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I have always been a fan of Accords. One of the best cars for the money in a sedan, period. For decades. And Camry's are a boring old man's car. Now Toyota beefs up the V6 in the Camry to 300 hp, they fix the driving dynamics and make a pretty nice looking car.
Honda comes out with furious four bangers that look like this:
This is going to turn out like that dud of a Civic from a few years back.
Did you even try to get some more views? Here are some "good" photos. I think it's quite handsome, overall, especially in that grey (or darker) colors.
Honda will offer this car with the derated Civic Type R motor, good for 252hp and 273 ft-lbs of torque, with a 6MT in the Sport version of the sedan (the coupe has been axed). That's an awesome combination for someone that likes a bit of fun in their family car.
It's a pretty big drop from the old V6, in terms of hp (down 26 hp) but not torque (up 21 lb-ft) and this motor will make all that torque at 1500 rpm (vs 4900 rpm). As is typical, around town, this car will probably be quite a bit quicker than the V6. In a longer highway pull, they'll be pretty close, I think. That V6 was either underrated or very efficient in the Accord Coupe with the 6MT...
What will be interesting is whether this motor is underrated, like the 1.5T is in the basic Civic and the 2.0T in the Type R. If so, it could be pushing similar power to the original V6 but way more torque, which should lead to a pretty quick sedan.
The current, or now previous, accord was damn near perfect for a mid size fml family car in terms of design, I liked it a lot. This... Well bring back the quirky questionable styling of previous accords, have to make those acuras look better somehow.
Ish. New Accord
