Damn the guy that wrote that article was bleeding bias so heavily it was almost overwhelming...

The V6 Accord is not quicker than the G35... heck, it's not even quicker than the V6 Altima or Maxima if they are equipped with manual transmissions like the Accord was.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a very fast car considering what class it's in... but the reviewer tried to make it sound like Honda now has the crown. I disagree.

Furthermore he praises the Accord's low road noise. WTH? I'm an absolute road noise freak. I actually own a decible meter that I bought strictly for the purpose of measuring road noise in various cars. My the new 03 Accord is about 0.5-0.7 dB quieter than the previous generation, which is a significant improvement... but it's still not all that quiet. The only car nosier is the Altima... everything else in that class with the exception of possibly the Grand Prix is quieter.

I have only ridden in 2 03 Accords to date and they also both had 1-2 very loud annoying rattles. Maybe it's just 1st year bugs like most cars have, but I hope it's not representative of a decline in quality for Honda.

Anyhow, I think this is a horrible review because he starts off bashing the Camry for being too quiet and floaty... yet then later on we go on to see him praise the Accord for being quiet, and later learn that the majority of the competition is able to outhandle the new Accord as well. Not to mention the Camry brakes very well. So the Camry is slower... true, but next year they're going to be fixing that when they release the new 3.3L V6 w/ 250+ horsepower.

Don't get me wrong... I love the new Accord. My g/f has a 99 EX that's pretty nice beside a rough idle and some interior quality issues (rattles). I even convinced a good friend of mine to buy one. But I just think this review basically decided before hand that he prefered the Accord, and then tried to write review around that hypothesis. A real car review should be written without any predetermined bias or winners, and let the stats and combined subjective opinions of several people find the true champion.

I think Motor Trend did a much better job of this with their recent review of the Camry, Accord, and Altima. And yes they came out with the Accord in first place... but if you look at their reasoning, it's much more objective and balanced.