Anonymous

Reviewed a 2012 Honda EX-L V6 on Apr 19, 2013

I have owned now five Accord Coupes through three generations. I started with a 6th generation ’99 and now have the 8th generation 2012. I have not had a 100% perfect record through them all, but they have been, as a whole, solid automobiles. The 2012 is by far the best experience I’ve had with the Accord Coupes. Starting with the 4 cylinders with a manual, this one and the last one (a 2010) have been V6 (for the power) with the automatic transmission due to the Variable Cylinder Management that gives you an advantage in mileage over the V6 manual transmission. The wheel mounted paddle shifters in this model (that the earlier 8th Generation 2010 did not have) pretty much, though not completely, makes up for lost sense of control that goes with moving from a manual transmission to an automatic transmission. With 271 horsepower it is not muscle car fast, but it has a good amount of fun to it…I’ve not run into a situation that I didn’t have enough power. The ride and handling is good and I have no complaints. You can feel the road imperfections so expect it. The car is very comfortable to drive with the leather interior, though the back seat is smallish for big people. I am not bothered by this because if I were to be using a back seat more often for people, I would have purchased a sedan. The 270 Watt stereo (AM, FM, XM, USB, auxiliary input for music player) is well more than adequate with the included subwoofer. All the controls, whether in the wheel area or the dash, are easy to reach and use. The Bluetooth hands free Link for the phone and the voice recognition for it is great and has the ability to hands free talk to text.