Evolution of the Honda Accord

Honda named the ninth generation, the most "sculptural" Accord from all previous versions, and reports that the new car has increased passenger cabin and trunk. As Honda declares, reducing the overall length of the car will provide more sporty driving and will facilitate parking.

Honda Accord 2013 will for the first time be equipped with a Honda warning system about the intersection of lines of marking and the technology of warning about a possible collision from the front. Both systems use the same camera installed behind the windscreen to warn the driver of leaving the lane or a potential collision from the front. The car will also be equipped with a standard rear view camera and mirrors with an extended field of view.

The car will soon begin to arrive to dealers Honda.

Now let's see how the evolution of the Honda Accord has progressed and find out what transformations and stages the model has gone through on its way to its ninth generation.

The debut of the Accord outside Japan took place in 1976. The first Accord was a front-drive, three-door hatchback, despite the fact that at that time most Japanese cars. In addition, the standard equipment Accord included air conditioning.

Honda added a four-door version to the Accord line in the 1979 model year. According to the company, this should make the car look like a small Mercedes and attract new customers.

The Accord redesign was made in 1982 during which the car received a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine and a four-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission.

In the 1983 advertisement Honda attracted the attention of consumers to the economy of Accord.

After the redesign, the Accord 1986 model became one of the most popular cars. In the third generation of Accord, Honda Offered buyers a choice with a wide range of levels of configuration: from Spartan to luxury, which included many of the high-end features that Honda used in its new, premium brand Acura. One of the forever remembered functions, were retractable headlights.

In 1989, for the first time sales of Japanese cars in the US surpassed local manufacturers. This year Honda Sold 362,707 cars of the Accord line, followed by a No. 2 Ford Taurus, No. 2 3 Ford Escort, No. 4 Chevrolet Corsica / Beretta, No. 5 Chevrolet Cavalier and No. 5. 6 Toyota Camry.

Honda updated the sedan and the Accord coupe in 1990, which again became the best selling cars in the US. The 1990 model was larger than its predecessor, but the design was still transitional. In the same year, Honda abandoned the version of the three-door hatchback.

In 1991 in the Accord family there was a replenishment, in the line Accord was added version of the wagon.

The next redesign of Accord, Honda made in 1994. This version was distinguished by heavy steel doors and wings to increase the resistance to torsion and bending.

The fifth generation Accord, introduced in 1998, became more spacious and was equipped with more powerful engines, as well as a new suspension. Inside also there are more new technologies, such as automatic, filtering air conditioning.

Accord's most dramatic changes occurred in 2003, when the car received new engines, four-cylinder and V-6, a five-speed automatic transmission as standard and a new-design seat. The line-up of the 2003 model year was probably one of the most varied, the sedan and coupe only had the same detail - the headlights.

Honda The eighth generation Accord has become larger in all dimensions. Increased to 3.398 liters of internal volume moved the car from the class of mid-size sedans in full-size. The car was offered to customers with a 3.5-liter V-6 outstanding 268 hp. Never before had Accord had such power.

Instead of offering the usual station wagon to customers, in 2010 Honda decided to expand the Accord family by adding a crossover to it - the Accord Crosstour 2012. The small crossover station wagon was made on the same platform as the Accord sedan. In the updated version of 2013, Honda abandoned the name Accord and the crossover became just Crosstour 2013.

For the first time Honda demonstrated the concept coupe Accord 2013 at the Detroit Motor Show 2012. The ninth generation of the Accord 2013 will receive three completely new versions of the power unit. They will include a 2.4-liter direct injection engine and a plug-in hybrid system with two motors. Accord V-6 will be the first Honda sedan equipped with a new, six-speed automatic transmission.

That's it, maybe not always straight-line development of the Accord line, which repeatedly proved its success and popularity. In all likelihood, a new, ninth generation will be popular among fans of Honda, of which there are a considerable number in Russia.