Celebrating 40 Years of the Honda Accord

This year, Honda is celebrating 40 years of the Honda Accord, America’s best-selling sedan. To commemorate this milestone, Honda has put together a timeline of the defining moments in Accord history. Check them out below!

• 1976 – The first Honda Accord hits dealerships! The first model was actually a hatchback, while the sedan version was added three years later.
• 1988 – The 1988 Accord Coupe was one of the first Japanese vehicles assembled in the United States. This model was made exclusively in Honda’s manufacturing plant in Ohio.
• 1989 – The Accord became the best-selling automobile in America, making it the first non-US-based vehicle to receive this distinction.
• 1994 – The Accord’s fifth generation improved environmental and passenger safety with lower emissions and top-of-the-line safety features.
• 2005 – While gas prices were on the rise, the Accord Hybrid offered better gas mileage with comparable performance.
• 2008 – The Accord added Vehicle Stability Assist™ and ACE™ Body Structure to even further improve on safety.
• 2014 – The Accord reaches 10-million vehicles sold while also achieving 50 MPG.
• 2016 – 40 years, 30 Car and Driver “10 Bests”, and a sale every two minutes, the Honda Accord’s success has been quite a ride, and it’s not slowly down anytime soon!

“Accord.” Honda Family – Sedans, Coupes, and Hybrids. Honda, n.d. Web. 06 July 2016. <http://automobiles.honda.com/accord#heritage>.

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