HONDA 2018 ACCORD: antidote for crossover fever

The all-new, tenth-generation Accord is Honda's best-ever-and makes the case for why crossovers shouldn't take over the planet.

Honda engineers aren't saying it in so many words, but one could construe the tenth-generation 2018 Accord sedan as being purposely developed as the “anti-crossover.” At a time when most of the developed world is indicating a preference for the high-seating-position, high-center-of-gravity handling of crossovers and SUVs, the all-new Accord is lower, situates its driver lower and has a new, stiffer chassis that's oriented towards increased driver involvement.

In other words, attributes that aren't strong points for most current mainstream crossovers, the body style that for several years has nibbled at the midsize sedan segment's longtime dominance. So as if to reward those who continue to choose a midsize car-still roughly two million buyers in the U.S. last year-the new Accord seems deliberately designed to be everything an SUV isn't.