Honda Accord

The Honda Accord is a passenger car made by the Japanese car manufacturer Honda and has been in production since spring 1976. The Accord opened up new mid-range markets for Honda and finally established the brand as an automobile manufacturer.

The choice of the name Accord was based on the intention of bringing the relationship between people, society and automobiles into a harmonious "accord". In Japan, Honda used the Accord to penetrate the luxury class market with luxuriously equipped variants . Over time, the Accord appeared under the names Honda Vigor , Honda Ascot , Honda Rafaga , Honda Torneo and Honda Spirior .

Up to and including the fourth generation, the identical vehicle was sold as the Accord in Europe, Japan and North America. With the fifth generation, this development was separated. Since the seventh generation, the smaller version offered in Europe has also been used for the Japanese market, so that the Accord is now considered a mid-range vehicle in these two sales regions, but a larger model with only limited relatives is sold in North America under the same name ( Honda Inspire ). The Acura TSX, in turn, was based on the European version of the Accord.

If you take all the models offered under the Accord name together, around 17.5 million cars have been sold since 1976. The Honda Accord ranks seventh in the list of the best-selling cars of all time.

In the summer of 2015, Honda ceased production of the Accord for the European market without replacement. The 9th generation has been on the market in the other markets since 2012 .