Car and Driver wroteOur long-term 2018 Honda Accord Provided us with 40,000 miles of satisfaction. Practical, enjoyable to drive, and with almost no issues, our Honda sedan is hard to fault. It is not every day that a staffer marches into the Car and Driver newsroom and declaresSomeone should buy that car. Well, actually, it is every day that this happens. But usually the car in question is touted in a bad-idea Craigslist ad that contains a phrase such asstarted last time I tried, or needs some TLC. This time, the words sprang from the lips of C and Ds director of vehicle testing, Dave Vander Werp, who had just taken a farewell spin in our long-term Honda Accord. And it is a good idea.
The Accord became a favorite road-trip companion and a popular choice for weeknight commutes. Its 17-cubic-foot trunk and nearly flat-folding rear seats helped assistant online editor Daniel Golson transport the contents of his childhood bedroom from Massachusetts to Michigan. Ceppos used it as a support car at Ginger Man Raceways 2018 edition of the 24 Hours of LeMons. And art assistant Austin Irwin piloted the car to Arizona as the miles counted down on our test. In other long-termers, trips like those resulted in pages-long screeds about the failures, large and small, of the vehicle in question. Not in the Accord. This car does whatever you ask of it. Want a comfortable cruise down the highway? Done. Take a detour to some curvier roads and lean in? The Accord is right there with you. Its sharp steering and just-firm-enough suspension make the car feel poised when pushed well past the point where its competition starts to stumble.