Originally Posted By: greenjp
... The interior quality blows every domestic and most imports of it's era away, and the combination of powertrain and chassis performance is unrivaled. Compare to the boring old Camry, good driving but [censored] interior Altima, mediocre Fusion & Malibu, downright awful Chrysler products, etc. I've driven a lot of cars over the years and always find it refreshing to get back into the Accord. In some ways it drives nicer than our Saab 9-5 Aero.
jeff
I respectfully disagree.
I have
never driven an Accord and thought, "I should have bought one of these instead of the Mazda."
My interior matches up to an Accord LX. The big difference there is that for the same price as a 4cyl Accord LX, I got a V6 Mazda6S.
Chassis dynamics? No. Not to the same standard. The Mazda is better sorted.
Noise? Yeah. The Accord is quieter. So is the Chrysler Sebring sedan. That's not saying much.
Cargo capacity? Not even close. Not since the Accord wagon was discontinued. But then again the Mazda 5-door was discontinued so we'll call it a draw
AND, I do not have to deal with that gawdawful gear selector. Several years of the Accord have this cheap plasticky imprecise gear selector. I hate it. It feels like a video game controller. Not a good one either. I guess I've been spoiled by my Chrysler...wait. My Chrysler is a cheap car. A cheap car with a better gear selector!
Reliabilty? There have been a few tiny hiccups in the Mazda (all failed parts clearly labled FoMoCo...coincidence?
)
I wouldn't go as far as to say it is unrivaled. Sure, if you compare it to the Chrysler Sebring or '04-'07 Malibu it's fair to say it's unrivaled...(the Malibu from that era actually doesn't drive
that badly but the ugly exterior and tupperware interior make me question GM management's sanity)