2000 Honda Accord

By Bob Storck

When compared with other car companies, Honda has been conservative. Never have their cars been the most stylish or the most powerful, but always competent with no vices. They just deliver all the features with a high degree of satisfaction, and seldom are there any items to complain about.

While its styling is slanted less to appeal than to inoffensive, the Accord will offer painless ownership and comfortable transportation long after the payments have been finished.

Two years ago Honda came up with a completely re-designed Accord. It may not engender excitement among the buff books that get carried away by performance, but both its four and six cylinder versions are smooth, powerful and wrapped in Honda quality. All Accords have a four-wheel, independent double-wishbone suspension system.

Following the standard Honda practice, there are few options, but several model designations that are packaged to include almost any feature that could be desired. Honda may not have as many different models as other manufacturers, but they tune and adapt each model to fit as many different customer demands as possible. The big advances this year involve air bag improvements, including side bags on V6 versions.