The response time is great! The trunk is spacious at 16. Funny story: I was thinking the Honda would be a great car for a grandparent, and in our August family sedan charticle, we said the same thing. It sits there for a day, a week, a month; you chisel it out of a car-sized icicle, it just works. While the Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry have a slightly lower starting price, the Camry's interior isn't as nice. And when it was on the road, I didn't need to turn off traction control to keep forward progress happening. The Accord, in Euro-spec, was also sold alongside the larger, U. If it's not adjustable, that would be a good thing to add.
Steering isn't quite as sweet as I remember it being in the previous-generation car, but dang, this thing moves. All models are front-wheel drive. The Accord is offered as a coupe, but its competitors are available only as sedans. It was a certified used car. In typical Honda fashion, most major options are gained by climbing trims. The Accord can be equipped with forward collision warning, lane departure warning and a LaneWatch system.
This makes the car a great value. What surprised me the most was the ride in the Honda. It was smooth, quieter inside, and felt more solid on the road. Separately, Honda is offering an underbody kit, additional side molding, a sport grille, rear wing spoiler, and extras such as illuminated door sills as dealer-installed accessories. Because we don't have time to give each one the full review treatment, we share select logbook notes here, in a quick, easily-digested format. How Does the 2014 Honda Accord Compare to Other Mid-Size Cars? Little of substance has changed with this year's model. I have not been disappointed.
The Honda Accord--and Honda vehicles in general--has never been known as a model that wraps in lots of features for the money. Thanks to a rather low beltline, there's plenty of window glass all around, and that lends a sense of airiness and spaciousness. I shopped and looked at a few different options in that class. It offers great ride quality and is suitable for longer trips as well. All this said, there's something fundamentally Accord-like in how everything fits together. Rear legroom increases about an inch, while shoulder room in front and in back is improved, and trunk space is not only larger but the cargo floor is now flat. Meanwhile, important controls are placed quite high within it.
It was a certified used car. The one con is that while it has a very nimble ride with excellent handling you feel the road bumps and all. All trims with the 1. Why Should You Consider Something Other Than the Accord? Honda Accord The Honda Accord is a midsize model that is offered as a two-door coupe or as a four-door sedan. So, it wasn't a question of reliability. The Accord is still smooth and I continue to enjoy it.
The fuel economy is excellent. At the top, the Accord Touring model feels like a premium sedan with its ventilated front seats and heated rear seats, navigation, head-up display, adaptive damper suspension, rain-sensing windshield wipers, wireless phone charger and mobile hotspot. The Honda Accord is one of the best-selling nameplates in the history of the car. The car's sheer power has caught me off guard a few times. The all-new 2013 Accord has earned a host of awards for setting new benchmarks for fuel efficiency, fun-to-drive performance, customer-friendly connectivity, advanced safety features and overall value. Those aggravated by some recent Hondas will be happy to know that the new Accord has a volume knob, plus a separate one for tuning. Having driven the Mazda 6 quite a bit, I was excited to be able to compare the two.
The rather low instrument panel, and an interior design that really pushes out the corners, altogether enforces a sense of space and airiness, though, and important controls are placed quite high and in the line of sight. Honda owned up to what happened and had it fixed. Other than that a great car. It has also won the for two years in a row, and took the award for in the. It warmed up pretty quickly when I did dig it out with my snowthrower.
The Accord also topped the competition in a six-way midsize sedan comparison test by Cars. The adaptive dampers do a good a job helping the Accord round corners with confidence, but also render the Honda more susceptible to road distortion and freeway expansion joints. Space, practicality, and visibility are three of the Accords strong selling points. It is not a sports car. What Is the 2014 Honda Accord? Sorry 6, I like the Honda better. Second, the Mazda has better hill-holding than the Honda.
I purchased the Honda Accord Sport Sedan because I wanted a great car with a manual transmission. I did get nav this time and it is much better than the garmin and maps programs I was using before. This time around, it is offered with a pair of turbocharged engines yeah, no V-6 for this generation and an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission that helps push this large sedan right up the fuel-economy ladder. Meanwhile, the V-6 models are among the best highway-commuter and road-trip cars ever. From the outside, we wouldn't call 2014 Honda Accord stunning or head-turning, but it altogether look fresh with its lines that maximize the greenhouse window space. The Honda Accord might be fun and exciting to drive, but there are other models out there at a similar price point that bring even more excitement.