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Article Excerpt
For years, whenever a new Honda Accord was launched, the reviews in the automobile consumer press (a.k.a., "buff books") tended to be remarkably laudatory in all respects but one. After rhapsodizing about the ride and handling, the interior, the packaging, the color palette, the color of the tires, the ... there was always a "but." A big BUT, in effect. A but that undoubtedly plagued the people in Marysville, Anna, and Tokyo. A but that had the effect of, all the adulation notwithstanding, kicking them in their collective butt. In effect, the Accord was a fantabulous car ... BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE A V8.
Funny thing: There was no Acura with a V8 (not even the NSX). And no Honda. It wasn't until 1995 that the Accord became available with a 170-hp V6....
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