design

  • V6 engine is no more
  • Coupe is no more

I stopped reading after those two blows below the belt.


http://www.motortrend.com/cars/honda/accord/2018/2018-honda-accord-first-look-lower-wider-shorter/

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JBLHAG03
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3:53p, 7/14/17
AG
It says coupe only makes up 4% of sales, so that is understandable. Losing V6 is sad.
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Jack Cheese
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4:10p, 7/14/17
AG
Styling looks good I guess, but the rear reminds me a late-90s Ford Taurus.
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4:22p, 7/14/17
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CAFE + Americans accepting turbos.
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4:24p, 7/14/17
AG
Looks vaguely Jagish. Did anyone tell them a big piece of the grille is missing?
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sts7049
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4:50p, 7/14/17
AG
honda needs to fire their exterior design team
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6:05p, 7/14/17
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Getting rid of the 6 cylinder is terrible
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6:42p, 7/14/17
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Ass end looks like a Volkswagen TT.
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7:14p, 7/14/17
What the hell happened to the tail lights? Could they not afford to provide one without a notch bit out of it?
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10:18p, 7/14/17
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My wife still drives her '01 Accord as a daily. Had it not come with a V6, we never would have purchased it.
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11:53p, 7/14/17
AG
That is a fugly car
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5:22a, 7/15/17
AG
Just got a '17 touring model with the v6. Feel like i have an instant classic
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longeryak
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In reply to 91AggieLawyer • 8:44a, 7/15/17
91AggieLawyer said:
My wife still drives her '01 Accord as a daily. Had it not come with a V6, we never would have purchased it.

2001 i-4 150hp and 152ft torque. curb weight 3000

2001 V6 200hp and 195ft torque. curb weight 3250

2018 i-4 192hp and 193ft torque. The turbo is 252 hp. curb weight 3100ish- all I could find is it sheds a 110-170lbs (options dependent) from the 2017 which weighed 3239

Be interesting to see if the modern 10 speed transmission, and aerodynamics, will give the base 2018 i-4 a real world performance number edge or not.

Pretty sure F150 fans had the same reaction to the announcement of the v6 ecoboost.
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10:23a, 7/15/17
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I guess Consumer Report will be happy they finally got rid of the D and D3 positions on the gear shifter. I guess it would have had to read D and D7 with the new transmission.
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10:34a, 7/15/17
AG
I actually like the look and am very intrigued by the 2.0/10sp combo.

I think if you took that article and edited any mention of "Honda Accord" and replaced with "Ford Fusion", the reactions on this thread would look a lot different.
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11:34a, 7/15/17
AG
How do people still buy hondas? Zero imagination in their design
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longeryak
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12:27p, 7/15/17
With wind tunnel testing aerodynamics to meet CAFE standards many sedans have a pretty generic silhouette these days.
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Agmechanic
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1:22p, 7/15/17
AG
That looks like a fusion. Seriously.
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In reply to Agmechanic • 2:44p, 7/15/17
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Agmechanic said:
That looks like a fusion. Seriously.


Thought the same.
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In reply to longeryak • 11:37p, 7/15/17
AG
longeryak said:
91AggieLawyer said:
My wife still drives her '01 Accord as a daily. Had it not come with a V6, we never would have purchased it.

2001 i-4 150hp and 152ft torque. curb weight 3000

2001 V6 200hp and 195ft torque. curb weight 3250

2018 i-4 192hp and 193ft torque. The turbo is 252 hp. curb weight 3100ish- all I could find is it sheds a 110-170lbs (options dependent) from the 2017 which weighed 3239

Be interesting to see if the modern 10 speed transmission, and aerodynamics, will give the base 2018 i-4 a real world performance number edge or not.

Pretty sure F150 fans had the same reaction to the announcement of the v6 ecoboost.

Yeah I don't get the outrage here. This isn't exactly new...all sedans (and a lot of SUVs) will be I-4's soon...get one with a turbo. My 2013 328i is an I-4 turbo and it's got plenty of power.

The Fusion ecoboost that everyone here loves is a 4-cylinder turbo.
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aggiebq03+
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12:00a, 7/16/17
It's a Honda Accord.
I'm really baffled anyone can work up the energy to care enough to thumbs down anything related to an Accord. I could barely work up the energy to post on this thread. I mostly did it so I could fall asleep.
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9:28a, 7/16/17
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Actually, it looks almost identical to a Chevy Malibu. Pull up link in this thread and open a tab to Chevrolet and look at side shots of both cars. It's the same damn car.

It doesn't look much like the Fusion to me at all once you compare it to the Malibu.
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Macarthur
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In reply to Token • 10:35a, 7/16/17
Token said:
How do people still buy hondas? Zero imagination in their design

For the price point, their design is fantastic d. I've owned two and this new one looks great.
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In reply to Token • 10:44a, 7/16/17
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Token said:
How do people still buy hondas? Zero imagination in their design


I've noticed a certain smugness from owners of particular hondas and toyotas. They know they are driving some of the most practical, reliable means of getting from a to b, and see no purpose in anything beyond function.

Maybe the fact that they're ugly makes the owners feel like they saved money spent on frivolous design.
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10:46a, 7/16/17
Gee, smug sure doesn't seem like the right description of a honda owner. Especially based on them driving said auto....
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12:28p, 10/6/17
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Looks like the Turbo will be 29/35 mpg rating. Don't have much more information than that on their site. I assume the Turbo will probably be about the same price difference on the EX-L that the V6 was previously? Anybody have any idea when it will be released?
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1:31p, 10/6/17
Jalopnik did a recent test drive. https://jalopnik.com/the-2018-honda-accord-is-just-a-damn-good-car-1818976184
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2:15p, 10/6/17
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Dad purchased one of these but was a '77 model. Cost was $5250 out the door. Drove it over 300k miles.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/1976-honda-accord-feature-flashback/#1976-honda-accord-hatchback-front
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In reply to Texker • 6:05p, 10/6/17
Texker said:
Dad purchased one of these but was a '77 model. Cost was $5250 out the door. Drove it over 300k miles.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/1976-honda-accord-feature-flashback/#1976-honda-accord-hatchback-front
That would be $21-22K in today's dollars.
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In reply to Texker • 8:04a, 10/7/17
AG
88hp and 0-60 in 13.8 seconds. my how times have changed
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In reply to sts7049 • 8:59p, 10/7/17
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sts7049 said:
88hp and 0-60 in 13.8 seconds. my how times have changed
My mom had one of these when I was a kid.

A 1981 Sedan with vacuum operated rear door locks. It was green inside and out.

She later upgraded to a 300SD that she rolled for 10 years.....
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In reply to Agmechanic • 9:29a, 10/13/17
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Agmechanic said:
That looks like a fusion. Seriously.


The new Accord looks so much better than the current Fusion.
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1:38p, 10/18/17
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They've updated the website to show the specs and build your own, but without any information on or option to upgrade to the 2.0 turbo.
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8:24a, 10/19/17
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Wheel choices are hideous. The blacked out nose does not look good on blue/red cars. White, Black, silver, grey looks OK.

And why do so many car manu. limit your interior color choices based on the exterior color? Blue car, only choices are grey leather. No black or tan. Why?
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In reply to agracer • 12:09p, 10/19/17
agracer said:
Wheel choices are hideous. The blacked out nose does not look good on blue/red cars. White, Black, silver, grey looks OK.

And why do so many car manu. limit your interior color choices based on the exterior color? Blue car, only choices are grey leather. No black or tan. Why?
That is def a negative trend, IMO.
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