I agree the rear isn't the selling point of the car, but then again the selling point of the car doesn't deal with styling alone. Plus, if you're going to mention ugly rear ends, you can't leave out the Maxima. And even the Altima's rear isn't too much different that John Tesh's. Anyway, I think it's the whole package the sells the Accord, and the Camry, for that matter. Where as with the Altima it has power and looks, the Accord has everything but (what many people think about the Altima) as "sporty" styling. The Accord or Camry leans neither way with the styling. If this is going to be completely opinionated, the Altima doesn't look that sporty to me. It looks cheap and unrefined. Most likely because it is cheap. Before you make a post to indirectly advocate for Nissan and their engines, you really ought to go to Nissan boards. People with the new 2.5's in the SE-R's and Altimas seem to have much trouble with those engines burning oil (among other things). It's acceptable in a few cars here and there (older Peugeots?), but this seems to be a major problem. Only a few cars here and there with that 2.5 engine do not have the problem. This could leave to shorten engine life. Why buy a used 2.5 Altima when the average buyer doesn't know about this problem? And what is with the 3.5 with it's low mileage? If it makes a lot of power while guzzling gas, how is it a good car to commute in? The "Future of the Accord" will be what it has been for years now: promising. For the same reasons the past few generations have been. How wise is it to post something awful about cars that the board is based upon? I respect your opinion, but my advice is this: if you want to post something bad about a new car, you don't post it where everybody else on the board will shoot it down. Maybe that's what you want though, attention.