2013 Honda Accord Sport

2013 Honda Accord Sport When using the requisite six-speed manual, an Accord Sport will most likely be just two colors: black and dark gray. Honda calls the hues “Crystal Black Pearl” and “Modern Steel Metallic,” but we encounter them more as “New Concert T-Shirt” and “Concert T-Shirt You’ve Been Wearing Since College.” We discover the 2nd, clearly. Beyond that, we’d no addiction to back-up sensors within the vehicle acquiring an average reverse camera, specifically once the Accord offers such good visibility in many directions. The interior is black cloth, full stop, and that’s it, ignore choices to create.

Gloriously free of dealer-installed add-ons, our Accord Sport stickered for $24,180, only $1710 a lot more than fundamental concepts Accord LX. That extra cash covers a modest energy boost, 18-inch aluminum wheels, fog lamps, an elegant spoiler, and chromed dual-exhaust tips.

While all-cylinder at 2013 Honda Accord Sport might have direct-injected, 2.4-liter engines underhood, the dual exhaust inside the Sport bumps horsepower from 185 to 189 and torque from 181 lb-ft to 182. That’s one pony less in comparison to last year’s Accord EX, only one more 20 lb-ft of torque, a trade-off that aided our Sport scoot -60 mph nearly another faster in comparison to last manual EX we examined. At 6.6 seconds, our four-cylinder Accord remains within the second reduced in comparison to 278-h . p . V-6 models, but it’s time we’ll happily leave available, since the V-6 sedan can’t be had acquiring a stick change.

The car produced .87 g of grip on our 300-foot skidpad and completed a 175-foot stop from 70 mph. Top speed is governed at 126 mph, that’s plenty fast, as once the you pass the legal highway limit, say, while turning a 15.2-second quarter-mile at 93 mph, the Accord ignore feels as steadfast since it did according to seconds earlier.