2024 Honda Accord pricing and features: Hybrid-only Toyota Camry rival dearer than before

Honda Australia has announced the new Accord E:HEV RS hybrid will be priced from $64,900 drive-away when it lands in local showrooms in May – $3000 and $7000 more than VTi-LX Hybrid and VTi-LX Petrol run-out models, respectively.

This compares to between $37,917 and $51,417 before on-road costs for hybrid versions of the soon-to-be-updated Toyota Camry.

Right-hand drive versions of the Honda Accord continue to be sourced from Honda’s factory in Thailand, which also builds the CR-V midsize SUV for our market.

Honda Australia attributed the delay between North America and the Asia-Pacific to a separate model lifecycle between the two versions, as the previous-generation Accord launched in 2017 but didn’t arrive in the Asia-Pacific until 2019.

Under the bonnet, the Accord E:HEV RS features Honda’s latest fourth-generation 2.0-litre Atkinson-cycle petrol-electric hybrid system shared with the CR-V E:HEV RS.

The 108kW/182Nm internal-combustion engine is paired with a 135kW/335Nm traction motor for a 152kW system output – down 6kW over the previous Accord VTi-LX Hybrid.

Inside, the Accord E:HEV RS features a 12.3-inch infotainment system with Google built-in – a Honda first in Australia – a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, an 11.5-inch head-up display and, similar to the new Skoda Superb, an ‘experience selection dial’ to operate multiple vehicle functions with a single control.

It also features an improved version of the Honda Connect telematic system that first debuted in the Civic Hybrid, with the Accord adding digital key functionality and a function to remotely track and immobilise the vehicle in the event of a theft.

More than 10,000 units of its Toyota Camry arch-rival were delivered last year, while 1528 Mazda 6s, 1395 Skoda Octavias and 338 Hyundai Sonatas were also sold in Australia in 2023.

Like the Accord, the next-generation Toyota Camry due in Australia in the second half of 2024 will switch to a hybrid-only line-up.