54 Facts About Honda Accord

Honda Accord, known as the Honda Inspire in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of cars 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.

Since its 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.

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 Honda Accord has achieved considerable success, especially in the United States, where it was the best-selling Japanese car for sixteen years, topping its class in sales in 1991 and 2001, with around ten million vehicles sold.

The Honda Accord has been on the Car and Driver 10Best list a record 36 times.

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In 1989, the Honda Accord was the first vehicle sold under an import brand to become the best-selling car in the United States.

Honda Accord, after establishing itself as a leading manufacturer of motorcycles during the 1950s, began production of cars in 1963.

Honda Accord introduced its N360 minicar, compliant with Kei car specifications for the Japanese market, for the 1967 model year.

Honda Accord's original concept for a larger, quieter, more powerful and comfortable car was a four-door sedan powered by a 2000cc inline-six engine, designated Project 653.

For reasons including managing development costs, leveraging the technology of their Civic, and ability to adapt production facilities to the new model, Honda Accord changed their focus to building upon the Civic's successful formula in a larger package, designated Project 671.

Honda Accord's final form, with an extended nose and extended coupe cabin with a sloping hatchback rear, was a logical derivation of the stubby hatchback design of the Civic and it provided ample leeway for use of Civic-derived components.

However, the Honda Accord's form had been finalised months prior to the Scirocco's introduction.

The Honda Accord sold well due to its moderate size and great fuel economy.

In Japan, a sister model called the Honda Vigor was launched simultaneously with the new Accord.

An optional extra on the 1981 Honda Accord was an Electro Gyrocator, the world's first automatic in-car navigation system.

In Europe, the Honda Accord was available as a fairly well equipped standard version, as well as a very luxurious EX model at a modest upcharge.

In November 1982, Honda Accord made a fully four-speed automatic available with the 1.

In June 1983, for the 1984 model year, the Honda Accord body was restyled with a slightly downward beveled nose and a new series of 12-valve CVCC powerplants.

Honda Accord integrated rear side marker lights and reflectors into the side of the tail light units.

In 1981, the Honda Accord offered an adjustable ride height air suspension in the Japanese market.

Third-generation Honda Accord was introduced in Japan on 4 June 1985 and in Europe and North America later that year.

Retractable headlamps of the third generation Honda Accord sedan were in Japan, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, KY region, and on cars in Taiwan that were imported from the United States.

North American and Australian Accords were not available with many of these options, particularly in the US because Honda was seen as a builder of economy cars, and not to cannibalise sales from the recently introduced Acura line.

Third-generation Honda Accord was sold in Japan, Europe, and New Zealand as a three-door hatchback with a flat roof over the rear seats, known in Europe as a shooting-brake.

The Honda Accord CR-X was the only three-door hatchback that adopted a fastback, sloping rear hatch "kammback" appearance, demonstrating a performance car appearance identified with Honda Accord Verno products during the mid-1980s.

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Fourth-generation Honda Accord, introduced on the "CB" chassis, was unveiled in 1989 for the 1990 model year.

The growing popularity of the Honda Accord internationally was evident in the ever-increasing dimensions, which now matched almost exactly with the first-generation Legend introduced in 1985.

In early 1990 for the 1991 model year, Honda unveiled the Accord wagon, to be manufactured at the Marysville, Ohio plant.

The Honda Accord Wagons were available from November 1990, only in LX and EX trim in North America or just 2.

In 1992, Honda introduced the 10th Anniversary Edition sedan to commemorate the 10th year of U S Accord production.

Fifth-generation North American Honda Accord was launched on 9 September 1993, for the 1994 model year and was based on the new 'CD' chassis.

The engines offered with the Honda Accord exceeded the maximum limit of 2000cc to remain in the favorable "compact" tax bracket.

Fifth-generation Honda Accord became the first Honda Accord to be built and sold in the Philippines.

All Honda Accord models received a more ergonomic interior with standard safety features such as dual airbags and reinforced side-impact beams.

The Honda Accord was again named Motor Trend Import Car of the Year for 1994.

The Honda Accord saw very few other changes for 1995 with the exception of a few different exterior and interior colour combinations.

In 1995, the Honda Accord underwent the usual mid-generation facelift for 1996.

In New Zealand, the fifth-generation Accord was assembled at Honda's manufacturing site in Nelson and was released in March 1994.

The H22A 4-cylinder engine was the most powerful inline 4-cylinder engine Honda built for the Prelude and the Accord before the 1995 U S -spec V6 sedan.

In 1996, the European Honda Accord received a minor facelift and was given a new front end and slightly different taillamps.

The styling of the European Honda Accord differed dramatically from the North American which featured a more conventional sedan styling compared to the European model's low slung, fastback-inspired look which incorporated rear quarter windows.

However, the European Honda Accord did not spawn an station wagon nor a coupe version.

Diesel model of the Honda Accord was fitted with the direct injection Rover L-Series diesel engine, as fitted in the Rover 600.

Seventh generation of the Honda Accord was launched in 2002, and consists of two separate models; one for the Japanese and European markets, and the other for North America, with the Japanese and European model being sold in North America as the Acura TSX.

The Honda Accord Euro-R was only available to the Japanese Domestic Market.

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North American Honda Accord grew in size yet again, becoming a vastly different car than its Japanese and European counterparts.

North American version of the Honda Accord has a different body from its Japanese counterpart.

Ninth-generation Accord, Honda appointed Shoji Matsui, who served as an engineer on the Accord platform from 1985 to 1996, as the lead project manager.

The Honda Accord sedan went on sale on 19 September 2012, in the United States, with the coupe following on 15 October 2012.

In June 2013, the Accord hybrid and plug-in hybrid were introduced to the Japanese market, with the discontinuation of the Honda Inspire, serving as Honda's large sedan and one level below the Honda Legend.

From 2014, Honda began exporting the Accord from China to the Middle East, Africa, members of Commonwealth of Independent States, and others.

The tenth-generation Honda Accord is exclusively offered as a four-door sedan, the coupe variant being discontinued.

Tenth-generation Honda Accord debuted for the Japanese domestic market at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show through October to November 2019 and went on sale in Japan on 21 February 2020 and is imported from Thailand.

Honda Accord has been raced in multiple different motorsport series through the years.