The Honda Accord k r d is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its fourdoor sedan variant, which has been one of. Honda_Accord%20Sedan_1990_56_238/1024/Honda-Accord%20Sedan-1990-2.jpg' alt='Honda Accord 1992 Model Manual' title='Honda Accord 1992 Model Manual' />Honda Accord Pricing For Sale. Quick Summary. Youve heard of putting lipstick on a pig Well, think of the 2. Honda Accord as an example of putting lipstick on a model. Noteworthy changes to the infotainment system, features list, suspension, vehicle structure and styling for 2. Edmunds A rated. Honda couldve stood pat with an excellent product, but at the risk of switching metaphors, raising the bar is never a bad thing. What Is It The 2. Honda Accord is now the only midsize sedan with a two door coupe sibling, but for this tests purposes, well be focusing on the four door. There are four and six cylinder engines available, manual, automatic and continuously variable transmissions, and the singular choice of front wheel drive. There are also several trim levels the surprisingly well equipped base LX, more aggressively styled Sport, midlevel EX, abundantly equipped EX L and the near luxury, top of the line Touring shown here. Only the latter two trims are available with the V6 engine. Whats New for 2. In this day and age, lets start with how the 2. Quickly find vehicle and modelspecific information or browse the full catalog of Honda auto options. We make it easy to find, shop and compare Honda cars. As Honda prepares its 10thgeneration Accord for launch, lets take a trip back in time. Which generation do you feel was the best Automakers arent giving up on the midsize sedan, and Honda has clearly placed some genuine effort behind the nextgeneration Accord. Find your owners manual and get detailed information about coverage and terms of your 2014 Honda Accord Sedan warranty, including tires, accessories, replacement. Honda Accord 1992 Model Manual' title='Honda Accord 1992 Model Manual' />Accord gets along with, presumably, your most prized possession your smartphone. Apple Car. Play and Android Auto are now standard on the Accord EX and above, making it one of the first cars to offer what is considered by many to be the future of in car tech. Car. Play and Android Auto allow you to operate a selection of appsfunctions text messaging, phone, mapsnavigation, music and podcasts using the Accords new touchscreen interface andor voice controls. Other noteworthy new tech features are those designed to keep you safe especially should you be a little too involved with that aforementioned prized possession. The Honda Sensing package available on all trims includes adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning and mitigation, and lane departure warning and keeping assist. Styling updates for 2. Accords. It looks good, and with the Tourings standard LED headlights, theres more than a passing resemblance to cars made by Acura, Hondas luxury division. Behind that new face are a lightweight aluminum hood, increased body rigidity, retuned steering and a revised suspension that includes adaptive dampers on the Touring trim. The backseat is thankfully now split 6. LX trim, while the Touring adds several new features for 2. What Is the Interior Like Apart from some new trim and upholstery types, as well as the infotainment changes described below, the Accords cabin carries over from last year. It has excellent materials and bulletproof construction that makes it feel likely to last a very long time. Interior space is also unchanged, meaning this Accord retains the large, airy cabin that makes it so popular. The Accords thin pillars, large glass areas and comparatively squared off roof line also make it feel open and inviting. The front seat offers average leg and headroom, which in the midsize segment basically translates into abundant. When it comes to backseat legroom, headroom and a comfortable seatback angle, only the Toyota Camry comes close. Theres also plenty of room for your stuff. The armrest bin and glovebox are of a useful, average size, theres a large flat space forward of the shifter and a new, enclosed bin above with a USB port for a smartphone. The trunk offers a generous, but typical 1. How Does the New Tech Interface WorkThere were previously two tech interfaces available on the Honda Accord. One was a more traditional series of radio buttons with a large screen above, while the other system standard on the EX L and Touring featured a confusing combination of a touchscreen, a larger display above and a hodgepodge of buttons and a multipurpose knob below. For 2. 01. 6, the traditional setup remains only on the LX and Sport. Everything else gets a new Display Audio touchscreen that controls everything, as there are no accompanying buttons, or much to our annoyance, a volume knob. The large upper display sticks around only as a configurable second display that can show audio info, turn by turn navigation directions either from a smartphone app or the available in car system and general trip computer data. This is certainly a more sensible system than before, but the touchscreen can be a bit slow to respond, some icons are too small and transitioning between the Honda and AppleAndroid systems can be clunky and confusing at times. Doesn T Match The File In The Setup`S Cab File. Which brings us to the newfangled interface of tomorrow. No, Honda hasnt simply turned the keys over to the folks at Apple and Google when it comes to controlling the cars myriad infotainment functions. If you want to change a radio station, play a CD remember those or perform any number of other vehicle functions, youll be using the Honda designed interface. However, plugging in your smartphone and pressing a somewhat buried menu button opens a door into the portable device world just remember to unlock it or youll sit there wondering why it isnt working. We tried Apple Car. Play, which displays as a black background with a series of familiar app logos. The Music, Podcast and MLB At Bat apps worked particularly well, but were not fans of Apple Maps Android Auto presumably has a leg up here thanks to Google Maps. Marvel Chronology 1997. We also found that the speech to text technology did not work especially well. Among other issues, trying to speak a reply via Siri completely froze the system not just Car. Play but the entire infotainment system. The trusty method of turning the car off and on again fixed it, but it was the last time we attempted to send a text message. What About Fuel Economy and That Thing Under the Hood Before smartphone connections, people were quite often most concerned with a cars engine. In this case, the Accord provides a choice of two engines there are also separate Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid models. Standard on all but the Touring trim is a 2. Sport trim makes slightly more. Its unchanged for 2. CVT it will still get the Accord from zero to 6. Fuel economy is also excellent at an EPA estimated 3. The four cylinder is a fine engine and given its acceleration, most shoppers will find it more than sufficient. However, the Accords 3. V6 is smooth, incredibly refined, and with 2. Touring test car from zero to 6. Thats the quickest in the segment and quicker than many entry level luxury sedans including the Acura TLX. Its less efficient than the four cylinder, but with an EPA estimate of 2. It returned 2. 6. Edmunds evaluation route. We were also impressed with the six speed automatic transmissions performance, or rather, its ability to smartly hold gears or downshift as needed when driving on hilly terrain. Too many cars these days upshift too early in a clumsy, ill timed effort to save fuel. On the other hand, the Sport mode didnt ramp up these efforts sufficiently enough to live up to the Sport moniker. Theres also no manual mode like those found on the CVT equipped Accord Sport and most competitors. Whats It Like To Drive Updates made to the structure, steering and suspension only bolster the Accords already impressive repertoire of driving talents. The brakes are excellent, bringing the Accord to a stop from 6. The steering is light in effort, but its consistent in that effort and fluid in its movement. It may not transmit as much feedback to your hands as Hondas of old, but its still better than most in the segment the Ford Fusion and Mazda 6 being notable exceptions. Most impressive of all is the suspension.