Car Comparison: Honda Accord LX vs. Nissan Altima 2.5S vs. Toyota Camry L

[Ryan]

Motor Trend: <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0304_fam/" target=blank>Accord LX vs. Nissan Altima 2.5S vs. Toyota Camry L
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Is it any surprise that the Accord won? So far, comparison wise, I think the new accord has been having a clean sweep over them all

 

[Wolverine27]

I'm a big Honda/Acura fan...I just wish they were a little more "daring/aggressive" with their car designs.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Motor Trend: <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0304_fam/" target=blank>Accord LX vs. Nissan Altima 2.5S vs. Toyota Camry L
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Is it any surprise that the Accord won? So far, comparison wise, I think the new accord has been having a clean sweep over them all

In both categories, the Camry is the hands-down commuter king, with the Accord's interior quietness edging the sometimes boomy Altima's. However, in ride quality, the Accord's pattery suspension nature on our concrete test segment dropped it behind the other two. While all three are perfectly acceptable commuter cocoons, in these two respects, it's the Toyota that isolates best.--Kim Reynolds

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: rbloedow Motor Trend: <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="[L=http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0304_fam/" target=blank ]http: www.motortrend.com roadtests sedan 112_0304_fam ?[ L]>Accord LX vs. Nissan Altima 2.5S vs. Toyota Camry L </A>Is it any surprise that the Accord won? So far, comparison wise, I think the new accord has been having a clean sweep over them all

In both categories, the Camry is the hands-down commuter king, with the Accord's interior quietness edging the sometimes boomy Altima's. However, in ride quality, the Accord's pattery suspension nature on our concrete test segment dropped it behind the other two. While all three are perfectly acceptable commuter cocoons, in these two respects, it's the Toyota that isolates best.--Kim Reynolds

I wasn't referring to the areas of the comparison, but in independant comparisons between other cars in other magazines/websites, the Accord is always voted #1 overall (at least, in the ones I've read).

Whoa, talk about weird formatting!

 

[jlee]

lol..yeah, the formatting is messed up

I wouldn't mind having the 6sp Accord coupe..

 

[RossMAN]

I wish they would have used the Mazda 6 sedan i/o Nissan Altima.

 

[Ryan]

I still think the Accord would have been at the top if the 6 was included in the comparison.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Wow, a large amount of that article was written by people who used to work for Road & Track.

ZV

EDIT: Having read the article, nothing has really changed at all among the brands. Toyota is still high-quality but excessively boring, Nissan is still a lot of fun but rough around the edges, and the Accord is still the car that matches the Camry's civility while being nearly as sporting as the rougher Nissan.

 

[BigSmooth]

I think the results were about what I would have expected. The Accord is like Mario in MarioKart, it does everything well.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I still think the Accord would have been at the top if the 6 was included in the comparison.

Yea, most likely. The 6 has been in several shoot-outs and it always seems to come in second behind the Accord.

 

[brtspears2]

Personally, I like the Accord too. The back seat in the Camry has this strange angle that I don't like. Nissan is just in the middle of the pack, looks nice, nothing special.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I still think the Accord would have been at the top if the 6 was included in the comparison.

True but if they had compared all 4, I'd hope the 6 would score 2nd or 3rd.