-2016 Accord-
05-08-15, 08:12 AM
#16
First thing I see from the rear is Hyundai/Genesis which is not a bad thing at all. I agree the chrome front grill is not to my liking but the rest of the car remains handsome. The current Accord is most definitely the most premium looking in this class and looks like it'll continue to be so.
05-08-15, 09:42 AM
#17
Lexus Champion
Oh, great, now Honda has its own shield/beak grille.
That rear chrome piece gives it an angry unibrow look. And it makes that BIG rear end look even taller and BIGGER.
That rear chrome piece gives it an angry unibrow look. And it makes that BIG rear end look even taller and BIGGER.
05-08-15, 10:01 AM
#18
Lexus Test Driver
Decent facelift, but the thick, chrome bar at the top of the grille is just as offensive as Acura's shield.
Taillights look more expensive. Still too much suspension showing from the rear view.
What Honda needs to do is stop being so stingy with their option packages and colors. The Sport desperately needs a leather, nav, and sunroof option. Toyota has no problem at all moving out higher-optioned SE's.
Taillights look more expensive. Still too much suspension showing from the rear view.
What Honda needs to do is stop being so stingy with their option packages and colors. The Sport desperately needs a leather, nav, and sunroof option. Toyota has no problem at all moving out higher-optioned SE's.
05-08-15, 02:21 PM
#22
Lexus Test Driver
Agreed. Although the past two generation Camry SE's have both been available with leather, sunroofs, and nav. I think they just renamed the higher-optioned SE, XSE.
05-08-15, 05:10 PM
#24
it looks all right but kind of old... like those led strips by fogs, those look like something from cars offered in 3rd world countries - and same goes for those thick chrome bars... best things in Honda's are old school and sometimes when they try to be hip, they end up being half generation behind.
I would still own one but after Mazda 6 that is doing so horribly in USA (and great in Europe)
I would still own one but after Mazda 6 that is doing so horribly in USA (and great in Europe)
05-08-15, 06:50 PM
#26
Lexus Fanatic
Lot of comments here about the chrome front bar on the grille. I agree it is shaped a little too much like the Acura parrot-beak, but I don't see anything wrong with a fair amount of chrome, as long as it is not carried to extremes like on American cars in the late 1950s. IMO, a car looks cheap with nothing but a sea of body-color paint and/or black trim.
05-08-15, 06:56 PM
#27
Lexus Fanatic
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some people don't like fairly subtle front chrome bar.
on the other hand i've seen a couple of new camry se's recently, and the front giant gaping grill looks ruins the front.
i will say the rear is improved though.
on the other hand i've seen a couple of new camry se's recently, and the front giant gaping grill looks ruins the front.
i will say the rear is improved though.
05-08-15, 07:16 PM
#28
Lexus Champion
Well said! If I was in the market, I would go for this or the Mazda6, but for the general public It all comes down to brand recognition and marketing dollars.
05-08-15, 07:23 PM
#29
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by chromedome
I'm surprised Toyota can keep selling the bland Camry when the handsome Accord and downright pretty Mazda 6 are competitors.
With the Camry, marketing dollars are generally not a issue...........that ceased to be a factor decades ago. People buy Camrys simply because they ARE Camrys. In fact, most of the people I know who have bought Camrys have done so simply as repeat owners.....some with more than 200K on their old ones. Even when they come to me for buying advice, and I show them the credible alternatives now in the mid-size sedan field (not just the Accord, Altima, and Mazda6, but others as well), they still are drawn to new Camrys.
Last edited by mmarshall; 05-08-15 at 07:26 PM.
05-08-15, 07:26 PM
#30
Lexus Champion
With the Camry, marketing dollars are generally not a issue...........that ceased to be a factor decades ago. People buy Camrys simply because they ARE Camrys. In fact, most of the people I know who have bought Camrys have done so simply as repeat owners.....some with more than 200K on their old ones.