| Honda Accord in the UK will be celebrating its 30th | | | | Honda Tops Used Car Survey |
| anniversary this year. More than 15,800,000 units of the | | | | Aside from the 30th anniversary of Honda Accord, the |
| Accord were sold worldwide for its four decades in | | | | producer of high quality Acura CL headers, Honda has |
| the market -- making it as one of the most popular | | | | another reason to celebrate because it tops the British |
| cars in the world. | | | | survey of used car reliability for the third consecutive |
| The very first Accord was sold in the UK in the year | | | | year that is, basing on the announcement made by the |
| 1977 but was initially introduced in Japan and in the US. | | | | automaker's Qatar distributor. |
| And after seven generations of good response from | | | | According to the Doha Marketing Services Company |
| buyers, the Accord has finally emerged into an | | | | (Domasco) six of the top 10 vehicles in the survey |
| important corporate model equipped with the latest | | | | conducted by What Car? are Honda models. |
| technology, great driving performance, a diesel engine, | | | | This survey is conducted annually in partnership with |
| and a reputation for reliability and quality. | | | | the independent British warranty provider Warranty |
| Honda has scheduled for the next-generation Accord | | | | Direct that analyzed data from over 35,000 vehicles, |
| to go on sale in the UK in the summer of 2008 while | | | | including 26 manufacturers and 133 different models |
| production versions of both Saloon and Tourer | | | | with average number of faults per 100 cars produced. |
| versions are to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor | | | | The results: Honda's CR-V was ranked second with a |
| Show in March. | | | | total of five faults found per 100 cars. The other five |
| For this year, the Accord is part of the highly | | | | Honda models included in the top 10 vehicles of What |
| recommended of What Car? Reliability survey and | | | | Car? reliability survey are as follows: |
| was awarded as the "Most Reliable Model" in the Fleet | | | | • Honda HR-V (1999-2005)-- 3rd place |
| News' respected industry survey or the FN50. | | | | • Honda S2000 (1999-2005)-5th place |
| The decades of success obtained by the Accord is | | | | • Honda Civic (1996-2001)-7th place |
| reflected by its continuous growth in the corporate | | | | • Honda Accord (1999-2003)- 8TH place |
| sector in which 62 percent of all Accord UK sales | | | | • Honda Civic (2001-2005)-9th place |
| goes to the fleet users. The corporate sales of | | | | And of course if there is the reliable list there is also |
| Accord have increased by five percent year-on-year. | | | | the least reliable list of cars with 97 faults per 100 cars. |
| According to Harvey Hughes, Manager-Corporate | | | | Warranty Direct Managing Director Duncan McClure |
| Operations, Honda (UK), "We have a growing | | | | Fisher said that basing on the survey it doesn't mean |
| customer base and the popularity of Accord has | | | | that if a vehicle cost more it is reliable. "The more |
| helped to drive this. The new Sport GT we launched in | | | | mechanically and electronically complicated a vehicle, |
| September embodies all that the Accord stands for - | | | | especially if it's of European origin, the more likely you |
| high spec and great value for money." | | | | are to suffer problems. |