Launched 7 May 1976 as a three-door hatchback, the first Accord was a platform expansion of the Civic aimed at buyers who wanted more room and comfort without leaving Honda’s small-car efficiency behind.[1] A four-door sedan followed in October 1977, using the same wheelbase and underpinnings; by 1982 the car had made history as the first Japanese-brand car built in the United States, at Honda’s new Marysville, Ohio plant.
The same 1.6-litre engine was rated differently depending on market and emissions equipment (80 PS under Japan’s JIS standard and Europe’s stricter DIN standard, but only 68 hp under the US’s SAE net standard for emissions-equipped American cars), which is recorded here as a market override on the same trim rather than three unrelated figures.