It’s an easy vehicle to drive with plenty of room, good gas mileage and high safety marks in the world of the mid-size sedan.
Much like the 2016 version, the 2017 Honda Accord has one new trim added to the mix otherwise it’s business as usual in the family market. The competition includes the expected roundup like the Volkswagen Passat, Hyundai Sonata, Ford Fusion and the Chevrolet Malbu in comparison to the sedan version of the Accord. If you opt for a coupe, you might consider looking at the competition like the Chevrolet Camaro or even the Ford Mustang.
The 2017 Honda Accord comes in a variety of trim levels and either the sedan or coupe option. You get the sedan in a four-cylinder with an LX, Sport, Sport Special Edition, EX or EX-L. The EX-L and Touring come with more powerful engines on the sedan version.
With the coupe, it is a 3.5-liter V6 engine with either an EX-L or Touring trim offering.
The coupe can also be had with a four-cylinder engine on the LX-S, EX and EX-L trims.
That’s a lot to choose from. But for the base Honda Accord, the LX sedan offers quite a few standard features like 16-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlights, LED taillights, cruise control, a rearview camera, a 7.7-inch display, a folding rear seat, Bluetooth, auxiliary audio jack, USB port and Pandora.
On the Sport, there are 19-inch wheels with a rear spoiler, dual exhaust tips, fog lights, eight-way power driver seat and a 60/40 split-folding rear seat. There is also a sporty leather-wrapped steering wheel that has shift paddles.
On the Sport Special Edition, it is the same as the Sport trim with unique insignia, heated leather front seats and red stitching.
The EX has the goodies from the LX trim with a bit of a sportier edge like 17-inch wheels, fog lights, heated mirrors, sunroof, keyless and remote ignition and entry, an eight-way power driver seat, as well as the Honda LaneWatch with blind-spot warning and a seven-inch interface screen in addition to the standard 7.7-inch display. There are six speakers, two USB ports and technology goodies like smartphone app integration.
For the EX-L, you get leather interior along with heated front seats and the passenger has a four way seat option.
With the EX-L V6 engine, there are dual exhaust tips and with the Touring you get the EX-L V6 engine with 19-inch wheels and the Honda Sensing package. There are automatic wipers, front and rear parking sensors, a navigation system and heated outboard rear seats.
Remember too that the various trim levels come with the Honda Sensing package that adds important safety features and a navigation system option on the EX-L and EX-L V6 trim levels.
On the 2017 Honda Accord coupe, the LX-S trim compares to the sedan LX sedan with 17-inch wheels. The coupe’s EX, EX-L, EX-L V6 and Touring are pretty much the same as the sedan version with the Touring’s difference being 19-inch wheels. All the coupes have paddle shifters if you opt for automatic transmission.
Under the hood, the 2017 Honda Accords has a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine with 185 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque. On the Sport, the engine is a bit stronger with 189 horsepower and 182 pound-feet of torque. All trims are front wheel drive with six speed manual transmissions.
On the 3.5-liter V6 engine option, it is 278 horsepower and 252 pound-feet of torque with a six-speed automatic transmission.
For safety, the regular features that can be expected are antilock disc brakes, a rearview camera, stability and traction control, front head restraints and front seat side and side curtain airbags. On the EX trim levels and beyond, the LaneWatch is standard using the right turn signal as an indication to display oncoming passenger side traffic before a lane change.
With the Honda Sensing package, that comes with safety features like lane departure and forward collision warning as well as automatic braking.
Highly comfortable, the interior of the 2017 Honda Accord looks basic inside with a sense of refined structure and simple class. The buttons and knobs are easy to adjust, with the exception of the volume control on the display screen, which was not easy to manipulate since it was not a button, but part of the display screen configuration. Fortunately, there is a volume control along with a variety of other controls on the steering wheel on the coupe Touring I drove.
The two display screens on the higher trims seem a bit overkill, but each are used for different functions so you always have the information you need at your fingertips.
There is plenty of room in the front and back seats and you get 15.8 cubic feet in the sedan trunk, which is large enough. Cut off a bit on the sedan EX-L and higher trims with only 15.5 cubic feet. For the coupe it is 13.7 or 13.4-cubic feet for the EX or above trim.
Overall, it’s an easy and comfortable ride without the noise, which has been a complaint on previous incarnations of the Honda Accord. The four-cylinder engine might seem a bit sluggish during highway runs, but the coupe with the higher level engine can easily do the trick. Overall, the handling and comfort on the Accord will remind you that you are definitely in charge behind the wheel.
Should You Need to Know: The four-cylinder Accord EX sedan got a clean zero to 60 miles per hour in 7.8 seconds.
Miles Per Gallon: On the 2017 Honda Accord Coupe Touring V6 I drove it got 21 miles per gallon in the city and 32 miles per gallon on the highway.
Cost: On the 2017 Honda Accord Coupe Touring V6 I drove the price tag was $35,210.
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