- Powertrain: No more 2.0T, more powerful hybrid
- Dimensions: Longer, better legroom
- Interior tech: Honda’s largest touchscreen, OTA updates
- Safety: Better Sensing, new airbags
- Conclusion: So much to look forward to
This is it, the all-new 2023 that’s just debuted in the United States of America. Lots can be said about it, but one thing is glaringly clear – the Accord has traded market places with the .
Where the Camry is now, as describes, a controversial ‘beautiful monster’, the 2023 Accord is a bland but safe choice, the common denominator that will appeal to the widest group of buyers in middle-class America – the Accord’s most important market. Along that lines, Honda’s created the most powerful, techiest Accord ever.
Powertrain: No more 2.0T, more powerful hybrid
Integral to that is its hybrid powertrain. The Accord hybrid models are positioned at the top of the 11th generation Accord lineup and will represent about 50 percent of sales in the ‘States. For the normal, pure-ICE turbo powerplants, these have been further refined.
| 2023 Honda Accord specs | |
|---|---|
| Powertrain | Details |
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192 PS @ 6,000 rpm 260 Nm @ 1,700 – 5,000 rpm CVT |
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2.0-litre hybrid Atkinson-cycle 4-cyl + 2 motors, direct-injection |
204 PS (combined) 335 Nm @ 5,000 – 8,000 rpm CVT |
Interestingly, the more powerful 2.0-litre turbocharged engine of the old model that was available in the US (252 PS / 370 Nm) is not listed this time around. Perhaps this deficit will not be so obviously felt as the new hybrid powertrain makes more power and almost double the torque of the old one (143 PS / 175 Nm).
The engines feature updated direct fuel injection, upgraded crankshaft and oil pan, plus a new cold-active catalyst to reduce engine noise and bump up smoothness.
Dimensions: Longer, better legroom
Power aside, there’s more familiar numbers in the dimensions. The 11th-gen Accord retains the same wheelbase, height, and width figures, if only growing a little longer. Here’s how they stack-up, US-spec to US-spec:
| 2023 Honda Accord dimensions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dimension | All-new Accord | 10th-gen Accord |
| Length | 4,971 mm | 4,882 mm |
| Height | 1,450 mm | 1,450 mm |
| Width | 1,862 mm | 1,862 mm |
| Wheelbase | 2,829 mm | 2,829 mm |
The longer body results in a spacier cabin. Legroom is 40.8 inches (103.6 cm, that’s about the size of a 3-year old), while boot space is a whopping 473 litres.
Interior tech: Honda’s largest touchscreen, OTA updates
Beyond the smooth looks – perhaps divisive? – the inside comes with its own load of tech also. Standard on the Accord is a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, with top trims getting a 12.3-inch infotainment (Honda’s largest touchscreen ever) with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
The range’s top banana, the Touring, nets Google integration which brings Google Assistant, Google Maps, and Google Play capability. Sort of like and their Android Automotive system, this integration allows for Over the Air (OTA) software updates to nearly all vehicle computer modules. It’s also got a Bose 12-speaker setup!
For lower-rung models there’s a 7-inch headunit with wired connections. Differences aside, the rangewide similarities between variants is a minimalist cabin, Piano Black trims, and new Body Stabilising Seats that are touted to reduce fatigue on long drives.
Safety: Better Sensing, new airbags
Standard class-leading safety features include a new Honda Sensing safety and driver-assistive technology, next-gen front airbags, as well as new front knee airbags and rear side-impact airbags.
For the first time too, the Accord features standard knee and rear-passenger side impact airbags.
The Accord’s Sensing ADAS suite is enabled by a new camera with a wider 90-degree field of view and wide-angle radar with a 120-degree field of view.
Monocular camera on the current-gen Civic RS
This wide angle improves collision prevention performance by boosting its ability to recognise attributes of objects, such as a vehicles or pedestrians, as well as white lines, road boundaries like curbs, other vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, and road signs. The wide angle also enables expanded control range for the Accord at intersections.
Blind spot information (BSI) has been expanded, now with 82 feet of radar range. Also new is Traffic Jam Assist (TJA), which is a first for Accord. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low-Speed Follow, and Lane Keeping Assist (LKAS) have been updated to feature more natural responses. Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) is also standard, and Low-Speed Braking Control is available on the top-spec Touring variant.
Conclusion: So much to look forward to
There you have it; a round up of the all-new 2023 Honda Accord. For now everything is centred on the US-spec model, and so far there hasn’t been indicative pricing or when exactly it’ll go on sale, so it’s tough to predict its Malaysian entry.
Nonetheless you’ll know more about it as soon as we have something to share. For now though, the 10th-gen Honda Accord is still available in Malaysia, and your pick of the lot are as below:
- Honda Accord 1.5 TC – RM 187,400
- Honda Accord 1.5 TC-P – RM 197,400
Keyword: Filling the gap left by the Camry, this is the all-new 2023 Honda Accord; most powerful, techiest ever