1984 Honda Accord | Retro Review
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Show 305 | Original Airdate 10-11-1983
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Funny how he thought that dashboard was complicated 😅
I think many of the 80's Japanese cars' interiors/Dashboards still look good today. They were much modern looking than their American counterparts in thier time.
@@Snake-ms7sj I agree. Japanese dashes were made of materials that gave no illusion of fanciness, but felt sturdy and durable. The opposite of what American cars were doing.
Yeah, I thought that was a little strange. The only part of the dash that I found strange in the '82-'85 is the push-button HVAC controls hidden behind the steering wheel near your right knee.
Especially after being so used to him constantly complaining about the lack of a voltmeter or oil pressure gauge
@@thebitlot Well I mean just the layout, shapes and designs were just more modern looking. The K-cars were still using fake plastic wood trim.
My mom had an ‘85 Accord. That thing was so smooth compared to other cars of that era. Even though it didn’t have much horsepower it would cruise at 80 mph And I got pulled over for speeding in that thing a lot!
One of my first cars was an '88 Sentra rated at 69hp. Believe it or not it was quicker than most cars at the time, and I did many road trips, where in places like Montana it would cruise at a steady 90-95 except up hills. And it did the same 60-65 up and down Turkey Creek canyon near where I live that modern cars do when pushed, with a nice bit of lift-throttle oversteer to help through the curves. I miss the old cars.
Yep. Head and shoulders above anything else. Especially the Domestic trash being produced at the time.
Yeah, I remember back in the eighties they still had the national speed limit of 55 on the highway.
Honda Accord 1985 -1988 is my favorites, beautifuls, solid and great car
My parents bought a used ‘85 Accord in 1987. I remember thinking how awesome it was. I loved driving it as a teenager. I have bought nothing but Hondas and Acuras ever since. Currently have a ‘21 Accord Touring 2.0T which I absolutely love! It is light years ahead of the old ‘85 my Mom drove but such is progress.
We had a young couple who lived across the street when I was a kid. They had a burgundy ‘84 LX and I remember being amazed the first time I rode in it. It was my first time in a Japanese car and I thought it was the coolest thing ever!
3:00 Trying out bouncing in the back seat lol
These old reviews crack me up. Were people just more hyper back then? The bouncing up and down was so weird! And these old clips all seem to always have someone anxiously touching everything on the car. It’s like they thought if you didn’t molest the car the viewer wouldn’t understand. It’s just bizarre!
They're testing whether your head hits going over bumps.
so goofy!!! 😂
I'm embarrassed for them...
@@FirstHillSeattle its for simulating bumps
Looks like they are having fun in the backseat at 2:58.
😂
My 2024 Acura Integra was built in the same factory in Marysville, Ohio, and I can attest to its good quality!
That’s because it’s built by non-union workers.
@@cockyhemi-123every time a union gets a pay increase or new contract, Honda does the same to keep their employees.
Are you familiar with the TYPE R Integra from the 90's? DOUG DEMURO did a great video about them!
@@cockyhemi-123many of its parts are supplied by UAW factories though.
The Honda Heritage Center and Factory Tour is well worth the trip to Marysville, Ohio! I highly recommend it!
Family bought one new in 1983 and it lasted until 2015... In Cleveland. Rust killed it when the control arm mount snapped but still ran when scrapped.
That’s what killed my ‘92 Celica GT. And a hole under the drivers footwell lol. Engine and 5 speed drove perfect though lol
If it still runs and drives its not scrap! Rusted metal can be replaced. It doesn't have to be a million dollar concourse restoration. Cut out the rusted section. Weld in New. Too many people scrap old cars that still have years and miles left in them. If you can't fix it. Sell it. Or give it away. DON'T SCRAP OLD CARS! There are lots of us who have more skill than money. We would love to get old rusted metal back on the road. But people either scrap then. Or try to charge insane prices.
Meanwhile 1980-1985 Chevy Citations all disappeared by the late 1980s.
Great run! Did not owe you a dime when you scrapped it
@@The_R-n-I_Guy safety becomes a factor depending on where that rust is located.
My friend had an 86. Ran for ever. He drove it until the rust was so bad the door handles fell out but she still ran
Front control arm rusted off mine after a fat friend sat down in the passenger seat.
😊they rusted real bad.
The car pictured is the '83 Accord Sedan, not '84. The front-end was revised for 1984, losing the look where the hood protrudes out over the headlights slightly (similar to early 80s BMWs). But the other clue is the instrument panel. The car tested had the fuel, coolant and gear indicator on the bottom and the pictogram of the car on the top. For '84 the pictogram moved to the bottom and the coolant/fuel gauges moved to the top.
The 1.7L EK1 75hp/96lb-ft torque was replaced by the 1.8L ES2 increased power to 88hp and torque to 98lb-ft. I wonder if the 13.5 0-60mph time was done using this '83 model? In which case, I don't know of an instrumented test ever being done on a 1.8L. All the car mags and shows focused on the '85 SEi model.
LOL, you need to update your information as this video is the source of Truth. It's literally the manufactures information made at the time the car was created.
If you actually watch the video, they tell you why that might be the case. It's american made. So honda probably used last years parts to make the car for the american market.
So if you want to to be technically accurate this is an 84 american version.
@@jeffmofo5013 Or you can Google 1984 Honda Accord Sedan and see the differences. The car in the video is an ‘83, end of story.
You Honda nerds lol
@@oreally8605 I worked at a Honda dealership from ‘85 into the ‘90s. I can spit most year to year differences even now. Yes, it’s a form of insanity!
@@IgoZoom1 That's way cool 😎
I miss my 84 Civic. I miss all my 80s cars. So much better than the crossover garbage people drive today
My grandmother had one of these. And I’ve seen these sedan accords in movies. I swear they made these cars in this shade of grey only.
These cars were far superior to domestic cars throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The only problem was rust. The Civic I drove when I turned 16 lasted nearly 400,000k until it was rear-ended and written off. I witnessed many of my friend's parents' domestic cars going through new engines or engine rebuilds and new transmissions. Or replacing their domestic cars altogether before our civic bit the dust. Important to know that most Americans and Canadian citizens were extremely loyal to domestic manufacturers due to jobs, patriotism, and economic downs.
My how the Accord has changed.
40 years will do that to anyone. Especially a car.
And not necessarily in a good way...as I sit here in my 2017 V6 coupe
@@2006gtobob umm yes it was in a good way
Has become better in every way
@allentoyokawa9068 I've owned many Hondas since 1992. While I still own 2 of them, both V6 coupes, they will be the last Honda products I ever buy, sadly. Over the years, the build quality and materials have gone downhill . This 2017 coupe with 77440 miles on the clock is a rattle trap with issues the dealer doesn't seem capable of fixing. Nothing that's stopping it from functioning, but build quality related annoyances. My CRX Si, Civic Si's and 2006 Accord V6 sedan weren't loud or noisy. They didn't rattle. They were involving to drive. Even the 86 Civic Si I bought for fun wasn't a rattle box. Let's just say that my faith in Honda has really been shaken by both of these coupes. I'll hold onto them and keep them running well, but only because they're the last of their kind, high powered v6 coupes. I own other cars, like my GTO, which are of much better quality overall.
I still see these in California every now and then.
rust is the only real problem these cars have after all
We had an ’82 with the 5 speed manual and it was an all around incredible car!
Family got an '84 Accord LX to replace our old '75 Dart Malaisemobile. Compared to that car and our '81 Cutlass LS, the Accord felt like you were leaping 20 years into the future, no joke. Yes, it was slow but just about everything else was too at that time. The equipment level, interior design and quality plus the reliability were leaps and bounds ahead of the domestic junk.
We replaced the '81 Olds (which was an absolute disaster from the day we bought it - we always said LS stood for Lousy S__t) with an '86 Accord that was even better than the '84, though still slow. Didn't even look at another domestic car for over 25 years after getting the '84 Accord. You can draw a pretty straight line from these Accords to the near death experience of the Detroit 3 in 2008.
Amazing how much things have changed. This dash counted as "confusing" and too tech-heavy back then, and the 0-60 time is not far off from the 1/4 mile time of a modern Accord.
My '15 Accord has been the best American-built vehicle Ive ever owned, and Ive owned a lot of vehicles.
I'll bet it's a keeper
I learned to drive with my father’s 1982 Honda Accord hatchback stick shift, I had just gotten a junior license that had a curfew stipulation, I couldn’t drive by myself past 9pm. I have fond memories of that red on red little car. 🚗 Since then I’ve only purchased Honda vehicles, used and new. Honda reliability has changed dramatically, I had a 2017 Civic Si sedan purchased new that had a lot of warranty work done to it worth over 10k all together, car had 4k miles when it started having issues and I didn’t abuse it at all. I let it go because I didn’t want to own it without manufacturer warranty. I now own a 2020 Honda Passport and already has had over 4 recalls, and warranty work done to it as well.
My Honda has had several recalls too. I believe all were related to issues with parts provided by suppliers.
That car was so far ahead of domestic competitors it was difficult to credit
Nothing about this review indicated that. It had its strengths and weaknesses like most competitors. Slow. Noisy. Faulty speedometer. But good handling and braking. The early Accords were also rustbuckets, typical for Japanese cars of the time.
@@palebeachbum you're obviously unfamiliar with cars of that era. They were worse.
Lol ya no. It was a cheap grocery getter. Still a cheap grocery getter
@Welcometofacsistube jealousy that the domestic cars aren't near the superiority of Japanese vehicles runs deep huh?
@@kevinbarry71 Again, nothing about this review indicated a better-performing car. Japanese cars in the '70s and '80s were infamous for rusting prematurely, worse than the domestics.
Back then I remembered going to the Honda dealership looking for the Vin that started with the letter J . It's always better made till this day.
I remember that car, I owned one and it made 250,000 miles until the transmission started failing.
My dad had one, passed on to me as my first car when I turned 16 with over 140k miles. Ran smooth AF.
This was my mom's car when I was growing up, identical down to the wheels and paint job. My dad bought it new when I was born.
I learned how to change oil, spark plugs, brakes, etc. on it with dad.
It was supposed to become my car when I turned 16 and got my license, but my mom got T-boned in a parking lot by a panel van a year before that was to happen. Up until then, I remember the only dents that it had were from being attacked by ostriches at a drive-through zoo area - that in itself sort of a traumatic childhood memory for me lol. Who knew that ostriches would get pissed off when you didn't have treats for em.
I remember it was always a comfortable car to get into and it never left us stranded anywhere.
I regret never getting to drive the Honda as my own, but... great memories.
I had one back then new. Thanks for resurrecting what it was like.
Love these retro reviews.
I bought a brand-new 1982 Honda Accord hatchback (3-door) and loved it immensely. I wasn't so sure about the manual choke in the beginning, but like everything Honda, it was easy to use, and very effective in cold weather. I thought it was the 'right size' for a young single person. Today, even the Honda Civic is gigantic in comparison. My only regret was selling it five years later, only because I wanted a car with air-conditioning.
As others have written, this is a 1983 model Accord. The 1984 Accord, my sister had a LX 4 door, had a lower and smoother front end and cleaned up tail lights. Since this aired in mid-Oct 1983, it may have been filmed the previous early spring? The foliage on the trees indicates late winter early spring. Not a big issue of course!
I was going to say. Our family had an '85 and it had the better looking covered integrated bumpers( and I believe deleted side markers) that I thought came out in '84 and matched the Civic and Prelude.
@@MrHeem94 Exactly- and you're right, the front and rear bumper covers were larger and more integrated. Great cars!
That era of Honda was great. Simple, economical, inexpensive, eminently reliable, and durable. Our 83 Civic never had a single issue other than parts wearing out from the mileage.
I as a teenager talked my dad into buying this in 84 . The 5 speed manual was like a Swiss watch . The ride tight and smooth. I cald it a pour man's BMW .
Some of these are still on the road, hard to say that about domestic brands. ❤
Even for today’s standards this Honda is a great looking car and I would buy one today if they made that old boxer design.
Thanks for the review and for keeping the original aspect ratio!
The fussing about the "high tech dash" and "complicated" heat and air controls caused me bust out a chuckle.
Honda simply makes great vehicles!
Takes me back. I knew a couple back in the day who only bought Accords, two at a time, happy about the discount for buying two at once.
“Awkward to adjust”? Just side the control left or right to find the desired temperature. Good grief.
They needed to show more of the US flag as i didnt quite understand that the car was American made, how proud tgey were that a japanese care was assembled from mostly imported parts i bet
Lobby... mídia...
I noticed this too.
I drove a 1984 Accord Hatchback in college. Great memories.
I had one of these. I bought it brand new and maintained it meticulously. In the 4 years I owned it (55,000 miles), I had to replace the alternator, water pump and the air conditioning system. Trim pieces fell off. The corduroy-like interior split in multiple places. I traded it for an RX-7, and have never owned another Honda, and never will.
3:20 John: ONLY THE HIGH LIFTOVER HEIGHT MIGHT BE A BOTHER! LOL
My first car was a 1983 DX 4-dr manual. I had it for 2 years from 1991 until the clutch wore out. Fond memories.
The first US-built Accord, at their Marysville, OH plant. 2:59......................Craig looks like he's REALLY having a ball there!!!!!
Can you believe they had an unprotected human, within 3 feet of a speeding car!?
Insane how my 2020 Honda Civic is bigger than this yet gets much better gas mileage, and it does not even have the smaller turbo engine, it has the 2L NA engine.
They were so small back then they could fit inside their current model.
They were great cars. Lasted forever. Nobody made cars back then that would go 250.000 miles. 100.000 miles was a celebration.
Makes me miss my '83 Civic and my wife's `89 Accord. Those were good cars. The tin worm got both into a early junkyard grave.
80s foreign cars were so easy to work on.
My late grandmother had an '84 Accord LX 4dr. I got the car from her in 1997. It was in great shape, a fun car to drive. However at 220k miles, the original transmission was getting tired. I sold it like an idiot in 2001 for $200. Wish I had it back.
I had an 85 which was the same car. It was my favorite car ever. I miss having a 5 speed stick!
These cars put the big three to shame. They set a standard that the US brand’s wouldn’t achieve for decades.
My brothers-in-law each have a ‘96-‘97 LX sedan, while my two nieces have a 2006-07 and a 2022 sedan, respectively
JD takin a little shot at 80s auto workers there? 😃
My parents owned the '83 Accord when we lived aboard in Europe. I like the European headlights better than the US version.
Not an 84. The front end lamps and bumpers were refreshed for 84. This is an 83.
So strange that GM’s J-body cars was the competition to this Accord.
I had a Cavalier and some of my other friends had J cars from Buick and Oldsmobile and they were good cars and we enjoyed them; but the Honda Accord was better in a lot of areas, but it was more expensive.
@2:38 HVAC controls awkward to adjust?! Just wait until we start seeing retro 2024 reviews on models with HVAC controls buried within a touchscreen menu system. Actual buttons, slider, and knobs are timeless.
I love how the flag made a cameo.
Although the Accord is falling out of favor to CUVs, here’s to Marysville for producing them for 40+ years!
My father bought a new 1984 Accord and he had to pay extra for the right side mirror ! lol
Just like a late 90s Tercel.
It is sad the Civic overcame the accord because it reached for the something too high in this generation. Wish for the Accord to return to its values like we see here.
The Delco battery surprised me.
God I'd kill for one of these with a 5MT.
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Except maybe airbags all around.
My uncle had an ‘83 hatchback in the same color. It was a 5 spd. That car turned me on to Hondas as a kid. I’ve had 10 since 1996. A couple of those include cars that were replaced due to auto accidents and my wife’s two vans. Very well engineered autos. All of them had 150,000mi to 300,000 mi. My wife’s Odyssey currently has 234,000 mi and drives like a brand new car! Original everything but power steering pump..and that was actually my fault. I changed the pressure line and forgot to fill up the reservoir before cranking it. Bonehead me!😜
I have 83 accord with stick shift and it’s still good car
The Accord was ahead of its times. Amazing design and quality. Today's Civic is a bigger car than this Accord.
I remember being astonished at how much smoother and well built everything was. It was an eye opener for sure. And I was just a kid.
The flag in every frickin shot. We get it.
2:58 You know what they were testing the car for there 😂
3:55 Zero to sixty time of 13.5 seconds 😮 from a whopping 85 horsepower.
I had one of those, great car!
Before the Cam-ray
Beautiful cars
Whats going on with Chinese EVs now is the nonsense with Japanese vs Domestic in the 70s/80s… Just a matter of time before they are assembled in North America
I'm sure there's still more than a couple out there still roaming the streets with a million miles 😉😉💪💪👍👍👍
I saw one within the past few months here in Portland, OR.
@@GeeEm1313 these dinosaurs won't go extinct for many more years 💪💪😁😁 meanwhile the Mercedes Rolls-Royce and Bentleys of the same year died long ago
0:10 That idea never happened, thankfully. Instead, Chrysler just came out with a borderline carbon-copy of the Rabbit called the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon. They literally bought 100 VW Rabbits and used reverse engineering and voila. They actually produced it from 1978 to 1990.
That American Volkswagen plant in PA that was referenced by Joyce at the start of the video closed because of UAW problems and poor production Volkswagen just weeks ago got the UAW back in its TN plant and the easy bet is that the same will happen there
40 years later the Marysville plant is still going strong. 💪
The two in the back seat need to get a room 🤪
Grappig hoe deze auto's als klein gezien werden/worden in de VS.
What was Craig doing in that backseat? 🤣😂
A 1984 carburetor accord get 41 mpg, that is better than most of today high tech car. Things have not improve much in 40 years.
Car interiors used to be so nice... I can't stand the new garbage we're subjected to with giant screens.
Anyone here have done over 300,000 miles, one of those?
Autos usually gave up around 250k but I'm sure some 5MTs did.
My friend just sold her 2006 Accord VE with well over 300k mile for $500. No issues, other than cosmetic.
That secure lock for the trunk would be beneficial for those working for the mob and need to have reassurance their snitch is secure.
I’ve never seen tire dust fly off of tire in a braking test before. I bet the treadlife was horrible.
3:00 guy was practicing for making a millennial
We had the jdm coupe version...absolute rust bucket. My dads 81 mk1 accord only did 36k miles before it seccumbed to rust. There is a reason hardly any of these made into collectors hands. Mk2 civic type s was awesome but as good as these cars were between rust and hamfisted mechanics of the era i still would have preferred a cressida
Yeah the Chrysler car they talked about collaborating with VW, was the Horizon! I don’t know how many people know that! You could tell the similarities almost looked like the VW Rabbit 🐇. I knew a guy at my job back then in the 80s that bought one of them Honda accord. It was a nice car!
marysville, isnt that where american market goldwings are now made?
So basically it's like a DSM
I would prefer buying this Honda over the modern cars of today that have to much tech and are connected to the internet spying on you..
No wagon? That sucks. Also 0-60 in 13,5 sec is very good compared to many domestics. They compared that Accord to V8 Camaro?
Turbo Chrysler sedans were hitting 60 around 10 seconds or so at the time, GM A bodies were around 11 seconds. V8s were much faster..
13.5s was the norm for the early '80s, but there were quicker competitors with more power.
@@ljmorris6496 "turbo Chrysler sedans" came in 1986. As for GM A-bodies - what engine do You mean, V6 one? That used 3-speed by 1983 and wasn't fast enough for that combo.
@runoflife87 Your facts are so far off, either young or import biased. RUclips "1984 Dodge 600 ES" , Motorweek tested one, you mean meant the shorter EK body (LeBaron and Lancer) also the 4-speed auto was available on high end A-bodies (6000 STE, Celebrity Eurosport, etc ), the 84 Ford LTD LX would had dusted all that mentioned with its 5.0....
@@ljmorris6496 the 600 was higher class car than the Accord. You're also incorrect comparing base Accord to high-end GM cars or that 5.0 LTD.
I remember those cars.
Wow, 85 HP...its amazing how much more efficient higher horsepower engines have become. How did we get along with such slow 0-60 times ...I suppose since everyone else was slow it didn't matter as much...
I don't know why everyone wants to floor it these days. Sudden speed changes, especially in the upward direction, is what causes a lot of crashes. Handling is really underrated.
@@JiltedValkyrie Most people around me seem to be trying to avoid getting to where they're going, taking a mile to accelerate and driving under the speed limit like they're in old jalopies. They've never adjusted to modern cars and their improved handling and braking, and are more of a hazard than anyone driving at a reasonable pace because they're just obstacles to have to watch out for and avoid.
Cars are so much faster than they used to be. It’s cool but on the other hand, it has caused people to drive more aggressively.
When small cars were economically priced, cheap to maintain, uncomplicated, and would run until they fell apart (rusted) as long as you kept up the maintenance. New cars have too much electronic garbage on them.
I don't think the Accord even offered fuel injection in 1983. Wasn't that the next year?
This was the first of many signs that workforce has never been the root cause for the downfall of the American Car Industry.
the accord has gone a long way since
It has been and always will be an automotive icon. I can smell that future Acura goodness.