We’re Driving the 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid. What Do You Need To Know?

I’m a agency believer that when humanity slips the surly bonds of Earth and heads into the celebrities, and our accomplishments are cataloged, the Honda Accord will fall someplace between “electrical refrigeration” and “the flu vaccine.” I’ve owned two generations of Accords and reviewed a number of others, and each single one I’ve ever sat in is the platonic supreme of a mid-size automobile for its period. So after I was provided a 2025 Honda Accord to drive, I accepted with out hesitation. Per week with certainly one of my favourite vehicles? Yeah, sounds good!

There are very, very minor tweaks to the Accord this yr, principally consisting of function shuffling and a brand new base trim. The one distinction for 2025 is that my top-level Hybrid Touring has a heated steering wheel, which wasn’t provided for 2024. In any other case, it is the identical automobile as when the eleventh-generation mannequin debuted in 2023, with the identical 2.0-liter four-cylinder mated to an e-CVT and electrical hybrid motor.

Photograph by: Victoria Scott / Motor1

Photograph by: Victoria Scott / Motor1

Photograph by: Victoria Scott / Motor1

To this point I’ve pushed all of 5 miles in it, however my reminiscence didn’t fail me: It is nonetheless wonderful. This take a look at automobile in its City Grey Pearl end appears phenomenal in overcast, wet Christmas climate, and I like the two-tone inside end. This Touring mannequin, with pearl paint as its sole possibility, punches in at $40,850. That is on the dear aspect of the mid-size sedan class, nevertheless it’s additionally nicer inside than most of its opponents.

To this point I am discovering little or no to complain about besides some comparatively loud highway drone; I believe the 235/40 tires on these 19-inch wheels will not be serving to that. In any other case, I am sticking with slotting this firmly between my Frigidaire and the flu shot.

Let me know if there’s something you are inquisitive about, and I will do my greatest to both reply within the feedback or within the full assessment. Within the meantime, pleased holidays!

• The Accord stays my benchmark for a “good sedan”, and the eleventh-gen isn’t any exception. The hybrid drivetrain is environment friendly, quiet, easy, and many highly effective.
• The Accord’s UI is extra user-friendly than most German luxurious sedans immediately, whereas additionally feeling roughly as premium. It’s also cavernous inside, with sufficient room for 4 full-size adults.

• Street noise on the Touring’s 19-inch wheels is on the loud aspect.
• Black end beneath the touchscreen feels odd to relaxation a finger on and appears to smudge simply.