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(詳細はNorth American Honda Accord was a mid-size car available from 2002 to 2007 in both coupe and sedan styles. The sedan was also marketed as the Honda Accord in parts of Latin America, Asia, Middle East, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand markets. It was related to the Honda Inspire available in Japan from 2003. The North American Honda Accord, with modifications for local market needs, was the launch vehicle of Honda in the Korean market with sales beginning from May 20, 2004. Production started in Honda's Marysville Auto Plant. In early 2005, Honda's East Liberty Auto Plant started building the Honda Accord Sedan on the same assembly line that produces Civic and Element to increase Honda's flexibility in meeting increased market demand of Acura TL that was also assembled in the Marysville Plant.〔(Honda Will Add Accord Production at East Liberty Auto Plant )〕 ==2003–2005== A larger car than its predecessor, the North American Accord was given a new level of refinement with chrome interior accents and higher grade materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Test Drive – 2003 Honda Accord EX-L sedan )〕 The lineup still included the DX, LX, EX, LX-V6 and EX-V6 like the previous generation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2003 Honda Accord Review )〕 Mechanically, the 4-cylinder engine was the all new K-series, for the first time the 4-cylinder Accord gained a direct ignition (distributorless) coil-on-plug ignition system, whereas the previous V6 already introduced the coil on plug system. As a result of eliminating the distributor and the plug wires, there is a slight horsepower and fuel economy gain and long term reliability of the ignition system should increase. In addition, the engine oil recommended by Honda has been updated from the previous 5W-30 viscosity to 5W-20, because of the lower viscosity, the friction is reduced. According to EPA 2008 ratings, combined with other improvements the manual 4-cylinder has the rating 23mpg city/31 hwy compared to the previous generation's VTEC F23A1 engine with the 22mpg city/29 hwy rating. The 6-cylinder was the same J-series V6 as the sixth generation's, but revisions to the intake and exhaust contributed to a 40 hp increase, bringing the total power to 240 hp. One of these revisions was that the exhaust manifolds became part of the cylinder head casting. A 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive was also new for 2003. For the first time, Honda offered an "enthusiast" version of the Accord in the US, adding a sports suspension and mating the 6-speed manual transmission from the Acura CL to the V6 Accord Coupe. A specific 4-cylinder model was the first production car in the world to meet California's Super Ultra Low Emission standards. The 2003 model year also debuted Honda's GPS assisted Navigation system as an option for the Accord. Prior to 2003, it was only available on the higher end Acura line as well as the Honda Odyssey. The first 2003 Honda Accord rolled off the Marysville, Ohio assembly line on September 26, 2002. In 2004 Honda also first offered XM Satellite Radio as a factory installed option. For 2005, the Accord received several updates, including standard side curtain and front seat side impact airbags for a total of six airbags, revised taillights for sedan (all red) while coupe taillights remained unchanged for 2005, more chrome on the grille, new wheel designs for LX, LX-V6 and EX-V6 Automatic models while the rest of the Accord line wheels are unchanged, and a new Accord Hybrid came for the first time with stylish new wheels, an EPA gas mileage of 29 City/37 HWY, and the same 3.0 liter V6 motor from the regular Accord LX V6 and EX V6 models with 15 hp increase of 255 making the hybrid quicker than the regular Accord V6 sedan but still not as quick as the Accord Coupe V6 with 6 Speed Manual. The Accord became Canada's top-selling mid-size car. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honda Accord (North America seventh generation)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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