DETROIT: Honda plans to unveil its new Accord sedan Monday at an Ohio factory. The company promises a more athletic look with all-new engines and transmissions that will raise the car’s fuel efficiency.
The Accord competes in the biggest segment of the U.S. auto market. In most years it’s No. 2 on the list of best-selling cars. Toyota’s Camry is No. 1.
The Accord is one of the more popular cars in Summit County.
It is the ninth best-selling model in the county so far in 2012, with 290 cars sold through the end of July. (The Ford Escape is the top-selling new vehicle in the county this year and topped sales charts in 2011 as well.)
Accord sales in Summit County are up 2.8 percent from 282 sales for the same period a year ago, according to figures from the Akron-based Northeast Ohio Automobile Dealers Association.
The Accord was the ninth best-selling car in the county for all of 2011, according to the Northeast Ohio dealers group. There were 451 new Accords sold last year, down from 492 in 2010.
A new four-cylinder engine should boost fuel economy above the current Accord, which now gets 34 miles per gallon on the highway.
The car will be made at Marysville.
