The Honda Accord coupe is a good looking performer

Honda is known for its swanky looking innovative luxury cars world-wide. However, the Honda Accord coupe, though has arrived in a new facelifted version has managed somehow to retain its rather old-school feel. Albeit the car is very new and boasts of the revamped design and features, however it has kept its overall familiar design intact. When we say old-school, we have no intension of rebuking the car but rather appreciate it. The car’s design is very pleasing and gives a familiar feeling.

Of course the car has topnotch and contemporary features, like you don’t have to ignite the engine by turning the key but with just a simple touch of a button. But there are no knobs or buttons to be found that represents “Normal,”  “Sport” or “Sport plus,” there is not even an auxiliary electric motor. All you need to do is to push in the clutch and engage first or reverse in the 6-speed gearbox manually and drive off. If you wish to go faster then, do it the conventional way, that is step on the accelerator pedal harder.

The Honda Accord Coupe is a very close cousin to a sports car. A bit of redesigning, a slight paint job and slashing the bulk a bit will very well turn the car into a heads turning sports car. But the Accord Coupe very decently chooses to have a down to earth demeanor with very usable back seats and a good boot. The Honda Accord Coupe also features an “Econ” mode, which though most of the owners will likely forget about but which really comes into the rescue, when the fuel tank is about to get empty and the nearest gas station seems to be miles away.

According to the reports, only around 10 percent of Honda Accord buyers go for the Coupe. But the Coupe does have its great potential both in looks as well as performance. The car’s clutch as well as the gearbox feels very responsive. A 6-speed automatic transmission option is also available at the same price however it takes away from the manual variant’s great fuel efficiency of 21 Kmpl on the city roads and 32 Kmpl on the highways.

Apart from the gearbox and clutches and the three pedals, everything else of the Honda Accord Coupe seems to be very contemporary with all latest features included. The EX-L trim of the V-6 that can be attained for above $33,000 also features a few extra devices, such as an adjustable rear-view camera, the lane-departure and front-collision alerts and Honda’s smart LaneWatch that will make the entire lane that you are about to enter, appear on the dashboard screen.

The Honda Accord Coupe also comes with a lot of features such as Bluetooth, Pandora, satnav GPS, USB and AM/FM/XM/CD/MP3 and Honda’s Intelligent Multi-Information Display.  The 4-cylinder, 185-horsepower Honda Accord Coupe has a starting price of around $24,000 and with just a few tweaks Honda can easily turn the Accord Coupe into a sports car.