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Future Vehicles Honda Accord Diesel????
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jul 23, 2008 6:18 am) http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nyt-previews-the-hondaacura-tsx-diesel/ |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 21, 2008 5:55 pm) 
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Replying to: biker4 (Aug 02, 2008 12:21 pm) Its lunch is, however, NOT being eaten in relation to all the other midsize sedans on the market, although Altima and soon Malibu are conspiring to make Accord's life uncomfortable.
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 03, 2008 11:49 am) |
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Replying to: blufz1 (Aug 03, 2008 3:58 pm)  Accord is selling slightly more than Civic for the year, but for a couple of months Civic was selling more strongly. Civic is up more for the year (15%) than Accord is (12%) despite the fact that the Civic is older. And Accord isn't selling MUCH more than Civic, with a 13K-unit lead for seven months. THAT'S certainly a big switch from the past. On the Toyota side, Corolla and Camry are both basically flat, Camry going into its third year, Corolla flipping over in March from the 6-year-old model to the new model, with the consequent down-time in production that brings. Camry has about a 35K-sales lead on Accord as of the end of July. Corolla and Civic are virtually a dead heat. Here are the press releases that detail it all: http://pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/View?id=TYT2008080117514 http://corporate.honda.com/press/article.aspx?id=4649 Another first for Accord is corporate incentivizing in the first model year of a revised model. At least, so I read this week here at Edmunds in a reprint of a magazine editorial. Honda may be less than totally happy with the sales performance of the latest Accord model. Adding a diesel to combat Camry's hybrid would be just the ticket, I think, and with that diesel all set to come to America in the TSX, it seems almost foolhardy not to offer it in the Accord at the same time....
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 03, 2008 11:22 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 03, 2008 11:22 pm) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Aug 04, 2008 4:24 am) Diesel is down to $4.75 in my neck of the woods, only about 12% higher than 87 octane unleaded. So the cost advantage to the consumer, not to mention the GHG emissions advantage to the air, is there. |
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I'll wait, if possible, for either the Accord or the Subaru Outback diesel option before making a decision. I'll usually keep a car for a long time. My current one is a 1997 Contour: it runs well and its gasoline mileage in typical for most cars today that have 4 bangers under the hood. I think it, the diesel, is worth the upfront increased costs in fuel for better cost-per-mile averages, but I think that's a minority view. Still, my choice will be a diesel. I would love to AVERAGE 33 mpg. The initial hit at the pump will be compensated for --- it is just a matter of few trips to the pump, but each visit becomes an event! It will be okay. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 03, 2008 11:49 am) |
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