In 1982, the Accord — which had always been manufactured in Sayama, Japan — became the first Japanese car to be produced in the United States when production commenced in Marysville, Ohio at Honda's Marysville Auto Plant. In addition, the Accord is, or has been, produced in Nelson in New Zealand, Swindon in England, Guangzhou in China and Ayutthaya in Thailand. The Accord has achieved considerable success, especially in the United States, where it was the best-selling Japanese car for fifteen years (1982–97), topping its class in sales in 1991 and 2001, with around ten million vehicles sold. Numerous tests, past and present, rate the Accord as one of the world's most reliable vehicles.
Since initiation, Honda has offered several different car body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ quite substantially. It debuted in 1976 as a compact hatchback, though this style only lasted through 1981, as the line-up was expanded to include a sedan, coupé, and wagon. By the Accord's sixth generation in the 1990s, it evolved into an intermediate vehicle, with one basic platform but with different bodies and proportions to increase its competitiveness against its rivals in different international markets. For the current generation of the Accord released for the North American market in 2008, Honda has again chosen to move the model further up-scale and increase its size. This pushed the Accord sedan from the upper limit of what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines as a mid-size car to just above the lower limit of a full-size car, with the coupe still rated as a mid-size car.
Contents
* 1 Concept
* 2 First generation (1976–1981)
* 3 Second generation (1982–1985)
o 3.1 Refresh (1984-1985)
* 4 Third generation (1986–1989)
o 4.1 Chassis code configurations
* 5 Fourth generation (1990–1993)
o 5.1 Return of the SE (1991)
o 5.2 Update (1992–1993)
o 5.3 10th Anniversary Edition and return of the SE (1993)
* 6 Fifth generation (1994–1997)
o 6.1 Japan, North America and Australasia (wagon and coupe only for Europe)
o 6.2 Europe
* 7 Sixth generation (1998–2002)
o 7.1 Japan
+ 7.1.1 Performance Models
# 7.1.1.1 Accord Euro R (CL7, 2002-2007)
# 7.1.1.2 Accord/Torneo Euro R (CL1, 2000-2002)
# 7.1.1.3 Accord SiR-T (CF4, 1998-2001)
# 7.1.1.4 Accord SiR (CF4, 1998-2001)
# 7.1.1.5 Accord Wagon SiR (CH9 FWD 1999-2001, CL2 AWD 2000-2001)
o 7.2 North America and Australasia
o 7.3 Europe
+ 7.3.1 Performance Models
* 8 Seventh generation (2003–2007)
o 8.1 Japan and Europe
o 8.2 North America
* 9 Eighth generation (2008–present)
o 9.1 Japan, China and Europe
o 9.2 North America
* 10 Awards
* 11 See also
* 12 References
* 13 External links
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