Redesigned Honda Accord aims for segment domination

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After 32 years of success with the Accord, Honda folks could be forgiven if, … the coupe with the V-6 and six-speed manual transmission, the V-6 Accord …

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Redesigned Honda Accord aims for segment
domination
Bob Gritzinger
Automotive News | August 21, 2007 - 10:10 am EST
After 32 years of success with the Accord, Honda folks could be forgiven if, in a moment of weakness, they took their eye off the
ball and let the all-new 2008 model slide by with minimal changes.
Not a chance.
For example, you won’t find any odd bulges or frayed edges in the carpeting in the 2008 Accord. Every fit appears as if some tiny
carpet installer got in there with his knee kickers and stretched the material taut around every bend and tight into each corner.
Honda sells about 400,000 Accords in the United States every year, representing about one-third of the company’s U.S. volume.
So when it comes time to remake the Accord, everyone from the lowliest carpet installer to Gary Robinson, head of product
planning for the eighth-generation Accord, knows what’s on the line.
“Our goal was to surpass everyone and become the new benchmark,” said Robinson.
It’d be easy to say “Mission accomplished” just by scanning the stats on the 2008 Accord. Everything about the new model is larger
or…