Honda guarantees “improved hybrid efficiency” for 2023 Accord

Honda on Tuesday teased its utterly redesigned 2023 Accord sedan, noting that the upcoming, Eleventh-generation model of this longtime top-seller will “deliver pleasure again.”

Whereas that feels like an odd barb at its personal present product, it is likely to be a matter of the place you see that pleasure. Honda guarantees “improved hybrid efficiency” on the upcoming Accord, and mentioned that it’ll embody Honda’s largest-ever touchscreen, at 12.3 inches. A photograph appeared to tease cues that carry over from the newest Civic and CR-V.

The present technology of the Accord made its debut for 2018 with a extra upscale cabin, much-improved trip and dealing with, and a 2.0-liter turbo-4 changing the beforehand obtainable V-6. Handbook gearboxes have been supplied for some variations, however Honda dropped that after 2020.

Honda already up to date its Accord Hybrid drivability for 2021. In a check of the 2021 Accord Hybrid, we discovered it to be extra assured in its responses, with a relentless acceleration really feel that we’ve likened to electrical automobiles. 

As we reported in our overview of the 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid, the automaker has reengineered its two-mode hybrid system in order that its motors are not on the identical axis. That enables packaging benefits however, most significantly for that pleasure, a broader torque curve and stronger acceleration response—though we’re not so positive concerning the synthetic steps Honda added when the gasoline engine is taking part in the position of generator. 

This new association bowed within the European-market Civic Hybrid and it seems to be sweeping via the lineup. Honda hasn’t but confirmed that the configuration is due for the Accord, too, however it’s possible. 

The 2023 Honda Accord lineup is due for a debut subsequent month.