Honda Accord is the first Japanese brand manufactured in the United States backyard back in 1982. It has evolved from a compact hatchback into mid-sized sedan. This evolution is necessary to fit the American taste for bigger cars, making the Accord pushed at the upper limit of mid-size cars and just below full-sized cars by EPA standards. Honda managed to do this while having in mind fuel efficiency to consider. Hondas charm worked well on the Americans, being the best selling Japanese car in the U.S. from 1982 to 1997.
Honda conceptualized Accord with a V6 engine that looks sporty with a long hood. The name Accord is said to be derived from Hondas desire for accord and harmony between people, society and their automobile. It has been a model in meeting emission standards and fuel efficiency since 1970, and takes pride of being the only car that passed United States government standards without using a catalytic converter. Although a bigger car, the Honda Accord also used the same transverse engine layout of the smaller Honda Civic which is also operating on a front-wheel drive.
The Accord is produced in Marysville, Ohio Automotive Plant since 1982 and in...