By Jon Quirk
16 April 2008
The Honda Accord (come on, stay with me) is a good, if a little dull, car that’s proven very popular with middle England. People buy them to use, not to covet. They’re functional, practical, good at holding onto their money and never, ever break.
With this new eighth generation Accord, Honda wants to uproot the car’s semi-premium status and challenge the likes of BMW’s M-Sport as well as the Audi S-line ranges. Seriously? Yep, they’re going for the big guns alright, with the car’s quality (and price) increasing accord-ingly. Sorry….
On the outside
You’ll notice that this new Accord is a much more sporty-looking outfit than the previous generation model, but Honda says that’s what its customers want. In the last year, the Accord Sport GT accounted for 50 per cent of UK sales, hence why this new model has been made wider, lower and more athletic-looking than its predecessor. There is now heaps more rear-view mirror presence.
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