We're sure it's the Accord.

 

Is that a Lexus?

 

Everyone is saying it "looks like a Sonata" but Hyundai ripped off the Accord in many areas to begin with....

This one doesn't look as nice as previous Accords, but it is a Honda and most people don't buy Hondas based on emotional appeal.

 

You've got more confidence in them than I do. Honda recalled 1.14m vehicles, worldwide for their 5-speed transmission woes. It covered model years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 -- used in both cars and trucks. The nhtsa has a service defect investigation into the 2005 model year. As for 2006 & 2007 -- who is to say that those models won't experience similar problems as they start to show their age? I trust a Honda automatic transmission as much as I trust a GM intake manifold gasket.

Some links with some info:
http://www.hondabeat.com/news_details.php?ID=126
http://www.v6performance.net/forums/...ad.php?t=31979
http://www.-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov

 

Looks pretty much just like the Accord Coupe Concept from the detroit show:

 

I think that's a good looking car, too.

 

If so, that's an awfully watered down version of the concept. Either that or the sedan just looks a heck of a lot more dowdy than the coupe.

 

The Coupe is so much better looking.

 

I would assume that the sedan is just more dowdy than the coupe. When is that not the case? But I don't see what's much different about the front ends between the two. Other than grille texture, they look more or less identical to me from the front edge of the doors forward. The sedan appears to have the deep character line from the coupe, just taped over. along with the elongated headlights and the fogs.

Going by the sedan, I'd guess the coupe will look more or less just like the coupe "concept" other than details.

 

Well, we know you're ok with ugly...you own a Ridgeline IIRC, right?

Indeed, buy anything but a Honda, and you'll be on the side of the road You remind me of my friend who used to own a '97 Accord that blew its rear main seal doing 80 on the highway...this was in '00, with a whopping 57k miles on it.

Too bad you had issues with GM cars, but saying a Honda is for-sure reliable is blind idiocy, especially today with the quality that pretty much EVERY manufacturer puts out...not to mention all the recalls Toyota and Honda has today.

 

In the 90s the average Honda was absolutely a much safer bet reliability wise than the average domestic vehicle. That may or may not have evened out a bit by now, but I don't fault your friend at all with his 97 Accord. Nothing mechanical or electrical is a for sure thing. I'm sure if you took the vehicle on the market today with the worst average reliability and the vehicle on the market today with the best average reliability and you scoured all of the examples of those vehicles on the road today, somewhere out there you'd find somebody who had an absolute lemon of the 'most reliable' vehicle and somebody who had an absolutely flawless experience with that 'least reliable' vehicle.

My Audi has actually been near flawless since I started my lease on it almost 2 years ago. That hasn't actually managed to convince me that the horrible reliability ratings JD Power gives to the brand aren't true - I just think I got lucky. Either that or it's a time bomb waiting to happen - good thing it will be going back to the dealer long before the warranty is out.

 

I like the Ridgeline (way better than the Avalanche).

Anyway, I'm going by MY experience. That's why I'm down on GM and buying Honda's. If Honda F's me over like GM did (and I know it could happen) I'll move on to another manufacturer. They all make crap from time to time, but so far Honda is willing to step up and make it right. GM, in my last experience, did not. I'm not and never will be blindly loyal to any brand. They'll have to earn my business and continue to earn it with each purchase and through each problem, if they occur.

 

That looks alot better than production. I dont know how they went from that to boring...

 

I wonder what it has for power. I'll be looking forward to test driving it. The one Accord I drove was a fantastic ride - communicative, light on it's feet, responsive (even in the 4-cylinder version I tested).

I feel about the Accord the same way I do about Derek Jeter. Sure he plays for the other team - a team I despise - but he's a great player who makes great plays when it counts.

The media likes to say the Camry sets the bar in the mid-size class, but it's a lunchbox on wheels. Accord is the car that established handling as a necessary quality for mid-size sedans. Having said all that, I think it's safe to say the next Accord will be a serious competitor, even if it doesn't look better sans camouflage.

 

That's a giant letdown, after seeing the Accord coupe concept first. I'm concerned for the look of the coupe.