- Honda is giving its Accord sedan modest tech updates for the 2026 mannequin 12 months whereas holding its beginning value underneath $30,000.
Honda will make solely minor modifications to its Accord midsize sedan for 2026, and barely regulate the worth to compensate. Costs begin under $30,000, with most trim ranges seeing a rise of $150 or much less.
The Accord is a multi-time Kelley Blue Guide Greatest Purchase Award winner amongst midsize sedans, and the updates for 2026 solely enhance on a great factor.
The upgrades embody a brand new 9-inch touchscreen on LX and SE fashions (changing the 7-inch display screen used within the final mannequin 12 months), and commonplace wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto at each trim stage. A wi-fi charging pad is now commonplace throughout the lineup, as properly. Accord Hybrid fashions nonetheless get a bigger, 12.3-inch touchscreen.
The SE will get new 19-inch wheels Honda says will improve dealing with. Sport Hybrid and Sport-L Hybrid fashions get black trim, badges, and facet mirrors.
Non-hybrid fashions use a turbocharged 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine producing 192 horsepower and a repeatedly variable computerized transmission (CVT) that simulates gear modifications. Hybrid Accord fashions use two electrical motors and a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine, boosting energy to 204 hp.
They lack a conventional transmission. Honda explains, “The Honda two-motor hybrid system doesn’t require a conventional transmission or CVT for driving and producing energy. The hybrid system depends on the interaction of the 2 motors somewhat than use a torque converter or mechanical pulley or belt. This type of direct drive power switch affords easy and predictable acceleration matched with environment friendly low-rpm freeway cruising when the gasoline engine is in operation.”
2026 Honda Accord Pricing
All costs embody a compulsory $1,195 vacation spot cost – one of many decrease supply charges within the trade this mannequin 12 months. The 2026 Honda Accord is on sale now.
| Trim | Drivetrain | MSRP Plus $1,195 Vacation spot Cost |
| LX | 1.5T/CVT | $29,590 |
| SE | 1.5T/CVT | $31,890 |
| Sport | Hybrid | $34,990 |
| EX-L | Hybrid | $36,290 |
| Sport-L | Hybrid | $36,680 |
| Touring | Hybrid | $40,645 |
