Comments on: 2008 Honda Accord Euro Review

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:51:52 +0000

Just came across this artacle.
Found it interesting,as replaced my much loved 2007 VW Jetta,which was written off with a MY2011 Euro standard automatic.
The Euro might be a slight step up from the 2.0 FSI Jetta,but Jetta has more rear legroom,bigger boot,and more standard equipmnt.Was
also more econimical.

The Euro looks better,interior feels more upmarket,goes better,and is nicer to drive.

The Jetta had a few niggles,but the suprising thing is that in 2 months,I have had lots of little niggles with the Euro.

Which would I buy again ???

I would probably wait for the next all new 2011 Jetta.
Might become the mis sized king again.

Mazda did not appeal ar all…

By: Mr.Truth

Mr.Truth — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:51:55 +0000

?”We believe the automatic gearbox will be available with the diesel by the end of 2008 and feel confident to predict that Honda will join the rush to diesel power early next year.”

Oh really?, hows the batteries in the crystal ball going?

By: g

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:32:21 +0000

From my records, I have had the following customer service experience at these Mazda & Honda sites:

Good (Staff were attentive, respectful, informative, not pushy)
- Honda Heidelburg (Victoria) 2002-2006
- Honda Austral (Qld) 2006-2008

Bad (Staff unattentive, arrogant, lack of helpful product info, rush you to make decisions)
- Honda Brighton (Victoria) 2002
- Mazda Austral (Qld) 2008

Hope this info is useful for others… as for me, I tend to only stick to GOOD customer service providers, as evident from my loyalty of a number of years staying with them.

But on a realist point of view, the customer service can be controlled/managed by head office through policy and training, etc. But Dealers can also employ GOOD staff and avoid terrible sales people. Heck i even had good experience with a trainee at Honda Austral; informative, enthusiastic and attentive.

(FYI, I’m thinkiing of getting the prev Honda Accord Euro, most likely 2005-2008 model, rather than new 2009 model, mainly coz global economy is bad shape and also I still like the sharper looking older model, which is cheaper to buy!)

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:53:34 +0000

I have just bought the latest Accord Euro. Now 2400 km. And I want to trade it !!!!!!

Had a 2003 model (purchased Jan 2004) as ex-demo car. Really onlu one problem that I put up with for 4 1/2 years. Otherwise the Honda experience was good. Problem – a completely inaccurate speedo reading. Had the RAA (Adelaide South Australia) check it out. The variation was around 6% under correct reading. Honda Australia refused to do anything – the dealers said their hands were tied as HA did not give them the capabilities to make adjustments.

When the new model was to be released I waited for the deal to happen. What I have found is the new instrumentation is out by 8%. UNACCEPTABLE. Again, nobody wants to try to do anything

For heavens sake, Honda run an F1 team – you cannot tell me they wioll accept an 8% error in instrumentation readings !!!!

Holden Commodores are tested by RAA before delivery to SA Police – if speedo error more than 2% the car is rejected !! So if it is good enough and possible for a little Australian carmaker to get it right, it should be mandatory for a global carmaker like Honda to do it just as well – and even better !!!

I expect better for the amount of money outlayed.

Anybody else had a similar experience??

By: brabus

brabus — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:50:59 +0000

looks great when you see one out on the road, even in boring silver. the guards and overall profile is perfect. the old one was bland bland bland.
interier on this one is a bit messy though, would have prefered something more elegant

engines… well 4 cylinder’s are ordinary, but atleast its not unreliable like the aweful Mexico built Jetta

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:23:25 +0000

Does anyone know when the diesel Auto will hit the market in Australia?

I drove the 2008 Accord Euro Auto on the weekend and was underwhelmed by the noisy high reving low torque petrol motor.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Despite the parity of Aussie Dollar to US Dollar in recent times, the Euros prices dropped by a mere 1K. The equivalent Luxury version with Navi is around USD34K in US (from memory), versus AUD44K downunder.

Aussie car buyers are fleeced – BIG TIME.

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:49:59 +0000

I saw the car in the flesh today and it looks even better. But I am confused, this car seems bigger than the new Accord 6. So why make two cars (accord-soft/ accord euro-hard) when the Euro is not that sporty anymore. And still don’t know why they persist with the Accord name for both cars. Regarding the wagon, big mistake not to sell it here. Odyssey argument doesn’t stack up, unless euro wagon is a seven seater. I think the Mazda 6 has always been more feminine in the style department, whilst the Euro is opposite.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:11:42 +0000

Hi
i was just on this website randomly and realised that there is no honda accord diesel in australia i live in england and own a accord diesel its very smooth and powerful will it go to australia? In England accords are also much more expensive mine was £25,000 and its not even top spec i think thats around $50,000 is that alot? the diesel is well worth waiting for. i would have prefered a BMW but they are even more expensive for the 320d its about $70,000.

By: Know nothing

Know nothing — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:55:18 +0000

Well I drove Euro and Mazda 6 both horrible cramped, very noisy little buzz-boxes…I’ll stick with my Maxima which costs no more that either of these “applauded and lauded” vehicles.