The Honda Accord sedan has been voted Canada’s Car of the Year for 2013 by the country’s automotive journalists after an extensive testing process.
“We’re thrilled to receive the great feedback that
we’re continuing to raise the bar in the family car category,” said
Honda Canada president Takashi Sekiguchi. “We are extremely proud to see
the Accord recognized by so many of Canada’s top journalists.”
The announcement was made yesterday (Feb. 14) at the opening of the Canadian International Auto Show (CIAS), in downtown Toronto. The 2013 Accord
is powered by Honda’s “next generation” 2.4-litre, direct-injection,
four-cylinder engine that offers great fuel efficiency. Honda says the
sedan is the “most spacious and most fun to drive” Accord ever built.
“This new Accord had a lot of ‘new’ about it,” said Car of the Year
program chairman Richard Russell after the award was handed out.
“There’s a tendency for people to like family cars that become fun.
That’s what this one has done.”
The Honda Accord sedan became eligible to win Car of the Year after being voted Best New Family Car (under $30,000) during the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada’s (AJAC) annual TestFest, in October. Eighty of Canada’s leading automotive journalists evaluated 180 all new or significantly new vehicles in intensive back-to-back testing in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Winners in the 11 individual categories were named after tabulating data from approximately 2,000 separate road tests.
Courtesy of Digital Journal
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