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Gas Prices Up 8.2%, Hybrid Sales Down 11.0% In May... Wait, What?

There may be no better indicator that many carmakers have been unable to adjust to the sudden increase in gas prices and the resulting shift in consumer demand than hybrid sales. Although there was an obvious run to more fuel-efficient cars — witness the Civic besting the Ford F-150 in overall sales for the first time ever — hybrid sales overall were down 11% from April to May, down 24.3% month-to-month from 2007 and even the market-leading Toyota Prius experienced a 31% drop in sales for the month. How did that happen? There are a few factors at work here, which we've helpfully outlined below the jump. More »

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10:28 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
5,391 views, 53 comments

Latest by Scaramanga: There really are no Hybrids anywhere. Went car shopping with my brother-in-law this weekend looking to replace his 4Runner; he commutes 60 miles to work. No Priuses, Civic Hybrids, Camry hybrids, nothing, nowhere. It was even hard more »

industry news

Civic Selling Like Flapjacks, Could Outsell Accord For First Time

Holy gas prices, Batman! Automotive News is reporting this morning strong sales of the Honda's gas-sipping Civic were up 14.8% to 111,695 units through the first four months of the year, and appeared to be looking good for May. Although we'll find out what the fifth month had to say when sales numbers are released later today, for the moment, AN's Kathy Jackson is reporting that Dick Colliver, Honda America's sales chief claims he's expecting sales of 40,000 to 45,000 units during the month. That would be enough to top sales numbers of the Accord, the reigning sales champ from the number two super best awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun. More »

8:30 AM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Ray Wert
1,464 views, 46 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @Chairman Kaga: I hear that about old Miatas. I would love to have one as a daily driver. I don't see any doing the long commutes, but I will say every time I see a Prius or Scion, they are more »

2008 honda accord coupe

2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part Three

Why you should buy this car:
You've always bought Accords and the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe will merely be the latest. You don't know much about cars but you do know that you don't want to buy American. You fit the above criteria, but despite the physical onset of middle age you think you're too young for a four door. In reality, you're just too single. You're on the fast track to middle management and you want people to know it.

Why you shouldn't buy this car:
You know that driving fast isn't just about power. You want to buy American and that whole "Made in Ohio" versus "Assembled In Ohio" thing confuses you. You want a simple, well-engineered, economical, practical car. You work in any design-related field.

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12:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Wes Siler
3,819 views, 67 comments

Latest by superbmtsub: Sorry Wes. This car jus kept lookin better every day. The interior dash cluster is a flaw however. One word of advice: Not every car has to be a big-wiener mobile. more »

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Recall Alert: 2003 Honda Accord

Honda is recalling 353,000 2003 model year Honda Accord sedans due to a potential problem with the windshield wipers. Over time, water can leak into the wiper motor, causing corrosion and eventually wiper-motor failure. More »

1:28 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Ray Wert
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jalopnik reviews

2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part Two

Exterior Design:**
In places the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe is woefully bland, in others awkwardly edgy. And what's with the rubber strip running across the hood? Having said that, it packs space for five and their luggage into a reasonably svelte shape, we suppose that's something.

Interior Design:**
As seen here in EX-L trim it's possitvly posh. The problem is, the grayish plastic and cornicopia of buttions clash with the nice leather. Too much that you touch is cheap plastic, while what you look at is awkwardly unintuitive. The Sat/Nav screen resides several inches behind a piece of prehensile plastic and can't be viewed anytime the sun is above the horizon. The high waist-line makes for huge blind spots.

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12:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Wes Siler
6,080 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: Comment on 2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part Two I recently drove the 2008 Honda Coupe EX-L V6. It's a fantastic car for the money. It was fun to drive and for the amount of gas it uses it's a more »

jalopnik reviews

2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Part One

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.

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12:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Wes Siler
8,181 views, 66 comments

Latest by n/a: bet Sebastian wished t was a Stream so he could get the shit out of his lap. more »

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European Honda Accord Sedan And Wagon

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.



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4:30 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
8,281 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: They've stolen every aspect of design from SAAB. Exteriorwise it's a wonderful car since they've stolen each and avery detail from SAAB. I've got no problem w. the design. I've got a problem with Honda as a company tough... Do they more »

new york auto show

2009 Acura TSX Press Release Accidentally Hits Internet Before New York Auto Show Unveil

The rapscallion readers at VWVortex have let slip all the deets on the Acura's new "hotness" — the 2009 TSX. You've already seen one teaser shot along with a teaser release, but now here's the whole shebang. We'll have to wait for sometime later on (when Wert's able to run the story on his first-drive he just finished up out West) to get the full spiel on the new pre-entry level luxury sports sedan from Honda's luxe badge. The full press release follows the jump. More »

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5:27 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Wes Siler
5,756 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: @Bumblebee: The "image seeker" part is there because "my rebadged underpowered Euro Accord for which I paid too much money" is too hard to name-drop in a conversation. more »

2009 honda accord tourer

2009 Honda Accord Tourer Spotted, Wanted

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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7:15 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Ray Wert
11,598 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: I own one of these ... Its called a Mazda 6 Sportwagon. more »

tokyo auto salon

Tokyo Auto Salon: Honda Inspire Modulo Touring

Honda looked to in-house tuner Modulo to take their Inspire (a.k.a. Accord) and shake off some of the Teutonic flavor. Though the new sedan does borrow heavily from European designs, the Modulo body kit certainly portrays a more typically Japanese sentiment. The new grille and front fenders, in particular, are more Motegi than Nurburgring. In addition to the exterior enhancements, it appears that the interior has been upgraded with two-tone leather and a smattering of techno goodies. The steering wheel alone has nearly a dozen buttons.

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11:15 AM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Matt Hardigree
1,743 views, 17 comments

Latest by superbmtsub: Sweet baby Jesus! more »

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SEMA 2007: Honda Accord Coupe HF-S Concept

Honda just revealed a "world debut" concept car here at SEMA, and it basically represents what you can do with a new 2008 Honda Accord if you really put your mind to it. Also, you've got to use up every option possible in the Honda Factory Performance catalog — from ten years from now. It's called the Honda Accord Coupe HF-S concept, and it's got every piece of Honda kit you'd never want and you couldn't even get — even a "Cadmium Orange Pearl" color coat, which we think may be what happens when you combine an orange and cadmium at a really hot temperature. It's got LED driving lights, a wrap-around front bumper which creates a "vortex effect" to enhance high-speed aero and engine cooling. Full press release after the jump.
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4:06 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Ray Wert
11,227 views, 9 comments

Latest by Daga: @LamerX: In my experience, orange peel eliminate is one of the goals of all assembly plant paint lines. Some just manage better than others. I can't recall a good or bad Honda Accord, but the 1-Series - wow, that's some more »

frankfurt auto show

Frankfurt Auto Show: Honda Accord Tourer Concept

Honda informs us the company will maintain a clear focus on innovation, environmental responsibility, safety, and building machines that are fun to drive. Along with the hydrogen fuel cell FCX, the company plans to push ahead with an i-dtec turbodiesel. The engine requires no urea system to meet emissions standards thanks to superior catalytic converter design. A European version of Accord in will pack the new diesel in 2008, with Japan and the US models being considered for the near future. Honda President and CEO Takeo Fukui then introduced the Accord Tourer Concept, told us the sedan version is coming to Geneva in 2008, and to have a good time at the show. Asimo was taking a break.

11:10 AM on Tue Sep 11 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
4,375 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: "Looks like a lowered MDX without that weird amphibious assault-craft bow that the MDX has." More like the MDX looks like a raised Accord wagons. The station wagons were here long before the car-based SUVs (that I can't stand). By all more »

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Honda To Reveal Accord Tourer Concept At Frankfurt Auto Show And No, This Isn't It

In addition to the ASIMO humanoid robot, Honda solar panels and HondaJet on the Honda stand at the Frankfurt Auto Show next month, the folks from Honda UK tell us they'll be debuting what they're calling "an exciting Accord Tourer Concept." Set on a stand that supposedly will focus on the twin Honda Euro themes of "Sports" and "Environment," the Honda folks claim the concept sled will give a "strong indication of the design direction of the next gen Accord Tourer" set to debut sometime during the middle of next year. As of now the only info we've got is in the press release below the jump. The teaser sketch above? That's the very bubbly and blue two-door "Small Hybrid Sports Concept" first revealed at the Geneva Show earlier this year and which will share stage space with the new Accord Tourer Concept. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Ray Wert
1,739 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: An accord CLS? more »

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2008 Honda Accord Sedan - In Detail

Late last night, the embargo doors on the 2008 Honda Accord were blown open and we gave you a first-look and first-dump of all the pictures and press info we had of the new-for-2008 model of the Accord. Now it's time to dig a bit deeper and take a look at both the sedan and the coupe in a bit more detail — and we're starting with the four-door. The Honda Accord sedan's become all grown-up over the years — but we don't mean in terms of build quality and dependability. The Accord long ago moved up from plucky little upstart to the benchmark by which other automakers measure their own mid-sized sedans. No, we actually mean that no longer will other automakers be able to use them as the mid-size benchmark — because the Accord four-door's no longer a mid-size. Yup, that's correct, the Accord's now moving from the EPA's "mid-size" category into the EPA's "large sedan" classification. But that's not the only place the Accord's movin' on up.


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10:30 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Ray Wert
23,906 views, 18 comments

Latest by number9ine: The faux wood, the arching trunklid meeting dead-straight fenders, front bumper treatment a la Decepticon... Honda, you've outdone yourself. @akirachan: At least the new Hyundais are ripoffs of better-looking Hondas past. :) This car is an affront to good taste, and more »

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2008 Honda Accord Revealed!

Thanks to the folks at Edmunds for some slick embargo breakage earlier, we've now got the Inside Line on the 2008 Honda Accord in the coupe and sedan variants — with both the 4-cylinder and V6 engines under the newly sculpted bonnet. Here's the photos we've got — and the data and specs on all variations of the next Honda Accord are below the jump. We'll have specific information up and more photos on each variant tomorrow — but for tonight, here's what we've got — just as we've got it.



UPDATE: We've now got a post up for the 2008 Honda Accord Sedan filled with all of the PR photos and details in an easy to read format. More »

11:17 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Ray Wert
122,059 views, 59 comments

Latest by n/a: Everyone who says this is the ugliest sedan out there right now, and that if you are seen in one "just shoot me" are some of the most idiotic people out there. First you complain about the bland appearance of more »

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2008 Honda Accord Interior - Yes, We've Got More Photos

Yes, we have even more photos of the interior of the 2008 Honda Accord. No, we won't stop. Sorry, there just seem to be a lot of folks interested in what the new '08 model looks like. Because remember, when you're obsessed, we're obsessed. Yes, even when it's merely the new Honda Accord.

[via The Mags Report]

Spy Photos

11:00 AM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Ray Wert
7,369 views, 13 comments

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2008 Honda Accord Coupe, Now With New Pictures!

Forum frequenter CosmicTDI over at VWVortex Motive's "Car Lounge" has snagged himself some new Kroger parking lot shots of the 2008 Honda Accord coupe. They look better than the last ones we had — and this time we've even got a higher-res shot of the interior. Is nice. Great Success! We'll just add these ones to the last shots we'd procured of the four-cylinder, V6, coupe and interior shots of the 2008 Honda Accord — all of which we've included in galleries below. [The Car Lounge via Autoblog]


Spy Photos

9:15 AM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Ray Wert
12,150 views, 31 comments

Latest by angelfast: The new, 2007 Honda CR-V is more powerful, more stylish and more comfortable than the previous-generation 2006 models. Its new suspension geometry delivers an improved ride and better, more responsive handling. The engine, still an inline four cylinder, employs variable intake more »

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2008 Honda Accord - Interior

A reader to the Blog all about the Auto was quick to draw their phone camera the other day and managed to have snapped a shot of what appears to be the interior of the newly redesigned 2008 Honda Accord. Wonderful — now that we've caught that shot, we can add it to our Coupe, V6 and four-cylinder shots — and finally complete the full set! [via Autoblog]


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1:30 PM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Ray Wert
15,519 views, 10 comments

Latest by bmoredlj: The parking brake lever on the LX model was cheap plastic with a seam. New one looks meatier. Overall, I like the look of this much more than the outgoing model. I'll reserve final judgement till I see it in person, more »

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