2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual Review

2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual Review - Think of the modern-day, affordable two-door coupe as resembling applesauce made from among those squeaky, hand-cranked mutilator contraptions. Only in our pomaceous metaphor, the mechanism is a quid pro quo equation where, ideally, the impracticality of reduced doorway count is balanced out by performance pretense as well as rear-wheel drive. This math develops gooey, wholesome stuff such as the most recent Camaro, the Ford Mustang, and the BRZ/FR-S twins. It additionally has actually boxed out nearly every front-drive two-door on the market other than Honda's Accord.


Even as the front-drive coupe has almost vanished, 2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual has actually dug in tough, revitalizing the Accord for 2016. It should be praised for its tenacity. Nissan stopped marketing the two-door Altima, as well as Toyota long ago chucked the Camry-based Solara too far. A few portable gamers stay with the format, yet when was the last time you overheard any individual pining for a Kia Strong suit Koup or Honda's own (non-Si) two-door Civic? And also the Heir tC? Please. Past a degree of style, there's little to recommend those cars. The Accord, alternatively, provides the sportiest two-door experience this side of a pony automobile.

2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual Review

As a performance machine, the deck is stacked against the Accord sports car. Its specifications consist of front-wheel drive, a large 107.3-inch wheelbase, as well as more than 61 percent of its mass riding over its front axle. But the Accord sports car has actually long exceeded its pigeonhole, as well as its cosmetic tweaks haven't altered that. The V-6, six-speed-manual version you see below is the family members's side situation, with 278 horsepower and also a variety of new, nonfunctional wounds in each bumper. Power is unmodified compared to the last Accord coupe we tested (a 2013 version), as well as the automobiles weigh within six extra pounds of one another. It's likewise a minimal two-tenths of a 2nd slower to 60 mph-- a still-quick 5.8 ticks-- and also posted hardly lower hold and a four-foot-longer stop from 70 mph.



Unlike a Ford Mustang or a Chevrolet Camaro, the Accord sports car isn't a numbers vehicle. No person will be impressed by the Honda's performance stats, yet anybody can delve into this auto and also occupy a quick speed. In spite of the Accord's exceptionally front-biased weight distribution, the nose never ever feels heavy, a sensation assisted by the light steering. Every little thing from the steering wheel to the brake pedal, the clutch, and the suspension really feels as though it moves via the same high-viscosity liquid, and also the vehicle merely moves in the future. Understeer maintains you from going completely wild, however it's dynamic and manageable.

The sweet-sounding V-6 yanks the Accord around with zeal, as well as torque guide truly only emerge when coming out of especially dilemmas. You can purchase a V-6 Accord sports car with a six-speed automatic-- or a four-cylinder version with a CVT-- but the manual transmission is sensational, with brief throws and also perfectly spaced pedals. (A stick is readily available on the four-cylinder model, too, however you lose hope 93 horse power.) Our only problem is easily solved with a twist: The 2016 Accord Sport car's handbook gained a satisfyingly large metal sphere that we prefer over the coupe's lighter, a lot more plasticky piece.

2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual Review


You'll usually hear bleating over the Accord sports car's high price, at the very least relative to stuff like the Horse as well as the Camaro. Yet Ford has efficiently relegated its V-6 Horse to rental-car status in its earnestness to shout "EcoBoost!" from every roof, as well as the Accord's premium over the Camaro V-6 has reduced to $3255 as Chevy includes that coupe's brand-new turbocharged four-cylinder base model. This is as uniformly matched on cost as these vehicles have ever been, as well as at $31,745, the Accord EX-L comes packed with 18-inch wheels, leather seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, a power driver's seat, heated front seats, a sunroof, and LED taillights and also fog lights. So it's not a rear-drive pony car, but for a piece of customers, it suits the expense flawlessly as a fast point filled with animal comforts.

2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Manual might be neglecting the market's two-door dish by keeping the Accord sports car front-drive-- or by keeping it around at all-- yet the auto stays appealing. The restyled bumpers and wheels do not ruin just what's effortlessly the sauciest style in Honda's lineup, the rear can really hold bipedal creatures of modest stature, and the torso is enormous. Take into consideration the driving satisfaction to be the cinnamon sprinkled on this tasty applesauce, the manual transmission the crank you wish to keep operating, as well as rear-drive an excessive component.

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