Giant leap for the segment

Every once in a generation one product becomes a benchmark. Genius is really just total  of some common sense , and clever little innovations.

I finally test drove the ALL NEW accord. Wow!!!!! nimble handling, very little body roll, great steering like,  I have never experienced before.The car is incredibly well made with lots and lots of clever features. It will not be possible to detail them all in this review. Other articles in the forums have detailed some of the features. I am sure other car companies are tearing up this accord and scratching their heads and wondering, how they were caught napping..

The best part is that even though the car is actually bigger, it feels very much smaller from the drivers seat. Turns are precise. This is a drivers' car. I hit a decent pot hole and the car just soaked it in.

Only negative is the front wheel drive. While I was starting on gravel,  I got the wheels to spin for a while.

The other major negative is offcourse the price. Just imagine if we could get this at the 10 Lakhs or so that it actually costs.

Wow!!Hats of to the Honda Engineers...The pain you have taken shows...

Features that I liked:

Steering- new variable gear ratio leads to better lane changing at high speed while giving adequate steer for turns.

Suspension- Double wishbone front vs old mcphereson strut. I believe this allows better tire contact during cornering.

 Also the suspension geometry results in higher roll center. Combined with lower CG (10mm)they have reduced body roll.

Braking: Much better due to anti dive nature of suspension geometry that causes the car to remain level in braking and not dip like those old cars and SUVs.

Body: GCON - body designed to reduce "g" levels during impact by clever use of high strength steels(almost 40% of body). Also Body stiffness is higher by 20%. This meens the body will  react better to rough road and other road imperfections. This is significant.

Airbags- Variable and will deploy in stages after sensing the impact level. Also highly developed side impact curtains. Effectively creates a cocoon for the passengers.

Apillar reduced- By making the apillar thinner visibility is increased without impacting rollover strength.

Interiors- Excellent.

 

 

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