Refined, Extremely Environment friendly Household Sedan
The 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid sedan was utterly redesigned in 2023. The good-looking styling continues over to 2024, the place it foregoes sharp edges for a mature and completed look. The bundle of clean aerodynamics is backed with an enthusiastic however environment friendly powertrain and serenely snug inside.
Honda provides drivers choices of 4 Accord Hybrid fashions.
EX-L
2.0-liter non-turbocharged 4-cylinder
204 complete system horsepower (hp), together with two electrical motors
134 pound-feet of torque (lb.-ft.) from engine
17-inch alloy wheels
EPA Gas Economic system: 51 mpg metropolis/44 freeway/48 mixed
Sport, Sport-L and Touring
2.0-liter non-turbocharged 4-cylinder
204 hp
134 lb.-ft.
19-inch alloy wheels
EPA: 46 metropolis/41 freeway/44 mixed
The hybrid engines propel the entrance wheels via an electronically-controlled constantly variable transmission (CVT). With controls on the middle console, the CVT has driver selectable drive modes of Regular, Econ, Sport and Particular person. All-wheel drive just isn’t supplied.
In 215 miles driving via Southern California we averaged 44.8 mpg mixed. With a 110-mile all-freeway run, utilizing the adaptive cruise management set at 65 mph, the typical bumped as much as wholesome 46.5 mpg. Gas financial system numbers reported by Clear Fleet Report are non-scientific and signify the reviewer’s driving expertise. Your numbers could differ.
Hitting the Street
The Honda Accord Hybrid Touring carried out nicely, with zero-to-60 instances round 6.6 seconds. The trip high quality is refined, dealing with assured with exact steering. The quickest corners didn’t produce physique roll or shifting as the three,532 kilos at all times felt nicely managed. The throttle response was linear (no turbo so no turbo lag!) and acceleration was peppy. The Accord Hybrid just isn’t rated to tow. For a household automotive not marketed as a sports activities sedan, it was enjoyable to drive.
Dealing with was greater than competent with electrical energy steering, MacPherson strut entrance and multi-link rear suspensions and the Michelin Inexperienced X vitality saver 235/40 all-season tires, mounted on 19-inch machined-faced with gloss black insert wheels. Stopping was stable with four-wheel ABS, digital brake distribution and automobile stability help.
Aerodynamically Environment friendly Exterior
Now in its eleventh technology (first launched in 1976) the 2024 Accord went via a whole exterior re-imagination in 2023. With few sharp edges and clean corners, the aerodynamics have been improved to realize elevated effectivity, which is a key a part of the clear redesign. The LED head and driving lights are sleekly built-in on the far corners, separating a correctly sized grille.
The nostril, entrance bumpers and hood are designed to direct air move down the sleek sides and over the roof. The trunk lid top, the diminutive built-in lip spoiler, the LED tail lights and the rear bumper and fascia all are optimized with airflow in thoughts. It’s apparent Honda did appreciable wind tunnel testing with the Accord.
Our Accord, painted in Canyon River Blue Metallic, had physique color-keyed bumpers, door handles, shark fin antenna and heated, energy exterior mirrors. Chrome was saved to a tasteful minimal, solely discovered across the home windows and on the badging. Normal exterior pallet choices embrace Photo voltaic Silver Metallic, Meteorite Grey Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl and Canyon River Blue Metallic. Premium colours for an extra $455 value are City Grey Pearl, Platinum White Pearl and Radiant Pink Metallic.
Inside Serenity
Clear clean inside surfaces with premium supplies greet you when sliding into the snug fabric, or as with our Touring trim, leather-based seats. Entrance visibility is superb as a result of rake of the hood, slim A-pillars, and hidden rain sensing windshield wipers. The sprint, with a novel and enticing honeycomb mesh panel disguising the air shops, is roofed in smooth contact supplies with gloss black trim. The stable black inside had tasteful brushed aluminum touches on the leather-wrapped steering wheel and the door handles.
The heated and ventilated entrance seats have a number of inside buildings to offer improved help throughout your complete physique, with the motive force getting 10-way energy changes with reminiscence, and the passenger 4-way energy changes. The lean and telescoping steering column has good vary offering loads of choices to discover a snug driving place. Uniquely for a automotive on this class, the steering wheel just isn’t heated.
The rear heated, leather-trimmed seats comfortably accommodate two adults, however three for brief jaunts. The padded, fold-down armrest, with cup holders, is a part of the 60:40 rear seat that folds, offering a usable cargo area. The trunk opening is tall and large, with a low sill, making for simple loading. Total, the inside construct and materials high quality are at a excessive stage.
The cockpit design is driver pleasant with a customizable 10.2-inch digital gauge cluster, and a 12.3-inch high-resolution coloration touchscreen that’s commonplace on the Sport, EX-L, Sport-L and Touring trim traces. The LX and EX get a 7-inch coloration touchscreen.
Our Touring mannequin had the 12-speaker Bose premium audio system with Centerpoint and Encompass Sound that crammed the cabin with wonderful sound. The touchscreen dealt with the 3D navigation and rear view digicam, built-in Alexa and, for leisure, the AM/FM HD radio, wi-fi Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and USB A and C ports, entrance and rear. Uniquely, once more, SiriusXM just isn’t obtainable.
The Bluetooth with voice recognition labored very nicely, as did the steering wheel mounted audio controls and the Qi wi-fi telephone charging. A want record for the audio system could be so as to add a channel choice knob, which might be a part of the amount knob. Each of those would make the system extra person pleasant, handy, as would SiriusXM.
Security and Comfort
All Accord fashions come commonplace with energetic and passive security options. The driving force and entrance passenger get entrance, knee, and aspect air baggage, whereas the rear passengers get aspect and curtain airbags, the latter having a rollover sensor. Honda Sensing, the corporate’s superior driver help programs (ADAS) embrace ahead collision and street departure mitigation, lane hold help, blind spot with cross site visitors monitoring, and entrance and rear parking sensors.
Further security and comfort options are 6-inch head-up show, adaptive cruise management, idle cease and go, computerized brake maintain, one-touch energy moonroof, distant keyless entry, safety system, push button begin/cease, twin zone computerized local weather system, a tire strain monitoring system, distant engine begin, an computerized dimming rearview mirror outfitted with Homelink and an electrical parking brake.
The Driver Consideration Monitor is a useful driving support that detects a scarcity of driver consideration. Warnings start with a cup of espresso graphic, then visible flashes are adopted by an audio alert and the steering wheel vibrating. If you’re nodding off, this technique might save your life.
The 2024 Accord is a High Security Choose+ from the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS), however has not been rated by the US Authorities’s Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA).
Pricing
These 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid costs embrace the obligatory $1,095 vacation spot cost.
Sport $33,990
EX-L $35,635
Sport-L $35,970
Touring $39,995
Warranties
Battery – Eight years/100,000 miles
Powertrain – 5 years/60,000 mile
New Automobile/Primary – Three years/36,000 mile
Anti-perforation – 5 years/Limitless miles
Roadside Help – Three years/36,000 miles
Observations: 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid Touring
The 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid affords consolation for 5, with the big rear seat passenger room making attaching a rear-facing baby automotive seat simple. The trunk is bigger than anticipated and can swallow-up gear for that lengthy, fuel-efficient street journey. The complete suite of superior driver security programs is powerful, however SiriusXM not being supplied is a head scratcher.
Inbuilt Marysville, Ohio, with the engine coming from Japan, the Accord Hybrid carries with it the well-earned status of Honda high quality.
To really admire how good this automotive is, go into your Honda vendor and request a prolonged check drive that ought to embrace a freeway run of not less than 25 miles so you possibly can examine the gasoline financial system for your self. You simply could also be driving dwelling in a single.
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Story and pictures by John Faulkner.