Comments on: Melbourne Motor Show: Honda Accord

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:41:18 +0000

Yet another Honda gimmick. Their engines that don’t have cylinder shutoff are since having torque problems at low revs. How much more can less cylinders do?

By: Debrah

Debrah — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:50:44 +0000

I agree that Fords six is more advanced and that they were and are still ahead of their time.
But thats out of the subject here. Though i have to admit i have achieved 8 to 9L from my AUIII 4L Falcon when driven very carefully with out any unwanted throttle poking. Very similar to my EL Fairmont probably because the engines are identical -technically-, and as far as i can recall it thats almost 2L less than my husbands VTII commodore executive .

By: Ford

Ford — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:42:16 +0000

actually when they mean 3 cylinders 4 and six thats is all six cylinders in V6 form at the same time.

They actually mean that …. for example if the cylinder 1 fires now , it wont fire next time , but the cylidner 3 will.

so instead of having all 6 waiting for the cycle to wire and get all 202kW out to the flywheel.

they would skip a cylinder or two , but always using all six , but with less cycles.

therefore in theory cutting down the fuel consumption.

It doesnt shut down permanently 2 cylinders. They are all working , but less.

Which means that one part of the engine wont wear out , and the other say 2 cylinders not being used.

its not a bad car , but Aurion looks more advanced and a Falcon BA-FG even more impressive.

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:03:06 +0000

This car is horrid yet again, perhaps even uglier than the Epica. Square front that flows into a round, compact rear with a tail that looks like an unfinished job. Too bad its great looking dash is wasted around a dorky body.

I also don’t believe that cylinder shut-off blah-blah. Those Hemis from Chrysler also have this kind of technology, but still require bottomless petrol.

By: Eyma Teapot

Eyma Teapot — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:03:30 +0000

So is this one of those overpriced, overated Jap built Hondas or worse, One of those overpriced, overated Thai built Hondas?

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:51:01 +0000

3, 4 or 6 cylinders, it’s still .1l/100km more than the Aurion. Maybe if they work out their deficit on useful torque, the fuel numbers should be better.

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:48:54 +0000

I saw it from a distance at the motor show, and thought it was a 5 series..

considering its longer than a falcon, it wasn’t that bog inside

By: Joober

Joober — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:22:07 +0000

was at the show earlier today, all i can say is the interior looks much nicer than the outgoing model, as for fuel consumption that rather poor, VCM 3cyl 4cyl 6cyl would have hoped for a bigger drop somewhere in the 8ltr/100 region…

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:01:09 +0000

personally i think it looks great

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:59:07 +0000

Mike – this is the replacement for the regular (yank) accord, not the accord euro which will be launched later this year or possibly as late as early next year. Compared to the US accord this is a much better looking car.

As for the fuel consumption, i thought it would be better then that personally… however official fuel economy figures often don’t tell the real picture. In heavy stop start traffic V6′s are usually horrendously bad averaging around 16+ liter per 100, however this thing would presumably be running on 3 or 4 cylinder most of the time in heavy stop start traffic so the advantage over a normal V6 would greatly increase and not necessarily be reflected in the ADR average economy