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As mentioned, the Accord Hybrid’s trim levels are Sport, EX-L, Sport-L, and Touring. They’re propelled by Honda’s revised gas-electric powerplant, which is made up of a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine and two electric motors. The system’s total output is 204 horsepower. An electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT) completes the powertrain, and – as always – this Accord is front-wheel drive. One of the car’s most attractive attributes is its exceptional fuel economy: the EX-L returns an EPA-estimated 51 mpg around town and 44 mpg on the highway, while the Sport, Sport-L, and Touring are rated at 46 city/41 highway.
This trim earns its name with racy good looks, led by a rear spoiler and a blacked-out exterior. It also has a moonroof, LED headlights and taillights, and alloy pedals. This base trim is nicely equipped with push-button ignition, a 10.2-inch digital gauge cluster, dual-zone automatic climate control, Smart Entry with Walk-Away Auto Lock, a power driver’s seat, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. The all-new Google-based multimedia system is another exciting element of the Accord Hybrid’s redesign. Its 12.3-inch touchscreen controls the wireless smartphone integration (Apple CarPlay and Android Auto), Bluetooth, Amazon Alexa, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and the eight-speaker audio system. There are also two USB-C ports (one charging and one media).
The Honda Sensing bundle of advanced active-safety technologies comes standard, with traffic jam assist and traffic sign recognition now included. Adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow, blind-spot monitoring, and lane keeping assist all carry over and have been updated as part of the redesign. The components that carry over unchanged are automatic high beams, forward collision warning, driver attention monitoring, collision mitigation braking, road departure mitigation, lane departure warning, and rear cross-traffic alert. If you want rear parking sensors, though, you’ll have to choose one of the other trims.
The EX-L returns to a more conventional appearance, dropping the spoiler, gloss-black accents, and alloy pedals. It raises the plush factor, though, with heated front seats, leather upholstery, driver’s seat position memory, a power passenger seat, heated exterior mirrors with integrated turn-signal indicators, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror. It gets the full array of Honda Sensing driver-assist technologies (automatic high beams, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow, blind-spot monitoring, lane keeping assist, driver attention monitoring, collision mitigation braking, road departure mitigation, lane departure warning, and rear cross-traffic alert), plus rear parking sensors. The second row gets its own pair of USB-C charge ports.
As its name indicates, the Sport-L blends the traits of the Sport and the EX-L. Its looks are distinguished by a rear diffuser. The full Honda Sensing driver-assist grouping is installed: automatic high beams, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow, blind-spot monitoring, lane keeping assist, driver attention monitoring, collision mitigation braking, road departure mitigation, lane departure warning, rear cross-traffic alert, and rear parking sensors.
The top-of-the-line Touring has a 6-inch head-up display, ventilated front seats, heated rear outboard seats, rain-sensing windshield wipers, a reverse gear tilt-down passenger-side mirror, and wireless phone charging. It also gets a fully loaded multimedia system with Google Built-in, HD radio, and a premium Bose sound system with 12 speakers.
