Honda Accord

The 11th generation Honda Accord will be familiar to fans of the 10th generation. It received styling updates, including a sportier front-end and sleeker profile, and brought a greater focus to Honda's hybrid powertrain. The only trims you can get with a gas engine are the LX and EX, while the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine has been retired completely. 

Most of what made the Accord popular remains in the 11th generation. It's comfortable, roomy and pleasant to drive. Fuel economy is an excellent 48 mpg combined on hybrid models according to the EPA, and solid on non-hybrid models at an EPA-estimated 32 mpg combined. But many of the Accord's best features are reserved for the top trim levels, which hurts the Honda's value proposition.

The 10th generation Honda Accord is the most highly rated car in its class by Edmunds and is only available as a four-door sedan. It comes standard with Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™, so it's easy to integrate your smartphone into the touchscreen. It also has Honda Sensing®, which adds extra driver assist features such as forward collision warning and adaptive cruise control. 

The standard 1.5-liter engine provides more than adequate power and excellent fuel economy estimates, but the 2.0-liter is undeniably more fun to drive. The Accord Hybrid offers a fuel-efficient alternative that splits the difference between the two gas-only engines in terms of power and offers an EPA estimate of up to 47 mpg combined.

Available as a four-door sedan or a two-door coupe, ninth generation Accord models offer generous interior and cargo space and a sporty driving persona with three engine choices. The base engine is a 2.4-liter four-cylinder with good power and estimated fuel economy. 

Higher level trims are available with a 3.5-liter V6 with 278 horsepower. It’s not as fuel-efficient as the four-cylinder, but it is the most powerful engine ever offered in an Accord. In 2014, Honda introduced a new Accord Hybrid with an EPA estimate of up to 47 mpg combined. 

For just the 2014 model year, Honda offered an Accord Plug-In Hybrid in limited markets, with up to 13 miles of EPA-estimated electric-only range. For the 2016 model year, the Accord underwent a significant update, with new styling, the addition of the Honda Sensing system of driver assist aids to the options list, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration on some trims, and an updated Accord Hybrid with more power and slightly improved trunk space.