Honda is one of the largest manufacturers in India thanks to the sales of the Amaze sedan and then the addition of a diesel engine to the Honda City. While these models have been doing well, there are some other models that weren’t as successful in the market. The Honda CR-V and Honda Accord weren’t able to sell in good numbers and it was the same story with their premium hatchback Honda Jazz. The Honda Jazz is coming out soon in a new avatar and with a diesel engine option. The Honda Accord was also discontinued a while back and it is being reported that the ninth generation Accord will be launched here as well.
2013 Honda Accord
The Honda Accord will reach showrooms in 2015 and will add even more features to the luxury sedan. The eighth generation wasn’t able to sell much and the V6 variant hardly sold any units. It will compete with other luxury sedans like the Volkswagen Passat and Skoda Superb. This segment is dominated by the Skoda Superb and considering what it offers, it is a hard to beat car. Honda would have a slight edge with their wide sales and service network though. They are also known to have an edge over others in terms of reliability.
In international market, it is offered as a sedan, coupe, hybrid and plug in hybrid but we won’t see all of them. Like earlier we will get the sedan and maybe the hybrid. The previous generation Accord was powered by a 2.4 litre petrol engine which generated a peak power of 185 bhp and featured Honda’s Earth Dreams technology emphasising on efficiency. There was also another engine on offer but very few people went for it. It was the 3.5 litre V6 model for the enthusiasts. It generated a peak power of 278 bhp and peak torque of 342 Nm but was just as thirsty as the numbers suggest.
It is also being said that it might get a diesel option when it is launched in India. Though we aren’t very sure about it as people have started to move away from diesel engines due to the increasing fuel prices. It is hard to suggest anything for now. This ninth generation Accord looks very much similar to the eighth generation car except for a few improvements. The headlamps look wider and sharper and the grille on front has been redesigned to go with the sharper profile.
Honda Civic has been a successful model in the Indian market and it continued selling strong even years after its launch. But they have decided not to launch the new model because apparently the people at Honda don’t see a future for the car in India. It was a decent performer with looks that were futuristic for the time when it came out first. Honda is also going to launch a new MPV called the Mobilio. This new MPV is based on the Brio platform and will be powered by the engines from Honda City.
