2011 Honda Accord SE price

2011 Honda Accord SE

There’s a new grille, revised bumper design, updated wheels and a new trunk lid. New gearing in the five-speed transmission also bumps the Accord’s EPA numbers a bit. Four-cylinder Accords are now rated at 23 city and 34 highway mpg.

2011 Honda Accord SE has the same 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine as in the Accord base LX and LX-P trims. It produces 177 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 161 pound-feet of torque at 4,300 rpm. It comes standard with a five-speed automatic transmission with no manual override. There is no manual transmission available on the SE trim level either.

At test track, it is moseyed along from zero to 60 mph in 9.2 seconds (8.9 with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip) and reached the quarter-mile in 16.7 seconds at 83.5 mph.

The 2011 Honda Accord SE is a minor refresh of last year’s model along with a repackaging of a few options to make a leather-lined Accord more affordable. And sure enough, it’s a pretty slick package.

At 194.1 inches long and 72.7 inches wide, the Accord is the largest sedan in this class. It is also the lightest, weighing in at just under 3,300 pounds. In interior there are six-speaker, 160-watt audio system. It has steering-wheel-mounted controls, a CD player and a generic auxiliary input jack but no iPod-specific hookup. The driver seat has eight-way power controls, and the SE provides two-way power lumbar for the driver. With 42.5 inches of front legroom, the Accord is second only to the Hyundai Sonata in this class.