Detroit: Honda shows concept of the new Accord

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Honda announced on Tuesday (10), Detroit (USA), the Accord Coupe Concept, a study that reveals how a new generation of medium-large, who started going to happen in the second half of this year. Like the current Accord, the ninth-generation model will be offered in the United States in sedan and coupe configurations. The brand is also preparing to fight with the hybrid variant of the Toyota Camry archrival.

Although one study, the Accord Coupe Concept shows a line that seems definitive - just a bumper looks conceptual, with striking chrome frame at the rear fog lights and exhaust. The style, moreover, very conservative, and given the current generation (which looks more like a complete redesign of renovation). The interior is the part that just is not disclosed by Japanese car manufacturers.


with chrome bezels
In size, the concept of the new Accord is slightly smaller than current models. Honda says that the decline in the measures, particularly the length, is made in order to improve the driveability and the dynamics of the model - but also tend to have regarded as a criticism of American clients, who found that the Accord has grown the last update. Internal space, however, maintained.

Under the hood, the new Accord in the future has three engines, including a "green", created in the concept of downsizing. For the first time in the U.S. market models will use a four-cylinder engine. Block will have a 2.4-liter gasoline direct fuel injection and comes mated to a new six-speed automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Electric power exceeding 181 hp.

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 Accord, the eighth generation
Already the most powerful version of the Accord will use the block 3.5-liter V6 i-VTEC petrol. Engineering Honda redesigned the engine, which will come equipped with six-speed manual transmission and automatic - Accord will be the first to use a new six-speed automatic transmission. Because the hybrid variant will use the 2.0 liter i-VTEC petrol Atkinson cycle combined with an electric block 161 hp (like the Ford Fusion Hybrid).

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But the Accord hybrid version is the most modern generation, plug-ins, which offer the possibility to recharge the battery in a standard wall outlet. Charging takes about 4 hours at 120 volts or taken an hour and a half at 240V. Mode is an electric range of 100% up to 24 miles, at speeds below 100 km / h. And in the safety monitor and warning track debut of a frontal collision.