Accord '08 Honda Accord exposed

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'08 Honda Accord exposed -






2008 Honda Accord Unofficially Breaks Cover

 

[Kowalski]

I think the Coupé looks pretty good, although I don't like red.

The blue one is your typical well-proportioned but bland Asian bread-and-butter saloon car.

 

[Deutsch]

I think the Sedan looks quite good actually, could do with a better wheel design though, the Coupe looks great as well. Honda has most certainly achieved a more interesting and attention grabbing look whit this car compared to the current car. I think I'd consider the diesel Accord Sedan if I were on the market for a family four door.

 

[Choleric]

The coupé looks nice, as does the sedan but it seems too similar to the Hyundai Sonata.

 

[YoUhimhER]

I think the Coupé looks pretty good, although I don't like red.

The blue one is your typical well-proportioned but bland Asian bread-and-butter saloon car.

u took words right out of my mouth. still better looking than camry.

 

[Merc1]

Honda's designers must have a mandate to come up with the most pedestrian, unoffensive designs possible = bland as hell. Neither the coupe or sedan look like anything worth mentioning.

Edit: the more I look at the pics, the sedan gets even uglier and the coupe is just plain wierd looking.

M

 

[martinbo]

The sedan is awful!

After all that avantgarde design coming out of Honda with the FR-V, Civic and CR-V, I had high hopes that the new Accord would build on the current model's sporty persona. But now...? What a backward step; I can only hope that this is a US market-only version and that JDM and the rest of the planet gets something with a bit more pizzazz.

 

[CarGuy]

the coupe kinda looks like the g35 or the g37
i think its a step ahead for the coupe
the sedan is plain and i much rather prefer current

 

[Osnabrueck]

And just look at how Honda stuck that landing! Judges scores: 8.0 - 8.9 - 9.3 - 8.2 - 7.9

My first impression is very positive. The coupe has a very nice front fascia, and the Sedan is much better than I expected.

A bit disappointed that the coupe's rear lights aren't as trick as the concept's. Still bummed that the coupe and sedan share what's essentially the same face. We haven't seen the interior yet, but I'm already convinced that this makes a snotrag out of the Camry.

I think a 09' Coupe could very well squirm its way into my carport. If the Navi is "intelligent" like the Acura units then I'm really sold.

 

[Osnabrueck]

a backward step; I can only hope that this is a US market-only version and that JDM and the rest of the planet gets something with a bit more pizzazz.

Funny Martin, you'd think we're looking at two different cars. Remember, this is the Honda freakin' Accord we're talking about here. The sedan looks as though it could pass as an Acura... but hey, that's just me.

 

[Merc1]

Funny Martin, you'd think we're looking at two different cars. Remember, this is the Honda freakin' Accord we're talking about here. The sedan looks as though it could pass as an Acura... but hey, that's just me.

Well when you think about it, saying that it can pass for an Acura doesn't say much about its styling. Acuras are nothing more than fancier Hondas, i.e. just not as ugly/bland, but still nothing to look at or behold.

M

 

[Osnabrueck]

Well when you think about it, saying that it can pass for an Acura doesn't say much about its styling. Acuras are nothing more than fancier Hondas, i.e. just not as ugly/bland, but still nothing to look at or behold.

M

Well, either you're a Honda guy or you aren't. To me, Acuras are good looking Hondas that are erroneously being sold under a trumped-up luxury brand. Ok... I'll leave the MDX and RDX out of this - they're fussy-looking things now aren't they?

 

[Merc1]

Well, either you're a Honda guy or you aren't. To me, Acuras are good looking Hondas that are erroneously being sold under a trumped-up luxury brand. Ok... I'll leave the MDX and RDX out of this - they're fussy-looking things now aren't they?

Thing is I used to be an Acura guy. I loved those Acura Legends of the late 80's and early to mid 90's. Well they had to do the luxury brand thing otherwise they'd wind up with a VW Phaeton style flop. We Americans are brand slaves. I swear you could wrap a turd in saffron and put a fancy name on it and there would be some buyers, maybe not maybe, but some. Acura is a tweener brand, not quite luxurious enough to compete with Mercedes or Lexus, and not sporty enough to compete with Infiniti or BMW, nor do they have the style and all around versitility or sport of an Audi. They're quite pointless IMO. That said they're "nice" cars. I'd consider a used TL for my everyday car this coming fall/winter.

I actually kinda like the MDX, well a little. The RDX is a small, expensive mess of a vehicle. The typical SUV styling cues don't fit the small frame.

M

 

[martinbo]

Funny Martin, you'd think we're looking at two different cars. Remember, this is the Honda freakin' Accord we're talking about here. The sedan looks as though it could pass as an Acura... but hey, that's just me.

Wait a second - I may have lost the plot Josh, the US Accord and Euro Accord are completely different models no?

 

[Merc1]

Wait a second - I may have lost the plot Josh, the US Accord and Euro Accord are completely different models no?

Correct. The European Accord is our Acura "TSX".

Though I think they are based on the same platform as the U.S. Accord like nearly everything else Honda makes.

M

 

[Osnabrueck]

Thing is I used to be an Acura guy. I loved those Acura Legends of the late 80's and early to mid 90's.

Honda got Acura off to a good start, but somehow became very poor custodians of the brand. Glaring product lulls/gaps, abandoned names, badge revisionism, ambiguous product "rank"... the abject failure to capitalize on the success and following of the Integra. I could go on and on.

 

[Merc1]

Honda got Acura off to a good start, but somehow became very poor custodians of the brand. Glaring product lulls/gaps, abandoned names, badge revisionism, ambiguous product "rank"... the abject failure to capitalize on the success and following of the Integra. I could go on and on.

Yeah dropping the Legend name and replacing it with the lackluster RL and then allowing that car to remain on the market for 9 years virtually unchanged shows that someone was long asleep at the Acura wheel. I just don't think Honda can think "big" like they'd need to in order to build a true luxury car. Small and/or sporty small fwd cars they're arguably the best, but beyond that their ability is limited, mainly by their philosophy on what a car should be than outright skill. The NSX proved they have the skill to build whatever they want once it has been properly justified/realized internally.

M

 

[SDNR]

Honda's designers must have a mandate to come up with the most pedestrian, unoffensive designs possible = bland as hell. Neither the coupe or sedan look like anything worth mentioning.

Edit: the more I look at the pics, the sedan gets even uglier and the coupe is just plain wierd looking.

M

LOL .....but wait a minute Marcus, it is clear where they have been taking their inspiration from -- there is pseudo-Mercedes CL DNA in there. I see Audi and Lexus (sedan) in it too. I'm not seeing much BMW influence ...but I'm sure it's in there too somewhere -- lost in the fruit salad of a design it clearly is.

 

[Kowalski]

It's funny North-Americans think their lives worked well, buying what in essence is an Euro-spec Honda sold under a rather poncy name.

 

[Merc1]

LOL .....but wait a minute Marcus, it is clear where they have been taking their inspiration from -- there is pseudo-Mercedes CL DNA in there. I see Audi and Lexus (sedan) in it too. I'm not seeing much BMW influence ...but I'm sure it's in there too somewhere -- lost in the fruit salad of a design it clearly is.

Yep and there some CLK in the current Honda Accord Coupe, but only if you use your imagination because the Hondas look like road kill in comparison.

M