F23A4

....now I do not feel quite as bad about the style of my 07.

Texas

Yes, and some black trim parts for the coupes grill and window trim...& body colored door handles??

AMGala

iTrader: (4)

Front end I see hints of the Honda Ridgeline (yuck), TSX and Altima SE-R. Rear end, the taillights look like BMW 5-series tails, and I see hints of Hyundai Sonata and the RL.

deandorsey

the rear look like the RL

AsianRage

Yeah, that's true, but this is about styling choices (design of the bumper, and grille and headlights, etc). Honda's execution left much to be desired.

Mokos23

even if it looks either like a Saturn, RL, or a BMW, this car will sell because of the fact it's a Honda Accord and they're reliable cars.

most of the buying public just buys on this: Accord has a history of being reliable cars, well built, reasonably priced, good resale, fuel efficient, and fun to drive. they don't really care how the vehicle looks.

take for instance the 03-05 Accord sedan, which i thought had the ugliest rearend ever! but, it still sold well and i had to endure seeing that ugly rear a lot from 2003-present. Luckily honda changed the rear of that in 06.

this new 8th Accord sedan though and the coupe look nothing like the older Accords at all though, which could be good or bad.

F23A4

and this is why I purchased an 07 AV6. The sum of the Accord's pros was sufficient in overcoming the con of its exterior styling.

Moog-Type-S

If one is going to compare the exterior of the new Accord to the Aura...then....
The Saturn Aura > new Accord

The sedan keeps looking worse everytime I see new pics of it.

Infamous425

i dont think it looks like the saturn aura at all. the aura rear end more busy in design and shaped differently.

yohan81718

let's compare

yohan81718

btw, wheel looks ugly

phile

I actually don't like the chrome door handles...think there's too much chrome going on.

Motohip

I actually like that picture of the grey accord. That blue one made it look ultra nasty for some reason.

Mokos23

so what do you guys like more the current civic design of the coupe/sedan or this new accord design of the coupe/sedan?

jzacuto

The Aura looks better.

godizus

Front end looks like a Camry redesigned by Dodge
Rear looks like a Sonata
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phile

and it appears no LEDS...

Moog-Type-S

As far as the sedans go: Neither...they both look bad.

Mokos23

that makes no sense that this new Accord sedan and coupe won't have the LEDs considering that the 06 and 07 Accords do. Wtf is Honda doing?

BraveDemon

You know. Honda's design team has been :ghey: for a while now.

Its as if they want to design better looking cars, so they take cues from Acura, but then they don't want to make Honda cars look too similar to Acura, and as a result they water down the Honda design.

In my opinion, Honda cars have always looked boring (with a few exceptions like the S2k and prelude).

What do I think of the design? It's typical Honda. When the current Gen Accord first came out, everyone said it was ugly. Just wait till you see a few hundred thousand of them out on the roads come this winter. Before you know it, long gone will be the complaints that the new Accords are ugly... instead everyone will just go back to saying "Eh. It's another Accord."

SpeedyV6

My guess is that the EX will get led's & xenon.

Mokos23

ouch

cob3683

Aura > New Accord (off exterior)

phile

I'm sure we've seen the EX's, supposedly they're the ones with the chrome handles. And it doesn't appear to be LEDs. And definitely no projectors for the sedan.

Infamous425

exterior wise i agree aura > new accord. interior im sure honda got it. aura's interior left me disappointed

TypeSAddict

I don't know....it looks like the Accord is taking some cues from the new Civic, which I think has probably one of the most unappealing interiors of any car on the market.

california-usa

My take on these latest Accord pics...hate those alloys which will be a pain in the a** to clean the brake dust out of, hate the chrome door handles and knowing the history of Accord's horrific ( for lack of a better word ) severely underpowered audio systems im sure that will be another disapointment. Other then that I cant ask for more out of this family sedan which I have owned 4 previous EX V6 models. If I were to purchase one I would immediately modify the three things I mentioned.

leedogg

MOOOAARRRR

B K R

Pics were aparently snapped in Ohio..




If the above links do not show up you can find these photos here http://jalopnik.com/cars/all-couped-...upe-274458.php

TL CHROMETIDE

F*cking sexy. I can't wait for mine!

leedogg

You didnt really check to see if they were already posted...like in the post before yours...did you? lol

ostrich

I think you're right because the license plates of the other cars were all Ohio ones!

Now, this coupe is just BEAUTIFUL! I know that this new Accord sedan/coupe will be a HUGE success! Some of you may not like the looks, but I think they are beautiful, and remember that you are talking about the general public who are probably less of a motor enthusiast than many of you are and these are the people that the Accord is marketed towards.

Infamous425

haha thats true. though for the civic ex coupe they did put in a 320 watt stereo so i hope they at least put a "premium" stereo in the ex models

biker

I didn't notice before that the hood is not flat but it dips in from the fenders - that must of cost of few extra cents on the stamping machine.

Also, in one of those shots it looks like turn signal in the mirror?

yohan81718

i'm liking the coupe.. this one much better than current coupe model.. front end looks nice..

phile

I thought I saw that too, but it just might be an illusion, as the side mirrors have that slight curvature on the lower portion.

SeCsTaC

damnnnnn thats sexy

subtledreamer

I'm digging that side profile. Trunk, not so much. Front has potential. Now, if only it's RWD (unpossible)... that'd be NICE!

titan

I don't think that matters. If I'm not mistaken, this Accord is for the U.S. only. Honda will continue to have a U.S. only Accord, which is a different and larger car from the European Accord (our TSX). This design is just the way Honday wanted it, for better or for the worse. And for the record, this car looks nothing like a Saturn.

titan

Agreed.