Honda Accord Focus on Highway Mileage

Honda recently announced that its new Accord Sedan in 2010 and 2011 would focus on highway mileage by boosting almost 10% the expected miles-per-gallon the sedan receives on the highway. It’s expected that the changes will take place in late summer.

A variety of enhanced features can be found in the 2011 Honda Accord. Engineers improved the car's aerodynamics, reduced engine friction and changed the top gear in the automatic transmission to boost highway mileage from 31 to 34 mpg and from 21 to 23 mpg for city mileage. Using this advanced technology to raise fuel economy is especially popular among consumers during these tight economic times and has Springfield Honda and Fairfax Honda shoppers starting to get excited.

It appears that Honda has truly picked up on that need, and is moving in the direction to continuously use more fuel efficient models. In the 2011 Accord, Honda has launched to second place in the race to provide the best highway mileage, passed up only by the Hyundai Sonata which offers a negligibly different 35 mpg. As the second-best selling car in the U.S., this is a big movement for the Accord in gasoline-powered highway mileage.

To make that dramatic of a move, Honda changed the Accord's transmission to allow the motor greater ease at highway speeds. To ensure smoothness all-around for the Accord 2011, Honda uses thinner oil to decrease friction in internal parts, and engineers changed the floor panels to streamline airflow beneath the car. It also reduced the rolling resistance on the tires, allowing for an all-around improvement on fuel economy that is quite dramatic. You owe it to yourself to test drive the accord whether at in Honda Washington DC or at a Honda Dealers Maryland.

Not to go unnoticed, Honda also offers the Honda Civic Sedan and the Honda Insight Hybrid. With an estimated 34 mpg on the highway and an AT-PZEV CARB emissions rating, the 2011 Honda Civic uses less gas, becoming similar to the Accord with its required fuel needs. With a feature called Eco Assist, the Honda Insight Hybrid offers a feedback system that informs drivers how to optimize their fuel-efficiency in real-time, and a button that boosts that efficiency.

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