What Happens When Super Efficiency Meets Surging Power
It looks like an Accord. It rides and drives like an Accord. Heck, it even smells like an Accord, but no, this is no regular Accord. It's an Accord
Hybrid. As it might appear, I'm making a big deal out of the fact that there's just one additional word at the end of this Honda's name. Big deal, you might say to yourself, and you know what, it is. That one little word, that one inconspicuous badge, makes a world of difference in performance and economy, plus it actually makes it the ultimate Accord.
About this Accord; in a nutshell, it's the third hybrid vehicle that Honda has committed to production and a new entry for 2005. Its role as environmentally friendly family transportation follows the compact Civic Hybrid sedan and the miniscule but ecologically sound Insight, but unlike the previous two trials, Honda has chosen a different tactic. Beneath its ordinary-clothes exterior lie advancements that place it bounds ahead of even the most technically advanced hybrid Honda makes. It's also the best Honda hybrid
to date, a few words of notoriety which ought to be enough to project this Accord into fame, even if it is for only forty-five seconds or so, until the next revolutionary hybrid arrives.
For the sake of brevity, I won't dance around the Accord's impressive stats and accomplished goals for too long. With Honda's IMA hybrid system, a "mild hybrid" system which operates in conjunction with the standard gasoline motor, Honda has effectively created a system that further boosts the V6 powertrain. Electrical assist makes for a 7.9 L/100 km city, 5.9 L/100 km highway rating possible, which bests not only the regular Accord V6 by some 43%, but the regular four-cylinder model as well. Heck, it even verges in on the Civic's ratings, which as far as I'm concerned is pretty darned good! When driven appropriately, it's possible to extract a diesel-like 1000+ km per tank.
It looks like an Accord. It rides and drives like an Accord. Heck, it even smells like an Accord, but no, this is no regular Accord. It's an Accord
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| It's the third hybrid vehicle that Honda has committed to production and a new entry for 2005. (Photo: Justin Couture, Canadian Auto Press) |
About this Accord; in a nutshell, it's the third hybrid vehicle that Honda has committed to production and a new entry for 2005. Its role as environmentally friendly family transportation follows the compact Civic Hybrid sedan and the miniscule but ecologically sound Insight, but unlike the previous two trials, Honda has chosen a different tactic. Beneath its ordinary-clothes exterior lie advancements that place it bounds ahead of even the most technically advanced hybrid Honda makes. It's also the best Honda hybrid
 |
| When driven appropriately, it's possible to extract a diesel-like 1000+ km per tank. (Photo: Justin Couture, Canadian Auto Press) |
For the sake of brevity, I won't dance around the Accord's impressive stats and accomplished goals for too long. With Honda's IMA hybrid system, a "mild hybrid" system which operates in conjunction with the standard gasoline motor, Honda has effectively created a system that further boosts the V6 powertrain. Electrical assist makes for a 7.9 L/100 km city, 5.9 L/100 km highway rating possible, which bests not only the regular Accord V6 by some 43%, but the regular four-cylinder model as well. Heck, it even verges in on the Civic's ratings, which as far as I'm concerned is pretty darned good! When driven appropriately, it's possible to extract a diesel-like 1000+ km per tank.