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Future Vehicles Honda Accord Diesel????
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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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WHEN will the Accord diesel be here?
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Replying to: ppellico (Aug 12, 2008 6:17 am)
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 12, 2008 7:08 am)  I feel like Honda is being like Ford with the new 3.5L that was to debut in the Ford Five Hundred, Lincoln Zephyr, et. al. It's right around the corner...ALWAYS. Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure seems like they have been on the cusp of releasing this car for awhile now. I'm pretty positive I remember the 2009 Accord and CR-V were to get a diesel, a little while ago.
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