Honda delivers a knockout in Accord coupe

0 Comments | USA TODAY, September, 2007 | by James R. Healey

Honda has marketed a coupe version of the Accord long enough to know a couple of key things.

Having a coupe in the line jazzes up the image of all Accords, making buyers of the four-door sedan feel less like they're settling for a family car and more like they're getting something sporty on the sly.

Having a coupe boosts sales just about enough to keep one in the lineup.

So Honda included a coupe model when it gave the Accord a clean-sheet makeover for the 2008 model year.

Hewing to the definition of a coupe, it is a two-door and, following the custom for coupes, is sleeker, shorter and sportier overall than the sedan.

In fact, it's a knockout, filling the promise of the sweet-looking concept car that Honda exhibited at auto...