Honda Accord | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Honda |
Production | 1976–present |
Body and chassis | |
Class |
Compact car: (1976–1989) Mid-size car: 1990-present (coupe) 1990-2007; 2013-present (sedan) Full-size car: 2008–2012 (sedan) |
First generation series SJ-SM |
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Overview | |
Production | 1976–1981 |
Assembly |
Sayama Plant, Sayama, Saitama, Japan Johor Bahru, Malaysia (OASB) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact |
Body style | 3-door hatchback 4-door sedan |
Layout | FF layout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.6 L EL1 I4 1.6 L EF I4 1.6 L EP I4 1.8 L EK1 I4 |
Transmission | 2-speed automatic 3-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,380 mm (94 in) sedan |
Length | 4,450 mm (175 in) sedan |
Width | 1,620 mm (64 in) sedan |
Height | 1,360 mm (54 in) sedan |
Curb weight | 945 kg (2,083 lb) |
Second generation series SY/SZ/AC/AD |
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Overview | |
Also called | Honda Vigor (Japan) |
Production | 1981–1985 |
Assembly |
Sayama, Saitama, Japan Marysville, Ohio, US (Marysville Auto Plant) Nelson, New Zealand (Honda New Zealand) Johor Bahru, Malaysia (OASB) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact |
Body style | 3-door hatchback 4-door sedan |
Layout | FF layout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.6 L EL1 I4 (CAN, NZ) 1.6 L EY I4 ('84,'85 EU) 1.8 L EK1 I4 ('82,'83 US) 1.8 L ES2 I4 ('84,'85 US) 1.8 L ES3 I4 ('85 US) |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,450 mm (96 in) sedan |
Length | 4,410 mm (174 in) sedan |
Width | 1,650 mm (65 in) sedan |
Height | 1,375 mm (54 in) sedan |
Third generation series CA1/2/3/4/5/6 |
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Accord DX sedan (USA)
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Overview | |
Also called | Honda Vigor (Japan) |
Production | 1985–1989 |
Assembly |
Marysville, Ohio, US (Marysville Auto Plant) Sayama, Japan Nelson, New Zealand (Honda New Zealand) Alliston, Ontario (HCM) Johor Bahru, Malaysia (OASB) |
Designer | Toshi Oshika (1983) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact |
Body style | 2-door coupe 3-door hatchback 3-door shooting-brake (AeroDeck) 4-door sedan |
Layout | FF layout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.6L A16A1 I4, 88 hp (66 kW) 1.8L A18A I4, 110 hp (82 kW) 1.8L B18A I4, 100 hp (75 kW) 2.0L A20A1/A20A2 I4, 98 hp (73 kW) 2.0L A20A3/A20A4 I4, 120 hp (89 kW) 2.0L B20A I4, 160 hp (119 kW) 2.0L B20A2 I4, 142 hp (106 kW) 2.0L B20A8 I4, 133 hp (99 kW) |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,601 mm (102.4 in) |
Length | Hatchback: 4,440 mm (174.8 in) 1986–1987 Sedan: 4,549 mm (179.1 in) 1988–1989 Sedan & Coupe: 4,564 mm (179.7 in) |
Width | Hatchback & Coupe: 1,694 mm (66.7 in) Sedan: 1,712 mm (67.4 in) |
Height | Hatchback & Coupe: 1,336 mm (52.6 in) Sedan: 1,356 mm (53.4 in) |
Fourth generation series CB7 (Wagon is CB9) |
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Overview | |
Production | 14 September 1989 – July 1993 |
Assembly |
Marysville, Ohio, US (Marysville Auto Plant) Sayama, Japan Nelson, New Zealand (Honda New Zealand) East Liberty, Ohio (East Liberty Auto Plant) Johor Bahru, Malaysia (OASB) |
Designer | Toshihiko Shimizu (1987) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Midsize |
Body style | 2-door coupe 4-door sedan 5-door station wagon |
Layout | FF layout |
Related |
Honda Ascot Honda Ascot Innova Honda Inspire Honda Vigor Rover 600 |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.8 L F18A I4 SOHC 2.0 L F20A I4 SOHC 2.0 L F20A I4 DOHC 2.2 L F22A I4 SOHC |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,720 mm (107.1 in) |
Length | 1989–91 Coupe & Sedan: 4,694 mm (184.8 in) 1991 Wagon: 4,724 mm (186.0 in) 1991–93 Coupe & Sedan: 4,704 mm (185.2 in) 1991–93 Wagon: 4,745 mm (186.8 in) 4,680 mm (184 in) Sedan & Wagon (Japan only, all years) |
Width | 1989–91: 1,725 mm (67.9 in) 1991–93 Coupe & Sedan: 1,704 mm (67.1 in) 1991–93 Wagon: 1,714 mm (67.5 in) 1,695 mm (67 in) (all bodystyles in Japan) |
Height | 1989–91 Coupe: 1,369 mm (53.9 in) 1989–91 Sedan: 1,389 mm (54.7 in) 1991 Wagon: 1,400 mm (55.1 in) 1991–93 Coupe: 1,326 mm (52.2 in) 1991–93 Wagon: 1,351 mm (53.2 in) 1991–93 Sedan: 1,341 mm (52.8 in) |
Curb weight | 1,237 kg (2,728 lb) |
Fifth generation Japan and North America and The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland series CD3/4/5/6/7/9 |
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Overview | |
Also called | Isuzu Aska |
Production | 1993–1997 |
Assembly |
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Designer | Yukio Kurosu, Kohichi Hirata (1990, 1992) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Mid-size |
Body style | 2-door coupe 4-door sedan 5-door station wagon |
Layout | FF layout |
Related |
Acura CL Acura TL Acura Vigor Honda Inspire |
Powertrain | |
Engine |
1.8 L F18B I4 (CD3) |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,715 mm (106.9 in) |
Length | 1994–95 Wagon: 4,770 mm (187.8 in) 1994–95 Sedan & Coupe: 4,674 mm (184.0 in) 1996–97 Coupe & Sedan: 4,714 mm (185.6 in) 1996–97 Wagon & V6 Sedan: 4,785 mm (188.4 in) |
Width | 1,781 mm (70.1 in) |
Height | 1994–95 Wagon: 1,420 mm (55.9 in) Coupe: 1,389 mm (54.7 in) Sedan: 1,400 mm (55.1 in) 1996–97 V6 Sedan: 1,405 mm (55.3 in) 1996–97 LX Wagon: 1,422 mm (56.0 in) 1996–97 Wagon: 1,458 mm (57.4 in) |
Curb weight | 1,295 kg (2,855 lb) |
Fifth generation Europe |
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Overview | |
Also called | Honda Ascot Innova |
Production | 1993–1998 |
Assembly | Swindon, England (HUKM) |
Designer | Shigeo Ueno (1989, 1990) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Mid-size |
Body style | 4-door sedan |
Layout | FF layout |
Related | Rover 600 |
Powertrain | |
Engine |
1.8 L F18A3 I4 |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,720 mm (107 in) |
Length | 4,675 mm (184 in) |
Width | 1,715 mm (68 in) |
Height | 1,380 mm (54 in) |
Curb weight | 1,240 kg (2,734 lb)- 1,375 kg (3,031 lb) |
The Honda Accord /əˈkɔːrd/ is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. The Accord nameplate has been applied to a variety of vehicles worldwide, including coupes, wagons, hatchbacks and a crossover.
In 1982, the Accord became the first car from a Japanese manufacturer to be produced in the United States when production commenced in Marysville, Ohio at Honda's Marysville Auto Plant. The Accord has achieved considerable success, especially in the United States, where it was the best-selling Japanese car for fifteen years (1982–97), topping its class in sales in 1991 and 2001, with around ten million vehicles sold. Numerous road tests, past and present, rate the Accord as one of the world's most reliable vehicles. The Accord has been on the Car and Driver 10Best list a record 30 times.
Since initiation, Honda has offered several different car body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ quite substantially. It debuted in 1976 as a compact hatchback, though this style only lasted through 1981, as the line-up was expanded to include a sedan, coupé, and wagon. By the Accord's sixth generation in the 1990s, it evolved into an intermediate vehicle, with one basic platform but with different bodies and proportions to increase its competitiveness against its rivals in different international markets. For the eighth generation of the Accord released for the North America market in 2007, Honda had again chosen to move the model further up-scale and increase its size. This pushed the Accord sedan from the upper limit of what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines as a mid-size car to just above the lower limit of a full-size car, with the coupe still rated as a mid-size car. The current ninth generation Accord for the North America market is again classified as a mid-size car, falls just short of full-size car classification with the combined interior space of 119 cubic feet (3.4 m3).