New Car Overview of the 2005 Honda Accord Mid-Size Sedan and Coupe
Description: Mid-Size Sedan and Coupe
Base MSRP Range: $16,195 - $28,700
Invoice Price Range: $14,583 - 25,821
Where built: USA
Honda's mid-size Accord series, recast in 2003 for a seventh design of the four-door sedan and two-door coupe, supports new styling for lamps on the tail and more standard passive safety features like curtain-style air bags.
A glittery face and edgy lines defining the sedan look sophisticated, even expensive. Accord the coupe borrows enough styling cues from the sedan to maintain a family resemblance yet the two-door seems to hunker on pavement due to a lower roofline and high beltline with elongated doors.
Accord's base 4-cylinder engine displaces 2.4-liters with output extending to 160-hp. Both coupe and sedan carry the plant. In the sedan, it comes with three trims of DX, LX and EX, while the coupe shows LX and EX editions. Both also offer an aluminum 3.0-liter V6 with single overhead cam and i-VTEC (intelligent variable value timing and lift electronic control) management. It pushes up to 240-hp. A 5-speed automatic transmission or 6-speed manual slips into the top coupe, EX V6.
The fancy five-seat cabin features LED lighting for instruments and separate climate controls for driver and passenger. Trims EX-L and EX V6 add XM satellite radio service as standard equipment.
