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kennylee · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 348 Location: Cheras

Honda has unveiled the new generation American Accord. Although some journalists described it as more stylish (they probably copied the press release), to me the new Accord appears to be too ordinary in Sedan form. It lacks the sporty profile of European designs like new Mondeo, Laguna and Passat. Its angular headlamps and front grille does not suit everyone's taste.
Measuring 4930 mm long, 1847mm wide and 1476 mm tall, the new Accord sedan is larger again than the outgoing generation, which measured 4813 / 1815 / 1455 mm. Similarly, its wheelbase has grown by 60 mm to 2800 mm. All these bring a kerb weight between 70 and 100 kg heavier than before. On the plus side, the chassis used higher percentage of high-strength steel to achieve a gain of 20% in torsional rigidity, which should benefit refinement, handling and crash worthiness.
Honda said the new Accord has improved handling owing to the stronger chassis, wider tracks, lowered engine and fuel tank and a new variable gear ratio power steering. On the other hand, ride quality is enhanced by a new engine mount and new multi-link rear suspensions. The front suspensions remain the same double-wishbone design.

3 engines are available:

The cheapest engine is the familiar 2.4-liter DOHC 16V i-VTEC four-cylinder with variable cam phasing and variable timing / lift. Now it is tuned to produce 177 horsepower and 161 lb-ft of torque, compare to the outgoing engine's 160 hp / 161 lbft. It mates with 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic gearbox. This is probably the Malaysian top-of-the-line engine specs

The middle engine is the high power version of the above. Thanks to higher compression ratio, variable back-pressure exhaust and different engine mapping, it produces 190 horsepower and 162 lb-ft. Transmissions are the same as above.

Now some bite to rival the very popular Toyota Camry

kennylee · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 348 Location: Cheras

the embargo doors on the 2008 Honda Accord were blown open 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.