Present Honda Accord mannequin to proceed in Southeast Asia, completely different lifecycle from 2023 US-market Accord

The present, Tenth-generation Honda Accord will proceed to be on sale in Australia because the Japanese producer’s D-segment sedan mannequin for the nation – in addition to for Japan and Southeast Asia, in keeping with Automotive Professional.

It’s because the Accord for these markets, together with the one for Malaysia, operates on “a separate mannequin lifecycle” to that of the Accord that’s offered in america, which is quickly to be succeeded by the subsequent, Eleventh-generation Accord. The Malaysian debut of the Tenth-generation Accord got here a number of years after that of the one for the US market, and so the identical is anticipated for the Eleventh-generation automotive.

“[The] Accord stays an necessary world nameplate for Honda, with a really loyal and valued buyer base right here in Australia, however it’s too early for us to verify any particulars about plans for the next-generation mannequin. The present mannequin will proceed in Australia for a while but and it continues to carry out strongly as a supporting mannequin within the line-up,” a Honda Australia spokesperson instructed Automotive Professional.

This could imply that Honda’s D-segment sedan for our market will stick with it in its present, Tenth era after the Eleventh-generation mannequin has been launched in North America.

The present Accord for Malaysia was launched in February 2020 in our market in regionally assembled at Honda Malaysia’s plant in Pegoh, Melaka in two variants, each with the 1.5 litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine. This produces 201 PS at 5,500 rpm and 260 Nm from 1,600 rpm to five,000 rpm, sending drive to the entrance wheels by way of a repeatedly variable transmission.

In america, the Accord moreover will get a 252 hp/370 Nm 2.0 litre petrol engine paired with a 10-speed computerized, together with a Hybrid variant that includes the carmaker’s Clever Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) two-motor hybrid system, which mixes a 2.0 litre Atkinson-cycle petrol engine with electrical drive for a mixed 212 hp and 315 Nm.

GALLERY: Tenth-generation Honda Accord in Malaysia