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Great over all perfomance sport family sedan
Mungee, 01/08/2018
updated 07/17/2019
2018 Honda Accord Sport 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
48 of 52 people found this review helpful
I was looking for a fun to drive RELIABLE sports sedan that can haul two kids in car seats. I wanted a manual transmission because I like driving regardless of traffic conditions. It's something I am used to. I am coming from early 2000's 5-speeed manual compact sedans like Civic EX and the 2018 Accord took me from the Stone Age to the Space Age (Android Auto/Apple Car Play/Honda Sensing). The creature comforts like automatic climate control, Honda Sensing (especially Adaptive Cruise Control, Collision Mitigation Braking), Android Auto (which supports Waze, CarPlay does not) are really good to have in a modern car. Honda got it right by making them standard. It was a tossup between a 2018 Subaru WRX Limited 6M (AWD & leather but no Android Auto in this year’s WRX) vs 2018 Honda Accord Sport 2.0T 6M (no AWD or leather but with contemporary tech). While they both drive differently, they were equally fun road experience in test drive conditions. The Accord won out due to the promise of reliability and all the tech. The 2.0T engine mated with the 6M is excellent. The shifts are effortless and precise. The Accord effortlessly accelerates when merging on to freeways. The ride is a bit loud on 19” tires but you will get used to it. It is a joy to drive and with adaptive cruise control highway driving is really a fun and very fuel efficient experience. Turning off the “Econ Mode” puts the “Sport” back in the Accord, the engine is a lot more responsive, and more growl, even more fun to drive but you do pay a fuel penalty (2-3 MPG). Bottom Line: If you like driving manual and believe in the promise of Honda reliability with all the 21st century tech in a car in the $30-35K price range then it’s certainly a good buy.
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10 Generation Forgot the Prior Generations
Tom, 04/19/2018
2018 Honda Accord EX-L 4dr Sedan w/Navi (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
107 of 118 people found this review helpful
Here are my good and bad impressions of the Honda Accord 2.0 T EXL: Good.. Engine power from the 2.0 T is adequate and runs on regular gas, average MPG so far is around 31MPG. Nice ride from the suspension and soaks up the bumps nicely. Good electronics and driver assist functions. Very smooth shifting 10 speed transmission. Good sight lines around the car. The Bad ... Car has a very low driving position and getting in and out of the car is compromised. Because of the lowered stance of the car it feels to low compared to most other vehicles on the road and hinders forward views. OEM tires by Hankook are one of their least expensive tires with many bad reviews on Tire Rack. Upgraded audio system has cheap sounding speakers. 10 Speed transmission has push button selector instead of shift lever. This is a pain when you need to make speedy k turns or getting out of snow. No courtesy lights in rear doors. Would have bought the Touring trim but was put off by the low profile bling type 19 inch rims that will not last long on the pot hole streets in the Northeast. I suppose Honda is going after a new generation of car buyers with this 10 generation car but this car is less appealing to all the folks who made Honda famous in the past.
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I hated Honda's until.....
Allen B, 07/24/2018
updated 07/26/2021
2018 Honda Accord Sport 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
First let me start by explaining my title. My first car was a 92 Accord Ex. I hated it. It was slow, boring, and the green color my mother originally loved when she bought it new before it became mine I hated. This started my lifetime of hate for Honda's. Over the years I have watched as Honda has created cars that look amazing. Mainly starting with the 17 CR-V. My wife actually owned a 17 model and again, I loved the tech but felt a vehicle this size, why no V6 or a larger 4 cylinder with a turbo. The time came to upgrade from my 08 BMW 5 series a couple of months ago and I made a trip to the dealership we bought the cr-V. There it was. The black 18 Accord sport 2.0T. I had just watched a video two nights prior singing this cars praises. I was there getting my wife's CR-V a free oil change and next thing I know I had to get her uber'd over to pick up her car because I was signing papers on the very car I spotted. The car drove like no Honda I had ever rode in. Even trumping the speed and handling I felt when driving my friends TLX. (Yep Honda still makes acuras for some reason less the NSX). The handling was not the exact greatness of my previous BMW, but it was much better than 4 other cars I had test driven that week. When I tell you I love everything about this car with the exception of two complaints. I am 6'3 and for a car that is so long it is a shame my right knee often scrubs the push button start area that protudes down from the front dash and often I feel a little crammed in, but I have adjusted the seat to where it is not so bad now. 2nd qualm, please Honda, stop cheaping out on your sound systems. I test drove a touring as well and the system can get loud but just sounds so horrible. I chose the sport due to the looks and rims knowing the system was worst then the touring but still the top of the line sound system is horrible. Honda get with some company and collab on a good system, even if it is kicker or Alpine just do it please. I digress, outside of those two qualms, this car is amazing. The handling, acceleration, comfort, space, and reliability (to be seen with this new turbo 4 banger love Honda has moved into) of a Honda have changed my hate to love. The 1.5 is adequate but i promise the 2.0t will make you smile when you slam the pedal to the floor. Update: no longer own the car, as we needed more space so I now own a Toyota Highlander (amazing SUV) but will always be grateful of my time with Atreyu (what I named her).
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Still Love the car. Still Hate the rattle...
Fishkiller, 05/21/2018
updated 11/29/2021
2018 Honda Accord Sport 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
Still got the rattles and still getting mystery dings and marks on the rims. I used to take it to a professional to get the wheels fixed but it happens so frequently I finally gave up. Car currently has 68K miles on it and I still love the car... 27Nov2021 Still love the car but the mystery dings and marks on the rims are really frustrating. The car is performing beautifully and I'm really happy with it. Car has approximately 60K miles on it and it drives like I just drove it off the lot. Car is beautiful and performs surprisingly well. The only thing I've found wrong is a rattle coming from the passenger side of the car. I can't isolate it but it seems to come from the door. I called the dealership and they said they can't help since it's not a warranty issue so I'm stuck with it until I can figure it out... update (23 Nov 2018): after 12 visits to the dealership and getting Honda Corporate involved, I've given up. There are occasional mystery noises but they've solved enough of them that I'll just live with them now. I just wish it didn't take so many visits to get it reasonably right. The dealerships are at the mercy of Corporate and are only allowed to do what's prescribed so I can't really blame them. Corporate, so far, has only paid me lip service. I'm kinda thinking maybe I should've paid the extra $10K and got myself an Avalon... Update (nov 25,2019) some of the rattles the dealership had repaired are back. At this point I’ve given up. Another thing I’ve given up on are the wheels. They are prone to damage from everything from curbs to rocks on the road. I used to take them to a shop to get them cleaned up but mysterious dings and scrapes keep appearing even though I’ve been extremely careful to avoid damaging them. I’m sure it has to do with the low profile tires but there isn’t much I can do about that...
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Wonderful car, hope it lasts as long as my 05
Kenny Dunn, 02/14/2018
updated 08/22/2022
2018 Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
What can I say that has not been said? Its a fantastic car, best I have ever driven. Its almost perfect with only a couple of low points IMO, so I am only going to list those. First, I have the upscale model, so I expect great things, and while the audio says premium, it isn't. Mediocre at best unless I am missing something. I had just driven a GMC truck that had premium Bose and it blew this away. I really wanted good audio, but oh well. Second, there are a lot of buttons and they are not as intuitive as the previous mentioned GMC, but I am sure I will learn them and all will be good. I really wanted to love Android Auto, but the interface is so out of date it seems ridiculous in a 2018 model. Hopefully we'll get updates, and that's not Hondas fault. While we are on the subject, the screen is a little weird in that it looks like it is setting on the dash, not integrated into it, but it is a beautiful display, especially the map. I would have also thought the Touring model would have had tinted windows, but it didn't. Lastly the TPM is worrying me a little, partly because of the extremely low profile tires. It seems very sensitive and went off when the car only had a couple of hundred miles on it. Checked the air, seemed fine, checked the manual and it said you have to wait up to 60 miles for it to reset (I drove it 10 and nothing) or manually reset, which wasn't terribly hard, but an annoyance. Other cars I have had only takes a couple of miles. These are very nit picky things, I love everything else about the car and would certainly recommend it. I guess I should list what I like best after all, the interior is fantastic, you would think its a $100,000 Mercedes. Vented front and heated front and rear seats, soft leather, artisan trim and accents. The driver assist works great, would never get another car without these safety features. The engine is small, but never seems to be working that hard, and I don't notice the turbo kicking in and winding it up really tight. The trans seems perfectly matched to the motor as well. TWO YEAR FOLLOW UP. Still love the car, the TPS problem was just a one off, never reared its ugly head again. The buttons have become more familiar, but its my wifes daily driver, not mine, so thats probably the reason. There's been a couple of hiccups with the adaptive cruise, sometimes when its raining the system freaks out and shuts everything down-cruise, lane departure, etc. You can still drive, and it is fine once you restart the car, but it is a bit annoying. The backup camera stopped working for a couple of days, but there is a recall to fix the software for that. Also the infotainment center has crashed a dozen times or so, hopefully the upgrade fixes that as well. UPDATE Aug 2020. The Accord is still performing flawlessly, zero issues and seems like the infotainment center doesn't crash any more, not sure if it upgraded over wifi or what. So far, its been near perfect. Only grip I may have is the tires, even when they had plenty of tread left they didn't do well in rain. I'm getting around 33 mph all around. It's now 2022, still having great service out of the Accord and happy to report there have been no issues with the car.
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