Honda Accord or Accura

Hondgens a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976-Pesent, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989.

                                                     

                       

First Generation Accord 1976-1981

First Generation Accord 1976-81

The First Generation was introduced in May 7 1976 as a three door hatchback compact car and with 68 horse power and was assembled in Japan with a 2 speed automatic and 3 speed automatic and 2 speed manual transmission and a engine of 1.6 Litre EP l4 and EF I4. The engine had CVCC technology with a great fuel economy.

In October 1977 it was available in 4 doors sedan and with 72 Horse Power the EF1 engine was supplemented and in certain markets replaced by the 1,751 cc. Then in 1980 it was optional of semi 2 speed transmission that became 3 speed fully automatic transmissions and the four speed transmission was not available till 1983

The North American versions had slightly redesigned bumper trim. Other changes included new grilles and tail lamps and remote mirrors added on the four-door (chrome) and the LX (black plastic) models. The CVCC badges were deleted, but the CVCC induction system remained. In 1981 and SE model was added for the first time, with Novillo leather seats and power windows.

                        

Second Generation 1982-1985

Second Generation of Honda Accord 1982-85

The second generation was introduced September 1981 and assembled in Japan, USA and New Zealand and it was also a bestselling car in the American Market and with four speed automatic transmission and 5 speed manual transmission with a engine 1.8 ES2 I4 and 1.6 EY I4 with a body of 3 door compact hatchback optional of 4 door sedan and has amazing features like a digital clocks features and was similar to first Generations.

                    

                  

Third Generation 1986-1989

Third generation 1986-89

The Third Generation was introduced in 1985 in Japan and later in other countries and it was designed in styled by Toshi Oshika in 1983 and the amazing feature was hidden head lamps it was a 2 door coupe and 3 door hatch back and 4 door sedan and in 1985 it won the award best selling car of the year with the engines of 1.6L A16A1 I4, 1.8L B18A I4, 1.8L A18A I4, 2.0L B20A I4 and a 2.0L B20A8 I4 with a 4 speed automatic and 5 speed manual transmission. The third generation Accord became the first Honda to employ double wishbones at both the front and rear ends. The Brakes were either small 4-wheel discs with twin-piston calipers (only available on the Japanese-market 2.0-Si model), larger 4-wheel discs with single piston calipers, or a front disc/rear drum system.

ABS was available as an option on the 4-wheel disc brake models, though not in North America. And then Third Generations became available in 3 door shooting brake version and not available in Canada and USA.

Third Generation Shooting Brake Version 

                        

Fourth Gerneration 1990-1998

 Generation Mainly was introduced in 1989 Although much larger than its predecessor the sedan's styling was evolutionary, featuring the same low slung design and wraparound rear window as the 3rd generation Accord. For the first time a 3-door hatchback was no longer available internationally. And was assembled in Japan and New Zealand and USA

The Fourth Generation 1990- 1993 

And it was not a compact car it was a mid size car with 2 door coupe and 3 door hatch back and 4 door sedan with 5 speed manual transmission and 4 speed automatic transmission and designed by Toshihiko Shimizu in 1987

In the U.S., the LX-i and SE-i designations were dropped, being replaced with the DX, LX, and EX trim levels. The Canadian Accord trim levels varied slightly from the U.S. models with LX, EX and EX-R roughly corresponding to the American DX, LX, and EX, respectively. Fourth generation Japanese-assembled EXi Accords sold in Australia offered the same 4-wheel steering technology as was available optionally on the U.S. Honda Prelude, but was not included on the New Zealand-assembled versions. The four-wheel steering system was also available on the Accord's Japanese platform mate, called the Honda Ascot FTBi. U.S. Accord Coupes were available in the same DX, LX, and EX trims as the U.S. Accord Sedan (LX, EX, and EX-R in Canada).

              Fifth Generation 1994-1997

The fifth generation version was introduced in 1994 and assembled in Japan, USA, New Zealand, Mexico, Philippines with a mid size body with 4 speed automatic and 5 speed manual transmission and the engine of 1.8 L F18B, I4 2.0 L F20B, I4 2.0 L F20B3 I4, 2.2 L F22A3 I4, 2.2 L F22B I4, 2.2 L F22B1 I4, 2.2 L F22B2 I4, 2.2 L H22A I4, 2.7 L C27A4 V6

The Fifth Generation 1994-97

The 5th generation North American Accord was launched on September 9, 1993 and was based on the new 'CD' chassis. Larger than its predecessor, primarily to better suit the requirements of the North American market, the new model grew in width but shrunk in length, leaving it classified as a mid-size car in North America. It thus became too wide to fit within the favorable tax bracket in Japan, where its role was to be partially taken over by the slightly narrower second-generation Honda Ascot

             Sixth Generation 1998-2002

The Sixth Generation was introduced in 1997 and for the sixth generation, Honda split the Accord into three separate models, designed for the Japanese, North American, and European markets and designed in style by Toshihiko Shimizu and Gen Tamura and assembled in Japan and China and then this where Honda introduced Honda type R to compete from Mitsubishi Evo.

Sixth Generation 1998-2002 Honda Accord 

In Japan they introduced Japanese Models of Honda Accords introduced in September 1994 it became more narrower than the other previous versions When the previous generation Accord grew in exterior dimensions, this reclassified the Accord as a mid sized car in Japan.

            Seventh Generation 1998-2002 

The Seventh Generation was introduced in 2002 and 2003 in the North American version However; both were in fact sold in many other markets, fueled by the popular Cog advertisement for the Accord. Euro R trim continued into this generation as performance model for Japanese market, making use of K20 engine producing 220 hp, however, European performance model was renamed Type S and used larger K24 engine tuned to produce 190 hp.

The Seventh Generation looked exactly like the previous sixth Generation one but with a little touch in the headlights and with a new body as its introduction in 2003 it was awarded Car of the Year in Japan.

The North American Accord grew in size yet again, becoming a vastly different car than its Japanese and European counterpart. This generation was available in both coupe and sedan forms, while a hybrid model was introduced in early 2005.[33] For 2006, it was significantly updated