Honda has a new trim level for the 2.2 litre i-CTDi engined Honda Accord in the UK, and Honda thinks it’s good enough to be a GT! Well, that’s what I interpreted from the name anyway, as Honda is calling it the Honda Accord Sport GT 2.2 i-CTDi. The 2.2 litre i-CTDi turbodiesel makes 138 horsepower at 4,000rpm, and 340Nm of torque at 2,000rpm.
Equipment level includes dark chrome door handles and front grille, 16 or 17 inch alloy wheels in Dark Graphite finish for stationwagon and sedan respectively, an exclusive option for Premium White Pearl paint, a sports-tuned suspension, a bodykit that includes smoked headlights and a rear boot spoiler, carbon-effect interior trim, red illuminated dials instead of the usual white.
BTW, have you seen the ad campaign Honda did for the i-CTDi when it was first introduced? Check it out in the related post links below, it’s really quite cute :)
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Nice.
Can we expect to see this on Malaysian roads?
The GT has to mean something else than the usual meaning, because the engine output is hardly worthy of being called a GT. Still, the Honda Accord Euro is a sexy car!
Nice car.. but Malaysia Honda Accord still old style one…
Alfa-ish or can I say OLD Camry-ish?
Better wait for 2008 model
@ICER: Actually, thats wrong. The Accord sold in Malaysia is the USDM Accord while the one in this post is the JDM Accord (or known as Accord Euro in countries where both Accords are sold). And I don't think the Accord in Malaysia is the old style, seeing as you've already got the facelifted model.
Msia's Accord buyer segment consist of old folks, SMI heads, tycoon wannabes and those migrated from lower to med middle income group…..only these ppl can afford or intend to buy accord…….therefore the design n equipment level really suits them…….
Wherelse in UK ( or any other market ), Accord had migrated from the above segment to young elegant energetic executives who earn as much as the above……maybe a migrator from civic also……….
Therefore, no such thing as old design or new design or unfair design favors…….it much more depending on the individual countries target market, n where does Honda or any other manufacturer wants to positioned their cars…….
Nice, but looks dated. Strangely, I prefer the one we have here. That's the JDM one, right?
the design has been like 5 years already
It is an Accord Euro design. I prefer this than the one we have for Malaysia ( I think same as for US Market). Same goes to Civic, we don't get that space age Civic Hatchback sold in the UK in Malaysia.
Nice car.. but Malaysia Honda Accord still old style one…
err.. there is no such thing happened to Honda Cars… Proton?..Yes it is..
JDM Accord is market for europe, japan and others.
JDM Inspire known as Accord in USA and Asean.
ours from the us is totally different ma….
why the headlights similar to Odyssey?
16 17 inch wheels? adoi, 18 better lah, the 2.0 Civic already 17…..
even some crazy Vios owners put on 18 inch wheels…..
oddesey's light ?
lolz !
If I'm not mistaken, UK is the only market in the world that put a GT badge to a Honda. The last GT-badge honda was the 1985 Civic SB3 hatchback, with the PGM-Fi engine.
This Accord Euro also sold in US as Acura TL (correct me if I'm wrong), along with the same Accord that we are having now in Malaysia, so there's no issue of old/new style Accord.
Now… this is what u call an Accord… not the current Accord based on the American market where is fugly and bulky. This one is sleek and sexy.
ermmm…in singapore they call tiz kewl car accorf uero-R..petrol engine nt diesel 1
It's an Acura TSX in the USA.
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Errr…the back a little bit like kia optia + honda city leh…..
hey y dont they use this car for the transformers movie har? those slim light are perfect!
fallen in love with this Accord many years ago…. seen in S'pore. Especially in BLACK ! and some comes to our roads… there even a R version
http://www.honda.co.jp/ACCORDEURO-R/
this Accord(Euro) makes our current ones looks "funny" ! FAT ASS!
IMHO the 8th gen Civic are evolved from this one!
malaysian consumers want size, and the US accord met that specification as compared to the EURO accord which is significantly down on interior space overall.
waja_fr3ak: this isnt the euro-R, this is the standard diesel model. The Euro-R has a retuned K20 engine from the DC5 Intergra.
And yeap, this car is sold as an Acura TSX in America.
@kinwawa: this car has been out for quite some time now, how can it have copied whatever kia car you think it did?
Hmm, for those who dont seem to like this car, it actually looks very very nice in person.
Nice to see an improvement on the good ol' Honda Accord CL7. I think this is still the best looking Accord Honda has ever made. So good that they made a Type R version of it.
I always loved how the back looked and probably has the most athletic stance of all the Accords. All the new Accords have grown too fat and plush which kinda spoils it for me.
Keep up the good work Honda!!
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Honda I-CTDi! Diesel honda baby sedan! It is always cruel to see something you will never see it running on your neighbourhood.
haiya u all…actually dis car was build in europe and honda firstly target to compete with the c-class and 3 er market in europe…so..they came out with dis good looking dsg to prepare and to attract the buyers of 3 er and c-class…but they had failed and not beyong d standard of compact executive entry….bt dis car still one of the best family car alongside vw passat n mazda 6….
u all xyahla tgk kete nie plate s'pore…even malaysian had dis car…i saw many of dis car on our road using our num plate…n i agree wit some of u…this car is better looking than our accord here…
What to complain? We don't get Civic like in the US & UK. We don't get Camry like in the US,UK, Australia (though the Camry here is called Aurion there), & Japan. We don't get Corolla like in S'pore, US, UK & Japan. We don't get Sentra like in the US
erm…diesel engine in honda accord sport GT…what a taste…actually 2.2 i-CTDi is 24 valves engine…it is in line four cylinder…thats mean 6 valves per cylinder! good in fuel effiency and performance! not my choice if for sports sedan…rather prefer gasoline…
yea. the accord euro is a very good looking car for a mid priced car. its looks that last. still manages to capture my attention everytime one drives by.
the other i can think of is lexus is250. of course the base version lexus is a bit tad more expensive but still worth every penny.
the euro is an entry level car for young adults. for the price of a mid spec'ed corolla u can get a base version 6 speed manual accord euro. 140kw's vs corolla's 100kw.
the only let down is that its FWD though honda makes some of the best fwd's around. at least they use to.
paul, is this the new accord?
Nope.
Its older(slightly) than our current Accord we had here.
Actually its under the same generation with our current ones.
accord Euro is smaller than accord USDM. And malaysians also get the USDM. If get euro model, then people will complain why so small, why not this instead of that. Its just like that. If you are used to one model lets say accord euro was introduced from the start, then you think the USDM is better than the euro version. Humans are never satisfied.
mystvearn, i think the interior size of the USDM & Euro-R is about the same, judging by the same dashboard & interior panels used for both models. The Euro-R is shorter in exterior length & probably less legroom. But the interior width remains the same.
i agree wit d normaluser…actually both version exactly d same…jz had a minor different…and mystvearn…im nt agree wit u…4 me…if they introduce the accord euro from d start…i will sure that the sale 4 the accord will b much better than we had one here…i really like dis car….damn like it than the camry and our current accord…