Car and Driver: It’s Sooooo Special: 2017 Accord Lineup Includes New Sport Special Edition

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Every now and then it’s nice to be told that you’re special, and Honda is giving its bread-and-butter Honda Accord sedan the “special” treatment for 2017.

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The new 2017 Honda Accord Sport Special Edition sedan slides in between the 2017 Honda Accord Sport and EX levels of the Accord’s multi-trim model line. With the same 189-hp four-cylinder engine, the Sport Special Edition builds upon the feature content of the Accord Sport, adding heated leather seats with red stitching inside and a “Special Edition” badge on the outside. At $26,250 for the base 6-speed manual model (an optional CVT costs $800), the new Accord Sport Special Edition costs exactly $1000 more than the 2017 Accord Sport, the one with unheated, cloth-covered seats and no badge to provide daily reminders that the owner is special.

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Like the rest of the 2017 Honda Accord sedan and coupe model lines, the standard Accord Sport sees its price rise by $150. The least expensive Accord, the 185-hp, 6-speed manual-equipped LX sedan, now starts at $23,190, a price that continues to include such features as a backup camera, Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity, and dual-zone automatic climate control. Both a CVT ($800) and Honda Sensing ($1000, but only with the CVT) are available, the latter of which includes a host of safety features including forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, adaptive cruise control, and more. These two options are also available on the sportier LX-S coupe (starting at $24,860) and Sport sedan, as well as the $26,985 EX coupe and $26,565 EX sedan.

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Meanwhile, the leather-lined, four-cylinder EX-L coupe ($29,830) and sedan ($29,655) remain CVT-only. Opting for Honda Sensing adds $2000 to the bill on those cars, as it’s paired with a navigation system. The Accord EX-L also offers the option of Honda’s 278-hp V-6. While sedans are stuck with a standard 6-speed automatic transmission ($31,730), coupe consumers can choose between a 6-speed manual ($32,005) or an automatic transmission. Finally, top-of-the-line V-6 Touring models ($35,210 coupe; $35,655 sedan) include both navigation and Honda Sensing as standard equipment, as well as LED headlights, automatic high-beam headlights, and rain-sensing wipers.

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With the return of the 49 mpg Accord Hybrid to the lineup for 2017, it’s little surprise that Honda has left its recently revamped gas-powered Accord lineup relatively unchanged for the new model year. Still, the new Sport Special Edition gives the regular-old non-hybrid Accord just the right value-added trim to remind consumers that their version of the popular mid-sized Honda sedan stands apart.

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