Clean diesel Honda Accord sets speed records, gets 77 mpg
Not available in the U.S. yet, but a hot new Honda Accord (popular in Britain since February 2004) got 77 miles-per-gallon in a 419-mile real-world driving test and has set world speed records in its class.
(That’s 77 U.S. miles per gallon, calculated from the 92 mpg it got with Imperial gallons. … Would someone please check my math on this? I’m finding it hard to believe that European Accords get 77 mpg and U.S. ones don’t get 40.)
This spunky, full-size Accord goes from standing stop to 54 mph in a quarter mile. It looks just like the one in your neighbor’s driveway.
Oh. Did I mention that it runs on high-energy, low-polluting “clean diesel”? That’s the diesel fuel that is finally coming to U.S. pumps this fall.
– ken winston caine
Source: Honda Worldwide
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