2013 Honda Accord
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We can see 90% of what the Accord will look like here....
Its still not enough to draw a conclusion. Remember when the "bad" photo of the 4GS was released and most people were told to wait until we get better pictures? The car wasnt even covered in cameo! This Accord will look horrible because its a Honda, even if its 20% covered 
I dont really care either way because nothing is going to make me rush to my local Honda dealer to pick one up. Im done with new Hondas.
I dont really care either way because nothing is going to make me rush to my local Honda dealer to pick one up. Im done with new Hondas.
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Earlier this week we showed you the latest prototypes of the 2013 Honda Accord. At the time, all we had of the interior was a blurry shot from far away, but now, thanks to the diligent spies at KGP Photography, we have a clear look at the interior design of the next-generation Honda Accord.
First impression? Huge improvement. Gone is the maze of similarly-sized buttons all stacked up on the dashboard. This setup does a better job of separating the radio and navigation controls from the climate controls and reduces the overall button count. Looks like Pandora will be added offered as well, not to mention a manual transmission, in coupe models at least.
First impression? Huge improvement. Gone is the maze of similarly-sized buttons all stacked up on the dashboard. This setup does a better job of separating the radio and navigation controls from the climate controls and reduces the overall button count. Looks like Pandora will be added offered as well, not to mention a manual transmission, in coupe models at least.
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The interior design has a lot of American cues to me. It reminds me of GM/Cadillac's recent interiors, and it's quite gorgeous. I think the Camry just met its toughest competitor. Will be interesting to see the sales battle between the Camry, Altima, and Accord once they're all out.
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Its utterly amazing how Bangle has everyone doing that double upper dash now. To think he came up with it 10 years ago. Interior seems nice to me and again I know this will sell b/c an Accord. What will be interesting is will sales stay flat or bump up significantly. That new Altima seems to be best in class to me.
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I hope for their sake that they really impress with the production vehicle. It's comical how similar they have been over time as even the 1991 Legend shared styling similarities to the 1990 Accord, as did the 1986 model with the 1986 Accord. Maybe is because that unlike Lexus, they share family styling in JDM form. The Civic being compact, Accord mid-size, and the Honda Legend large-sized.
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Not even close. The RL is accord based and the vast majority of people with working eyes have commented it looks too much like an Accord. Reading around people are confusing these two mules outside of the optional LED lamps and beak.
No one confuses LS and Camry spy pics unless they are idiots or trying to make a Jab at Lexus not to mention the LS sure as hell isn't Camry based.
No one confuses LS and Camry spy pics unless they are idiots or trying to make a Jab at Lexus not to mention the LS sure as hell isn't Camry based.
mistaken for each other at times. Whoever approved the taillight clusters of those two cars back
in 2004, should have bothered to reduce any similarities. Not only that, the styling of the facelift
taillight cluster doesn't look befitting for such a high-end vehicle like the pre-facelift taillights. The
UCF10 LS had some of its front styling borrowed by the 1992-1994 Camry, which itself was
designed as the LS debuted. The Avalon seemed almost parallel to the LS until the
new iteration. Other than that, pretty much the LS stands on its own and trollish comments about
it being an over-sized fancy Camry have no foundation. The current RL doesn't look like an
Accord and neither did its predecessor, but it still looks somewhat like a premium full-size Honda.
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The Civic, of course, has had the split-level dash with the digital speedometer and electronic/analog tach for several years. But are you talking about the new Accord? I don't see any evidence of that....and Bangle, of course, did not come with the Civic-type double-dash.