2025 Honda Accord Hybrid Touring: Always a pleasure.

Price: $40,395 as tested. No options on test vehicle (except for the plethora of features a Touring level Accord adds.)

Conventional wisdom: Car and Driver likes the “attractive exterior styling, accommodating cabin,” and that “most models come with an efficient hybrid system.” They disliked that the “base model lacks frills,” that there’s “no all-wheel-drive option,” and adds “We miss the days of the stick-shift Accord.”

Marketer’s pitch: “Step up to the Accord Hybrid.”

Reality: They mean that “step up” figuratively. (See Driver’s Seat, below.)

What’s new: The Accord has long been one of Mr. Driver’s Seat favorite sedans. It’s smooth and comfortable, and even fairly luxurious.

The Accord Hybrid is becoming quite popular, garnering

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