Test drive of the new Accord: PHEV is listed for the first time, and its intelligence is one step ahead of overseas.

There is a test drive in the Japanese Three Musketeers, and the Accord is obviously the car that is most willing to change and keep up with the trend. Although 1 1 Accord has been listed overseas for several months, and we have interpreted it many times before, to be honest, when I actually started this car, the vehicle still gave me a lot of surprises, because it did make many better adjustments for the domestic market, but these changes also brought some obvious problems.

The value of 1 1 agreement is controversial, but aesthetics is subjective, so we won't define it. In my opinion, the design of the new car is actually more beautiful and retro. Whether it is the newly added feather blue color scheme, the yellow reflector on the left and right sides of the headlights, or the small Honda logo at the rear of the car, it is full of the flavor of the last century.

The length of the first 1 1 Accord has increased by about 70mm, and now the length of the whole vehicle has reached 4980 mm. Although the size is larger, the side still gives people the feeling of elegant movement, no matter from the outline of the waistline or the treatment of the roof.

Of course, if you look carefully enough, you will find that 1 1 Accord has an additional charging interface at the front fender, which is the most obvious upgrade of this new car in terms of power system. The 1 1 generation Accord has launched the first plug-in hybrid vehicle based on the fourth generation i-MMD hybrid, and the pure electric cruising range of the vehicle WLTC is 82km. Although it only supports slow charging, the battery life of more than 50km is enough for this plug-in Accord to enjoy green license and exemption from purchase tax.

In terms of wheel hub style, vehicles have also given new choices. However, compared with the change of wheel hub style, I think the change of tire brand is what the old Accord owners are most concerned about. Now the new car is replaced by e-Primacy tires from Michelin, and the tire noise suppression is obviously better than the previous Youke Haoma dB tires.

Entering the car, although the design of the car model and CR-V is generally continued, the Accord of 1 1 has done a lot of more scientific treatment. The most obvious thing is that the car cancels most physical buttons under the central control panel and replaces them with highly integrated control knobs, which can control functions such as rapid cooling, automatic heating and customization, and has achieved a good balance in presentation effect and practicality.

The second obvious change is the change of the instrument. The vehicle is now switched to 10.2 inch LCD instrument panel, and the brim is cancelled. It seems that the sense of technology is much stronger. In addition, the HUD area has become larger and more information is displayed.

Of course, the most important change about the new Accord cockpit is the latest Honda Connect4.0 system. It can be said that the page layout, interactive logic and UI design are obviously improved compared with Honda Connect3.0. For a simple example, the home page of the previous 3.0 system showed radio, audio source and telephone respectively, but now the home page of the 4.0 system has common functions or information such as voice, navigation, audio and weather.

In addition, another important change of the 1 1 generation Accord car is that it is also equipped with wireless CarPlay on mid-to high-end models, and in terms of interconnection, the car also supports remote car control, including unlocking the car with smart watches. It can be said that this car is already a real domestic car, and its practicality is not lost to mainstream domestic brand cars.

Of course, compared with domestic first-class cars, there are still some shortcomings, that is, voice interaction. At present, continuous speech recognition and multi-instruction recognition are not supported. I guess the small pronunciation gap is also because the Accord is a global model, so the car can only be developed after coming to China, and it can't be highly independent and highly integrated at the beginning of design like the new domestic forces.

As for the use of battery packs, will it affect the space performance of the Accord? The first is the riding experience. Front row or low sitting position. Secondly, the space performance of the second row is also very impressive. 170cm experiencers sit in the back row and can still get about 4 punches in their legs.

As for the storage space, this may be the biggest slot of this plug-in Accord. When you open the trunk, you will clearly see a huge "step" occupying part of the space. Although the rear seat of the vehicle supports integrated tilting, the practicality of loading is greatly reduced because of this "step".

I am familiar with the feeling of driving 1 1 accord, with fast dynamic response, sensitive steering and convenient driving. The only obvious change is the texture of the chassis. It can be clearly felt that 1 1 generation Accord chassis is more advanced and comfortable. No matter how the vehicle handles the vibration or faces the big impact, it will have a sense of isolation, which will not be as direct and moving as the tenth generation Accord.

In addition, because the plug-in Accord has a larger battery, the vehicle can now actively choose the pure electric mode, which is very different from the previous hybrid Accord, but even in the pure electric mode, once you step on the accelerator to the end, the Accord will still enter the hybrid mode to ensure power.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the E-CVT transmission of the 1 1 generation plug-in accord has one more gear than before. Now the plug-in accord is equipped with special gears driven by motor and engine respectively, which has the advantage of improving the high-speed re-acceleration performance of the vehicle.

Finally, the performance of assisted driving. The 1 1 Accord has also been upgraded. The vehicle is not only equipped with Honda sensing system, but also has the functions of auxiliary lane change (which can be started above 70km/h), automatic parking, intelligent driving in corners (active deceleration) and so on.

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Before Accord entered China, there was a famous advertisement called "Synchronize with the world from the beginning". Now this 1 1 Accord is "one step ahead" compared with the overseas version, because it has indeed made many better changes for the China market, such as plug-in and hybrid power, smart cars, driver assistance functions, etc., which have made it better keep up with the current market trends. Finally, the only problem with this car is the price. To be honest, I hope that the 1 1 generation Accord can have a more affordable pricing, especially the plug-in version, because the Accord has not actually proved itself in the domestic new energy vehicle market, so it needs a suitable price to be seen by consumers, otherwise, under the impact of many domestic new energy vehicles, this car will be easily ignored or even buried, but the charm of the Accord needs to be driven to feel better.

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