2026 Honda Accord.
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It looks like Honda is getting ready to show us a bit of a refresh on the Accord sedan sometime next year.
The top photo shows the Chinese market Accord model for next year. However, both the Chinese market Accord and the North American model look the same.
I personally don’t see any improvement in the new front-end design just like Honda did with the 2025 Civic. Change for the sake of change, and it’s even busier than before. At least the current Accord’s front end looks really clean. This actually looks like a bit of a mess.
I really hope Honda improves the Accord driving dynamic a bit for 2026. As it is, it doesn’t drive as well as the preview generation, which is really too bad. They even made the steering wheel rim a bit thinner, which just doesn’t feel as good as before. I also think that by next year they should be ready to make the Accord a Hybrid-only model. Just like the Camry.
It sold around 197,000 units in its first year on the market. Which is still a good number for a mainstream sedan these days. Although that is far less than the Camry with over 290,000 units sold last year.
While redesigning the Civic’s front end for 2025, Honda took out a few items like rear USB plugs and didn’t really add anything. The Civic still lacks adjustable lumbar support or even passenger seat height adjustment. Let’s hope they don’t take stuff away from the Accord.
No word yet on what else will be revised for the 2026 Accord. Or even when we will see the North American version…
I like it, it makes it look less like a 2013 Ford Taurus.
Honda totally lost me as an Accord enthusiast. I’ve had 7 over the years (& a total of 10 Hondas). I really wanted a MY2018-2022 until they came out with the current car. Ugly! I would have bought a Camry but am still not sold on its current design language.
Busier? It looks finished compared to the current nonentity. Seeing them on the road, they look 10 times worse than in photos and they don’t look good in photos. They look unfinished or the owner had a crash and pulled the broken grill completely off.
I’m thinking on changing to Toyota carry not sod on the current accord love Honda but they are not making an effort to compete with Toyota
When it comes to N. America Honda uses a lot of VW of N.American logic, none. Why take out USBS? Why not add lumbar support? They need to stop being C-H-E-A-P. Even the newly soon-to-be-released Acura ADX small SUV lacks driver and passenger hand grips.