A 2023 Accord Sport Hybrid is $4,600 more to purchase than a base Accord LX with the gas-only engine, meanwhile, but based on the same driving you’ll spend $1,200 per year on gas instead, the EPA calculates. The 2023 Accord EX-L Hybrid is even more frugal at $1,100 in annual fuel costs. Depending on how long you keep your car, then, the gas savings from the hybrid will help offset the higher initial price. It’s also worth noting that you’re getting a more luxurious, well-equipped sedan with the Sport and EX-L trims.
The Accord Hybrid is also more rewarding from behind the wheel. As we found in our first drive of the sedan, the standard 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gas engine in the 2023 Accord is solid but hardly inspiring. With 192 horsepower on tap, it has to work hard to get the Accord up to speed, and the soundtrack along the way isn’t particularly sonorous, either.
Slip into the new Accord Hybrid, though, and things improve considerably. The combination of a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gas engine with a pair of electric motors doesn’t do outrageous things to horsepower — that climbs to 204 hp — but the 247 lb-ft of torque is a considerable uptick from the 192 lb-ft from the smaller engine.
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