Jalopnik: Honda Accord

Jumping To Greatness In A Junker Accord

Raphael Orlove — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

It's time to watch some grade-A HD hoonage of when bored Oregonians find themselves in the same muddy lot as a junker Honda Accord. They get some firewood, and then they go redneck car jumping. More »

2013 Honda Accord 'Concept' Same As It Ever Was

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

Honda barely pretended their 2013 Honda Accord Concept is anything but a minimally adorned version of the production car that'll debut and go on sale later this year. Like Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen, there are subtle differences, but so subtle you don't actually care. More »

Man shows remarkable stamina driving Honda Accord for one million miles

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EDT

"Million Mile Joe" LoCicero finally hit one million miles in his 1990 Honda Accord this past weekend and the fine folks at Honda rewarded him with a parade and, more importantly, a brand new Honda Accord. You know, so he'll stop giving people the wrong idea. More »

Dude, a U-Haul truck is only $20/hour

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:30:00 EDT

A British Columbia man was stopped by Mounties before attempting to drive his new refrigerator home on the lip of the trunk of his Honda Accord. If you look closely you'll notice the fridge is connected to the car via a rope tied to the seat belts. Oh, Canada... More »

NYPD's "car geek" credited with finding child killer

Justin Hyde — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:30:00 EDT

The New York Police Department's self-professed "car geek" usually spends his days tracking stolen vehicles and the occasional carjacking, but his skills at identifying models based on a hubcap led to the arrest of an 8-year-old's killer. More »

My Useless Honda

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:30:00 EDT

One Malaysian Honda Accord owner is so unimpressed with the poor quality of his new car he's taken to parking it outside the Honda sales and service office with this clever graffiti. [OneCru] More »

Michigan Car Thieves Have Terrible Taste In Cars

Justin Hyde — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:45:00 EDT

In Michigan, the crucible of the American auto industry, where smithies forge the bones of Mustangs and hearts of Corvettes daily, the most popular vehicle among thieves is the 2000 Dodge Caravan. Why, God, why? More »

Woman Steals Squad Car From World's Worst Cops

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:30:00 EDT

This classic gem of police chase incompetence opens with a woman in a Honda Accord literally driving circles around the pursuing officers and closes with the same woman outwitting one of the cops out of his squad car. More »

18-Wheel Semi Truck Races, Beats Honda Accord

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Louisiana, last week: In a scene straight out of a Bizarro-world Road Warrior, a police officer pulled over an 18-wheel gasoline tanker and a Honda Accord for street racing (at 80 mph!). The tanker was winning. [TheAdvocate] More »

Turbo Tips: Because The Whistle Tip Is Such Old News

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:45:00 EDT

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These "Turbo Tips" are screw-on, eBay-marketed widgets for Honda Accords designed to change your exhaust note from four-banger to four-banger-with-some-crap-in-the-pipe. It won't fool anyone. Heinous before-and-after videos below. More »

Honda Accord Unintentionally Accelerates Up Post

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

An elderly driver confused brake and accelerator in a Santa Clara, California parking lot and backed his Honda Accord up and onto a bollard. Guess this means Honda will be facing a frothing media feeding frenzy and expensive recall. More »

LeMons Torture Test Results: Honda Prelude/Accord

Murilee Martin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:00:00 EST

"But, but-" you're probably saying about now, "The Prelude and Accord are different cars!" Not for our purposes! Subject to all the head-gasket maladies of their smaller Civic siblings, but without the nimble handling, the Prelude and Accord have been notable mostly for LeMons mediocrity so far. More »

A Gallery Of Automotive Puns

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST

The pun may be the lowest form of comedy, but it's an appropriate medium for mocking increasingly hackneyed car names. Can you get what they are before clicking on the picture for an answer? More »

Mugen Honda Accord

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:07:46 EST

Honda Responds To Facebook Crosstour Hatefest

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:35:00 EDT

After enduring a seemingly endless litany of complaints regarding the design of the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour on the Crosstour Facebook page, Honda is finally attempting some damage control. Apparently, it's the photographers fault! More »

Honda Fan-Boys Unleash Haterade On Official Crosstour Facebook Page

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Not everyone is a fan of of the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour. Want proof? Head over to Honda's official Crosstour Facebook page. If you enjoy irked Honda fan-boys, you really need to go here. More »

2010 Honda Accord Crosstour: Honda Got Back

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT

The Honda Accord Crosstour has ended its boring striptease, revealing an Accord-like front with a muscular grille and an interestingly designed hatch. More »

Honda Accord Crosstour's New Smile Up Close

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The Honda Crosstour has revealed a closer side of its personality on Facebook. From the photo of the grille below, it appears the Accord wagon won't share the snub-nosed look of the Honda Pilot. See for yourself below the jump. More »

IIHS: No Mid-Size Cars Score "Good" In Low-Speed Collisions

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

The IIHS has performed another round of slow-speed bumper tests, this time demonstrating all mid-size sedans will cost you a pretty penny to repair in slow speed collisions. See how your favorite appliance auto did below. More »

Much-Jumped 1987 Hoonda Accord For Sale For $250, Stunts On 13s!

Murilee Martin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:30:00 EDT

We've seen a lot of hoons here, but this may be the best classified ad we've ever seen for a hoonmobile. This Utah Hoonda has seen plenty of hang time! More »

Top Ten Best Selling Cars: May 2009

Ray Wert — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Parsing the sales numbers from May, the boys at Cars.com put together this month's list of the top ten best selling cars. They found lower gas prices increase U.S. sales of trucks and SUVs. America! Truck yeah! More »

IIHS Small Car Test: Three Gruesome Slow-Motion Crash Videos

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

This morning's IIHS report on the shocking finding that little cars don't take well to colliding, at speed, with bigger cars? Now we have the crash videos. Let's take a look at all three below. More »

The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Gator-O-Rama Über Gallery: The Japanese

Murilee Martin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:00:00 EDT

Japanese cars made up nearly half the entries at the Gator-O-Rama, with 44 out of 95 vehicles coming from the Co-Prosperity Sphere. Miatas, Celicas, and RX-7s galore, of course, but that wasn't all. More »

Brazen Thief Steals Car In Front Of Police Officer, Gets Away With It

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

There's brazen, and then there's this guy, who managed to steal a Honda Accord in plain sight of an officer talking to the car's owner. Adding insult to injury, he got away scot-free. More »

Honda Crosstour? Venza Gets An Accord-Based Rival

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

A new Honda Accord CUV, set to challenge the Toyota Venza in the mid-size crossover market, has been spotted. No name for the CUV's yet been set, but we're hearing it may be called Crosstour. More »

Honda cuts RWD, V8, S2000 replacement programs

Wes Siler — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:30:00 EST

In addition to the NSX supercar, Honda now plans to cut RWD, V8 engine and S2000 replacement programs due to theCarpocalypse. Still, there’s one item of good news. More »

1982 Honda Accord LX

Murilee Martin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a little car that's nearly extinct in rust-prone areas.
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Hawaiian Chevy Dealer Attempts To Crush Honda With Suburban, Fails

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST

A Hawaiian Chevrolet dealership setup a jacked-up Suburban to crush a vintage Honda Accord to send a message to anyone buying Japanese. The message became somewhat cluttered when the tiny Honda broke the SUV. More »

2009 Honda Accord Tuned By Mugen For JDM

The Auto Insider — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST

We just showed you the new JDM 2009 Honda Accord Sedan and Tourer and already we have images of the sports package from the “we-tune-anything-Honda” guys at Mugen.

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2009 Honda Accord Sedan, Tourer Unveiled For JDM

The Auto Insider — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:45:00 EST

After nearly a year of sales as the Acura TSX here in the states and after teasing us at the Frankfurt Auto Show with the Accord Tourer Concept, Honda of Japan is finally giving the JDM market the controversially-designed new car in both sedan and wagon flavors. While we've seen the sedan before, thanks to these press shots from our friends at TOV, we're able to show you the Tourer — a wagon that's really blowin' our skirts up. More »

1977 Honda Accord

Murilee Martin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:45:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Can you believe we've never had a Honda Accord in this series? Have the early Accords become that rare? They sure have, which makes me sad; the first-gen Accord was a great car for its time. It was reliable, had fairly decent performance, was less cramped than its tiny Civic cousin, and- in my no-doubt-shared-by-few-others opinion- looked pretty good.
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Honda To Reveal Civic Hybrid, i-DTEC Gearbox Alongside New Insight In Paris

Andrew Stoy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:20:00 EDT

While all eyes will be on the new Honda Insight hybrid, Honda will also show off a refreshed Civic Hybrid at next month's Paris Motor Show. Cosmetic changes are minimal — tweaks to the lighting, fascias and wheels help clean up the design and are expected to transfer to conventionally powered Civics in Europe. On the mechanical front, Honda will also debut the i-DTEC automatic transmission designed exclusively for Honda vehicles using the firm's 2.2-liter i-DTEC diesel engine. We're looking forward to full specs and drive impressions since a diesel Honda is anticipated on these shores next year, presumably with this new autobox pushing the wheels. [Carscoop] More »

Buy An Accord Coupe, Get The House For Free!

Ray Wert — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:15:00 EDT

Trio Of New Hampshire Survivors Spans Seven Decades, Three Continents Of Car History

Murilee Martin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:40:00 EDT

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than Island That Rust Forgot. FuzzyPlushroom has sent us photos of a sort of Detroit-Trollhättan-Tokyo combo platter that he captured in his home state of New Hampshire. Jump, you, to see the entire gallery and read Fuzzy P's description. More »

2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part Three

Wes Siler — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:30:00 EDT

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2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part Two

Wes Siler — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT

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2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part One

Wes Siler — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The 2008 Honda Accord Coupe isn't immune to road rage. Driving back to Brooklyn on the LIE, scrunched forward on the steering wheel with a back seat full of reasonably-priced, but well-designed Ikea flat pack behind, I'm minding my own business in the middle lane, overtaking the law-abiders on the right but not the flouters on the left when suddenly the Accord's rear view mirror is filled with a chrome Isuzu badge. Not content with making the same progress as everyone else, the Forward Cab driver has settled on intimidating those before him in order to ensure he arrives back at whichever depressing industrial estate he's destined for at least 30 seconds earlier than he would have otherwise. More »

European Honda Accord Sedan And Wagon

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:30:00 EST

European Honda Accord. What do you say? It sure is... Honda-like? Really, it's an appliance of a car, designed neither to be overtly offensive to some nor blandly dull to others. The eye is drawn to the aggressive front fascia, but the conservative profile calms your pulse right back down. This is like the car equivalent of taking uppers, then downers, in an effort to achieve an even effect and feel good later. That's something it does actually really well. The materials on the inside are bumping up to the VW level of interior quality, the seats hit the sweet spot between German firm and US squishy, and the carpet in the trunk is better than the last model. Other than that, we're back our affirmation of this being a new Accord. Press release to the same effect below. More »

Saudi Drifting: Now With Pedestrian Safety!

Mark Arnold — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:45:00 EST

So, you're sitting at your computer, chain-watching videos of FWD family sedans being driven sideways by Saudis... all the while thinking these guys have no regard for public safety. Think again! Apparently those Honda Accords have some sort of Middle East market-specific soft bumper/fender technology. Either that, or this pedestrian onlooker was just really lucky. More »

2009 Honda Accord Tourer Spotted, Wanted

Ray Wert — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:15:00 EST

We're always interested in seeing what's going on across the pond from Honda, especially because it so often ends up over here as an Acura. We can only hope the 2009 Honda Accord Tourer's one of those lob passes from the Europeans as we've liked the look since we first saw it as the Honda Accord Tourer Concept back in Frankfurt last year. Here's a shot taken from some unknown location by a user at the Temple of VTec forums early today that leaves very little to the imagination and gets our wagon woody wickedly wooden. [via TOV]
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