"You have to drive it to believe it"
Honda designed the fourth Accord generation as a world car and sold with slight changes globally, and its success relied on fuelefficient engines, light bodywork, and agile handling.
The Accord IV (CB) shared its platform with the sporty Prelude and carried over the entire suspension, including the optional fourwheel steering system available as an option or fitted as standard on specific versions. Even though Honda made it as a family sedan, it soon proved to be a sporty vehicle thanks to its low gravity center, long wheelbase, and independent suspension in all corners.
The slim front side with narrow, horizontal headlights and small grille ensured the car a sporty look. Its flat hood and raked windshield made it looks like a sport sedan rather than a family car. Honda even offered it as a twodoor coupe on specific markets named CC instead of CB.
Inside, the cabin offered four comfortable seats with enough legroom for all passengers. Apart from the base trim level, the other two featured standard airconditioning, four powerwindows, and powermirrors. Its slim pillars ensured excellent allaround visibility for the driver.
The technical platform was unusual for a car from those times, featuring doublewishbone front suspension and multilink in the rear. Honda installed speeddependable powersteering as standard on all models. The carmaker developed a new engine range for it; the Fseries ranged between 1.8liter and 2.2liter and paired them as standard to a fivespeed manual. The 2.2liter versions were available with an option for a fourspeed automatic. It was the last Accord available with carburetor engines on specific markets. Even though Honda already installed VTEC engines on the Civic and Prelude ranges, it didn't offer one for the Accord. Its four valves/cylinder engines featured one overhead camshaft, not two.
These ads were released and aired from late 1989.
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©1989 1993 American Honda Motor Co, Inc.