2010 Honda Accord Coupe review

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Where the Accord sedan is designed firmly with the family in mind, the Coupe takes the familiar elements of the Accord but sports things up.

For a start, the whole car is 80mm shorter with a significant 50mm shorter wheelbase. This means that the Coupe provides a much more sporting drive compared to the two-door.

Naturally, this shortening of the car’s length is going to have a detriment to the car’s practicality and its the rear seats that suffer the most. In the sedan there’s acres of space in the back, but in the coupe any passengers in the back will find themselves rather cramped. However, for short journeys it’s fine – we wouldn’t recommend opting for the coupe if you have teenage children, but younger ones would be fine.

The same engines from the Accord sedan are offered in the Coupe, but the base 2.4-litre engine has been tuned to provide a little more power in the two-door – it now has 191bhp, some 13bhp more than the sedan. Both this engine and the 3.5-littre V6 drive the front wheels of the Accord through a five-speed automatic gearbox.

There are no trim options available on the Accord Coupe, though if you opt for the larger engined version you do receive extra equipment such as leather seats, 18″ alloy wheels and a subtle rear spoiler.

Even though it has a more sporty appearance than the sedan, the Accord Coupe is not a sports car and is more intended to be a comfortable car in which to travel with ease along the highways.

SOURCE: http://automiddleeast.com/2010-honda-accord-coupe/