Roughly 6 months after making its global debut in the US, the all-new 11th generation 2023 Honda Accord has just gone on sale in China.

Like the US, the Accord is an extremely important model to China. More so considering that the Honda Accord is China’s best-selling D-segment sedan at the time of writing (January to April: 73,560 units).

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GAC Honda will be offering 7 variants of the all-new Accord in China, with prices starting from CNY 179,800 (~RM 116k) for the entry-level Comfort variant and tops out at CNY 258,800 (~RM 167k) for the Flagship variant.

Two powertrains are available. The first is the familiar turbocharged 1.5-litre engine, outputting 192 PS and 260 Nm, mated to a CVT-type automatic transmission.

More importantly, the Accord is among the first few Honda models to debut the new e:PHEV system. As the name implies, this is a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) system. At the heart of the Accord’s e:PHEV system is a naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre Atkinson cycle petrol engine mated to an e-CVT.

The engine is good for 183 PS, while the electric motor does 148 PS. It allows the Accord e:PHEV to complete the century sprint in just 7.61 seconds, whilst returning an average fuel consumption of 4.87-litre/100 km.

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Like any other PHEV, the Accord e:PHEV gets an average-sized battery pack. In the Accord, the battery pack is 17.7 kWh and is mounted in the boot. On one hand, the battery pack is well protected when mounted in such a location, but the flip side is that boot space is compromised.

Stepping into the cabin, there’s a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster and 11.5-inch head-up display (HUD) for the driver. Sitting centrestage is a large 12.3-inch infotainment system that runs on the Android Automotive operating system (OS). For the first-time ever, the Accord includes support for Apple CarPlay.

If you’re wondering where the physical climate control buttons went (US market car still gets the regular climate control buttons), Honda integrated those into the central knob, which can also be used to control the audio system and lighting system.

A 12-speaker Bose sound system rounds up the interior of the all-new 2023 Honda Accord.

Safety is covered by the new Honda Sensing 360 ADAS suite, which includes new features like Front Cross Traffic Warning (FCTW), Lane Change Collision Management (LCCM), Active Lane Change Assist (ALCA), and ACC with Corner Speed Assist.

​ Closer to home, the all-new 11th generation Accord has been spotted in Thailand since late 2022, suggesting that the model could make a regional debut in 2023. Whether it will launch in Malaysia within 2023 remains to be seen.

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The current 10th generation Accord is priced from RM 187,400 for the TC variant, while the TC-P variant goes for RM 197,400.