Honda has announced that it will unveil the 2018
Honda Accord in Detroit on 14 July 2017. With the announcement, the company has
dropped the first teaser image of the car.
The 2018 Honda Accord’s concept sketch indicates
that the design is an amalgamation of elegant proportions and sporty styling.
Honda describes the new Accord as ‘dramatically-styled’. After taking it from
critics for years that the mid-size sedan is conservative, Honda has finally
taken a leap by giving it a longer, wider and lower body with a sleek
glasshouse and a fastback roofline. The teaser confirms the presence of
full-LED headlamps with integrated marker lights and LED fog lights.
Honda will offer the 2018 Honda Accord with a
1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine and a 2.0-litre turbocharged
four-cylinder petrol engine. Both engine models will have a 6-speed manual
transmission as standard, and a CVT (1.5-litre petrol)/10-speed automatic
transmission (2.0-litre petrol) option. The Honda Accord Hybrid will continue
as the electrified variant in the range right from the beginning, powered by
the company’s next-gen two-motor hybrid system.
The tenth generation Honda Accord will hit the
U.S. market first, in fall 2017, followed by the international markets. Honda
Cars India sells the Accord only in the hybrid variant for a premium price of
INR 37.22 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) with sales lingering in single digits. At
least we know that with hybrid cars set to get taxed at the highest rate (43%)
with the GST effective next month, Honda will see no incentive in bringing down
a hybrid variant again.
