Originally Posted by Joe1
.......The concerns l have about the Accord are that they are turbo equipped nowadays and am not sure if they will hold up as well over the long term. Same for CVT vs the 8 speed auto in the Camry.
We went through much the same when we selected the Camry over the Accord last year. The Accord was a very nice car, and still is. However the Camry's non turbo 203 H.P. 4-cylinder, coupled to the more conventional 8-speed automatic transmission over the Accord's CVT, won us over hands down.
I think Honda did itself no favors at all by cancelling the V-6 engine option in the Accord. And replacing it with a lesser performing 4-cylinder turbo, that gets no better fuel economy than the V-6 Camry does. While delivering 50 less horsepower. (Over 300 in the V-6 Camry, to only 250 in the 4-cylinder turbo Accord). In fact, the turbo Accord costs over $1,700.00 more than the XSE trimmed V-6 Camry.
And to top it off, the extra cost turbo Accord has less than 50 H.P. more than the standard, normally aspirated 203 H.P. 4-cylinder that's standard equipment in the Camry. And can be had for over $10K less.
The Accord will sell well in spite of all of this. Because there are a legion of turbo fans out there, that will buy it regardless of it's lesser performance, higher cost, all coupled with no better fuel economy. Because they just love anything with a turbo in it.