2023 Honda Accord

The 2023 Honda Accord is our highest-rated midsize car of 2023 and a Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Award winner. Pricing starts at $27,295.

This is Generation 11 of the Honda Accord midsize sedan, making its debut for the 2023 model year. The main story in this continuing saga of midsize sedan class dominance is that the hybrid variant isn’t some afterthought or some effort to comply with low-emissions rules. By putting hybrid power in the top trims, Honda brings this technology to the forefront.

The reason the Accord has been so successful over the years, even against the SUV onslaught, is that it does things right in all the areas that really matter — reliability, safety, value for money, build quality, space, equipment, comfort, and refinement.

Some rivals come close, but invariably the Accord tends to have the edge. That’s why it’s been a multiple winner of KBB awards. Now it adds updated technology and great fuel economy to outclass the competition even more emphatically.

The Accord Hybrid is reviewed separately.

The 2023 Honda Accord starts at $27,295. That’s for the LX, which still has a decent lineup of standard equipment for the money.

Just the lowest two trims have a combustion-only drivetrain. The rest employ gasoline/electric hybrid power. The 2023 Accord range tops out at $37,340 for the Touring trim. There aren’t many options beyond that, the priciest being $455 for premium paint and $2,000 for fancier alloy wheels.

• 2023 Honda Accord LX: $27,295
• 2023 Honda Accord EX: $29,060
• 2023 Honda Accord Sport (Hybrid): $31,345
• 2023 Honda Accord EX-L (Hybrid): $32,990
• 2023 Honda Accord Sport-L (Hybrid): $33,325
• 2023 Honda Accord Touring (Hybrid): $37,340

These are manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) and do not include the $1,095 factory-to-dealer delivery fee (destination charge).

For comparison, the Toyota Camry starts at $26.2K, the Hyundai Sonata at $25.2K, and the Kia K5 at $25.3K. All three rivals offers a hybrid variant. The Camry and K5 can also come with all-wheel drive. The Nissan Altima has all-wheel drive on its options list, but no hybrid — it starts at $25.3K. The Subaru Legacy also steers clear of hybrid power, but comes with all-wheel drive as standard, priced from $24.4K.

Before buying a new Accord midsize sedan, check the Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price to know what you should be paying.

Class-Leading Resale Values

Despite slightly higher pricing compared with the competition, this could turn out to be money well spent, since the Accord has a history of retaining its value better than its rivals. The advantages of stronger resale values include a bigger down payment for your next car and low ownership costs overall. We fully expect this latest generation to carry on where the outgoing model left off.

What’s New for 2023

Most of the 2023 Accord is new this year, marking the debut of the 11th generation. This includes fresh styling and updated technology. Even though there isn’t an actual 2023 Accord Hybrid model, the top four Accord trims all have hybrid drivetrains as standard. Honda expects to earn top safety scores with the new Accord.

With a 192-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine under the hood, the 2023 Honda Accord delivers plenty of merging and passing ability. But the Accord’s secret sauce lies in the responsiveness and refinement with which it supplies that acceleration. The same goes for how it responds to steering and braking inputs. As it has for a long time, the Accord delivers the most seamless, most satisfying driving experience in the segment. (And the Accord Hybrid is somehow even more gratifying.)

We’ve spent hundreds of hours driving and researching the current collection of midsize sedans, including this 11th-generation Accord.

A metal mesh across the dashboard and air vents brings a futuristic flavor to the 2023 Accord’s cabin. Otherwise, the interior is understated yet still using quality materials and putting them together well.

The new Accord’s infotainment system comes with either a 7-inch touchscreen in the more affordable models, or a 12.3-inch version in the higher trims — which is the largest Honda has installed to date.

Although this new Accord is 2.7 inches longer than its predecessor, the wheelbase (the distance between the axles) remains exactly the same. The older model’s generous rear legroom does expand a little, however, from 40.4 to 40.8 inches. Cargo space remains at a more-than-adequate 16.7 cubic feet.

Styling-wise, the new Accord sedan doesn’t go out on such a limb as the Kia K5 (for example), but we think Honda has pitched the look perfectly, with a fine balance of freshness and decorum. The choices of exterior colors are fashionably monochrome, with silver in there somewhere. The brightest option is Radiant Red Metallic.

Infotainment system
The new Accord’s infotainment system improves over the outgoing setup by being quicker and more intuitive. The top Touring trim includes Google Assistant and Google Maps, so things like setting the cabin temperature and putting a destination into the navigation can all be done with voice commands. It’s also capable of over-the-air updates.

Digital driver information display
Every new Accord midsize sedan comes with a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster whose graphics are just as crisp and easy on the eyes as the infotainment touchscreen.

HondaLink
This standard set of connected services includes remote start/lock/unlock, stolen vehicle tracking, and automatic crash notification.

Lane Keeping Assist
The next-generation Lane Keeping Assist function in the new Accord comes in quite smoothly and subtly. And it’s standard across the lineup.

Head-up display
Information projected onto the windshield allows drivers to see important info without taking their eyes off the road. It’s unfortunate that some good tech like wireless charging and this 6-inch head-up display is only available in the top Touring trim, but these displays used to be exclusive to luxury cars not so long ago.

The 2023 Honda Accord LX and EX — the first two steps on the Accord trim ladder — are outfitted with a 192-horsepower engine rated to return combined fuel economy of 32 mpg. For reference, all higher trims feature a hybrid powertrain good for 204 horsepower and up to 48 mpg in mixed driving. All variants of the new Accord sedan are configured with front-wheel drive and an automatic transmission.

Accord LX and EX
1.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine
192 horsepower @ 6,000 rpm
192 lb-ft of torque @ 1,700-5,000 rpm
EPA combined fuel economy: 32 mpg (29 city, 37 highway)

More Honda Accord fuel economy information is available on the EPA’s website.

3-Year/36,000-Mile Warranty

Honda’s new-vehicle warranty is for three years or 36,000 miles, whichever happens first. Powertrains are covered for five years or 60,000 miles. This is typical for the class. Honda also adds two years or 24,000 miles of free scheduled servicing.

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