September 8, 2006 - Many cars offer things that make a car reviewer's job easy: bags of personality, amazing performance or flaws so blatant that one can't help but spend page after page talking about why a car is so awesome or why its climate control system sucks. But many cars, such as the Honda Accord Hybrid, make our jobs difficult. It does everything it's supposed to do well, but it does so without being exceptionally stellar. It's hard to get excited about a car that feels no more exciting than your average washing machine. To be honest, it's quite shocking that the Accord Hybrid feels so... average. We really liked the 6-speed manual Accord V6 coupe because it was everything that its competition wasn't: sporty and fun-to-drive. When the people at Honda told us that the Accord Hybrid sedan's hybrid system was designed more for a performance boost than overall fuel savings, we imagined it would be a "poor-man's" version of the Lexus GS 450h. However, rather than being an affordable gentlemen's sports sedan, driving this large Honda hybrid shows that its appearance and driving dynamics were tuned more for the suburban-dwelling, kid-raising, grocery-getting mom. Let's start off with the car's appearance. The Accord does have some very clean, if uninspired, lines -- which means the Accord Hybrid looks just like a basic sedan. There's nothing about its appearance that's eye-catching, stunning, unusual or quirky. All we can really say about the car's looks is: well... it's a sedan.
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