New Spy Shots of 2008 Accord EX Sedan

You can blame Honda for copying too much the BMW 5 series, but you can't be serious about the Altima or the Camry.
Let's see, the Altima does look like it's due for a new design already. It seems like all they did was a MMC, the front end the car has no persona, uninspiring ugly looking grill.
Then the Camry which is not too bad concidering it looks like a carbon copy of the Lexus LS, it's not that bad, but neither good.
My only problem with that Accord is it looks like it was built by BMW's Bangle. They must have given Honda permission, because there is no way Honda could have photocopied the series that well without any hesitation. The Head lights remind me very much of Infinities.

— silverarrow2 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 3:47:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

This is down there with the Galant? Please, this coming from someone who claims Lincoln was the first to have xenon headlights.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 6:23:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

It does too. This car has a powerful look to it.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 1:28:07 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Hey Lexus and Houston....here is the Xenon thing as per wiki "High-intensity discharge systems were introduced in 1991's BMW 7-series. European and Japanese markets rapidly came to prefer HID headlamps, which have as much as 50% market share in those markets, but the technology was slow to be adopted in North America. 1996's Lincoln Mark VIII was an early American effort at HIDs; it was also the first and only car with DC HIDs." SO first in US was Lincoln, First in Europe and Japan was BMW

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 7:58:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Yeah, I've already argued with her about this subject. She wrote that Lincoln was the first in the world. When I called her on that, she told me that she said it was in the U.S. Unfortunately for her, I went back to her comment and showed her that she said in the world. So Lincoln the first in the U.S.: maybe (don't trust Wikipedia), first in the world: definitely not.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 1:45:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

And that's why old Hondas' still look good while old Toyotas' and Nissans' look dated. I like to. It is very refined, elegant and conservative. This is Hondas thing and noone does it better.

— mitchatlexusofmarin (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 2:39:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Should have read "I like it" not "I like to"

— mitchatlexusofmarin (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 2:40:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

and whole car looks like a New Sentra. I think Honda doesn't know where they heading.

— JayMoney (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 6:34:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Ugh. It looks like a new Chrysler Sebring!

— kysrsoze1 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 11:50:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I hate the head lights that stick out like that. It is really hard to get a solid read on the car. It will be great for what it is, but they need to notch up the styling a bit.

— no1listensanyway (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 5:45:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I think this looks nice. Especially for Honda. Honda, in my opinion, used to be the Japanese car that was more exciting to look at. Now that Nissan has taken that role, Honda has changed into more of a conservative/elegant look to their cars. It looks good.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 6:25:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I think in the midsize segment for the best looks hand down is the fusion. Honda Accord will beat the camry anyday

— jt716 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 7:30:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

It looks like it has a big butt though..hm..

— jt716 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/18/2007 7:31:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Both this and the '07 Camry are hideous. japanese cars have really been getting uglier and uglier lately.

I'm interested to know if the '08 Accord will handle more like a sports sedan, or if it will understeer as badly as the last generation.

Probably doesn't matter for vehicle sales, though. these are people-haulers, and the only things that matter in this segment of the market is price and reliabillity.

— moto (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 4:35:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

What I don't understand is why the coupe looks sooo much better than the sedan? I mean I know coupes are sportier but the headlamps and tail lamps on those spy photos looke nice. The sedan, hideous. MAYBE, Hopefully, this is just part of Honda's disguise....doubtful, but lets hope. The car is still a mess however, a mish mash of other cars in one. BMW< Hyundai (*gasp*) and such. Even feeling a bit of Fusion in subtly in the grill and squared off looking fog light area below....Lord Honda, what has happened??

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 8:01:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

What is going on Honda? If you keep putting out designs like this, then you will be playing catch up with Hyundai soon as their designs improve.

— aeyjay (View Profile)

Posted on 5/19/2007 10:08:55 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I don't see what's so horrible about this design... it looks aggressive and inoffensive, and it has the side-profile of a Passat, which I like. I doubt that the camouflage in back is letting us see anything, because small taillamps like that aren't Honda's thing.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 5/20/2007 9:47:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Not a bad design at all. Rather conservative but elegant. I DO hope those headlights don't stick out that much. I'm glad it's not in a FCX styling direction too.

Kinda looks like an Altima and Ford Five Hundred hooked up and invited an Audi A6 to watch. But in a good way.

— UPshift (View Profile)

Posted on 5/20/2007 1:20:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

001, you MUST get rid of the "Discount Tire" ad at the bottom of every page. It obscures the last comment in every blog, so you can't reply to it... and you can't even fully read it. Sometimes, it even gets in the way of what I'm writing. It's incredibly annoying, and makes me never want to shop at "Discount Tire," more than anything.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 5/20/2007 9:44:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

give me a break, if this were 5 years ago, it might be ok. Since it looks a lot like the Saturn LS sedan, it's not so good. We know Honda can do better than this.

— dap5482 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 10:50:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1