{"id":66989,"date":"2026-07-31T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/66989\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:16","slug":"the-biggest-news-on-japans-updated-2027-accord-is-its-turn-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/66989\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest News On Japan\u2019s Updated 2027 Accord Is Its Turn Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The updated Japanese Accord skips a real facelift and leans on painted trim, new colors, and one genuinely useful driving upgrade <\/p>\n

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Honda has made some tiny visual tweaks to the Accord sedan in Japan.<\/p>\n

Both versions use the same 2.0-liter, dual-electric motor hybrid system.<\/p>\n

The Accord is available with Honda\u2019s Sensing 360+ driver assistance system.<\/p>\n

As manufacturers and buyers alike have drifted away from traditional three-box sedans and into SUVs, cars like the Honda Accord have gone from volume sellers to niche products. Honda still has reason to keep building the Accord<\/a>, though, and has just launched an updated version in Japan that speaks to how much life the nameplate has left in it.<\/p>\n

The important part: this is not a facelift. Set against the changes Honda has actually made, a facelift would count as a massive design overhaul. What Honda has done are some of the tiniest tweaks imaginable, most of which we suspect will reach the global model before long.<\/p>\n

Read: Honda\u2019s Accord Is Getting A Futuristic Makeover, And Maybe The Prelude\u2019s Fake Shifter<\/a><\/p>\n


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All versions sold in Japan<\/a> now come with clear side markers in the headlights, rather than orange ones, a small but notable improvement in the front-end design. In addition, all vehicles now include body colored headlight garnishes.<\/p>\n

In Japan, Honda<\/a> is selling the refreshed Accord in four available colors: Canyon River Blue Metallic, Platinum White Pearl, Crystal Black Pearl, and Meteoroid Gray Metallic.<\/p>\n

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The most obvious changes have been made to the Accord e:HEV Sensing 360+. This version is set apart from the standard e:HEV due to its new body-colored front grille and body colored shark fin antenna. Of course, it\u2019s the technology used by this model that firmly establishes it as the flagship.<\/p>\n


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As the name implies, it\u2019s fitted with Honda\u2019s Sensing 360+ driver-assistance system, which, in Japan, includes a driver monitoring system and allows for hands-off driving on mapped highways. This system was introduced earlier this year and has helped Honda match some of the driver-assistance functions offered by its competitors.<\/p>\n

All versions of the Accord<\/a> in Japan continue to use the familiar 2.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid with two electric motors and an eCVT. Local prices start at 5,951,000 yen ($37,000) and top out at 6,351,400 yen ($39,600).<\/p>\n

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