Which is a better car...honda Accord or Toyota Camry ?

United States
November 17, 2006 6:16am CST
Am looking for responses to compare these 2 brands and the makes from leisure, fuel efficiency, money value, maintenance...and various other outlooks?
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@sekhmetgb (462)
17 Nov 06
Hi sushanto. I have recently bought a Toyota Camry second-hand car. My friend drives a Honda Accord. The Honda (in the UK) is the more popular car. I never really wanted a Camry because I have a sports car (an MX5) but I cannot drive the sports car anymore because it is too low for my back and I cannot easily get in and out anymore. So anyway, my mechanic offered me the Camry which Ihad never heard of. I did some on-line research and found that in the USA the Camry is quite popular as a small car (though in England we see it as a bigger car because our cars are generally smaller than in USA). Now I have had the Camry for three weeks. It is a perfect car. It runs well. I filled the tank up when I bought it (it holds about 80 Litres I think) and have driven about and gone on a couple of long-ish journeys and got about 290 miles when the needle dropped to one quarter full. So quite economical. It is comfortable, this car was well-maintained and so far nothing has gone wrong with it. The only thing I do not like about it is that the seats are a bit short and I have quite long legs - so not a lot of support for the upper part of your legs. Apart from that I am really pleased with the car. In England Japanese cars have the reputation of being very reliable. (I did use a Honda Civic for five years and there was never anything wrong with that car). I think either car would be fine for you, as they both seem to be economical and fairly low maintenance. I think the Honda may have more re-sale value in UK but not sure about anywhere else.