DARPAN AutoREVIEW
2021
HYBRID SEDAN WITH UPGRADED PERFORMANCE
HONDA ACCORD
HYBRID BY Benjamin Yong
“The new Honda Accord Hybrid is really the Accord to buy, offering customers more of everything they like about Accord — more power, refinement and, of course, excellent fuel economy ratings,” says Dave Gardner, executive vice president of national operations at American Honda.
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he Honda Accord Hybrid is back for 2021 undergoing a mid-cycle refresh that is more than skin-deep, the partially electrified sedan also receiving a performance upgrade. We took one out for a week to get a closer look at all the changes. “The new Honda Accord Hybrid is really the Accord to buy, offering customers more of everything they like about Accord — more power, refinement and, of course, excellent fuel economy ratings,” says Dave Gardner, executive vice president of national operations at American Honda, in a media release. All models are restyled and feature a wider, more expressive lower grill opening that does a better job of concealing the Honda Sensing driver assist system radar unit. Though
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visually looking similar, the beam pattern of the LED headlights does a better job of illuminating the road by covering a larger area. The foglamps are smaller, housed in sportier black bezels. From the side, the car retains the same sleek and stretched out fastback profile, its sizable 4,882-millimetre length translating into a generous 1,026
HIGHLIGHTS
MSRP: $35.805 Motor: 2.0-litre four-cylinder + two electric motors Horsepower: 212 @ 6,200 rpm Torque (lb-ft): 232 @ 2,000 rpm Gearbox: E-CVT Layout: Front engine, frontwheel drive Fuel economy: 5.8 L/100 km mixed city/highway (observed)
