2020 Honda Accord EX-L 2.0T Review & Test Drive

Ride along with Honda Product Specialist Justin Thompson as he reviews and test drives the 2020 Honda Accord EX-L 2.0 Turbo. Justin reviews the exterior look of the vehicle, checks out some of the technology on the inside, and takes it out for a road test!
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Key Features of this 2020 Honda Accord Sedan include: Satellite Radio, Premium Sound System, iPod/MP3 Input, Leather Seats, Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel, Woodgrain Interior Trim, Back-Up Camera, Dual Zone A/C, Turbocharged, Aluminum Wheels, Heated Driver Seat, Power Tilt/Sliding Sun Roof, Onboard Communications System, Remote Engine Start, Apple CarPlay MP3 Player, Keyless Entry, Steering Wheel Controls, Child Safety Locks, Electronic Stability Control Honda EX-L 2.0T with Platinum White Pearl exterior and Black interior features a 4 Cylinder Engine with 252 HP at 6500 RPM*.

[@brodieboy3]

comprehensive review. Nice job. Went over a lot of features that I haven't seen demonstrated in other reviews. Appreciate all the information.

[@Smailhondavillage]

Happy to have helped!

[@araackerman5032]

Great video Justin I have a 2018 Acccord sport 2.0 T ,I love it ,I'll come see you for my next Honda, I'm thinking Touring let me know your opinion,hope you and your family are safe !!

[@joeyl8850]

The Accord is the best mid-sized sedan on the market.

[@JustxLiving909]

JL B look at the 2021 Kia Optima

[@joeyl8850]

@@JustxLiving909 Kia? No thanks! Honda's proven record of reliability, and holding their value, is much better than Kia's.

[@xgnofearzthe10thgenlegend82]

Ws Duce lol a Kia. It’s nice looking but it’s still a Kia.

[@JustxLiving909]

JL B resell value yessir your are correct they definitely hold longer than Kia but reliability Toyota holds that crown and Hyundai kia is definitely right behind Honda reliability is not exactly what it used to be not bad but not like back then trust me my whole family drives Honda’s

[@jimvanwormer5582]

A very comprehensive review. You answered many questions.

[@alexguy96]

Honestly its my favorite car ive ever had… it just feels like luxury. Speedy and comfy and looks sexy aswell.

[@Aeryaunne137]

Mine as well!

[@acuraracingfan9155]

Mercedes, BMW and Audi buyers should consider the Accord. It's on par with them in terms of quality and comfort, but at a much lower price.

[@musiq002003]

I think every dealership should do videos like this, thanks

[@cree8k]

Excellent review!👌

[@dhoodie819]

This is definitely my future whip

[@SlimTribe]

I’m obsessed with these newer accord. 10/10 car

[@aminuyazid7083]

Always love your presentation,i love Honda Accord for life.

[@Smailhondavillage]

Thank you! 🤗

[@ladyyuna2000]

Beautiful looking 2020 Honda Accord EX-L and I really like the color.

[@TheNicholasGregoriadesShow]

Great video on the Accord - very informative thank you.

[@blacktalon1597]

Just bought my wife 2020 2.0 manual transmission. It's a rocket!. Love this car.

[@Smailhondavillage]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@Smailhondavillage]

So happy to hear that! We love it too!

[@KingTriton1837]

I have the 2020 1.5 EX-L. The long fog lights compliment the car better than the round ones on the 2021.

[@davidsanyo9112]

Justin......Great review. Being from Greensburg it was also nice to see some of the old home city. I am a current Honda Accord 2017 Sedan EX V6 owner but like this 2020 version you reviewed here. Maybe I will trade in for one now. Thanks.

[@peterjohnston8596]

I purchased the 2020 Honda Accord Touring 2.0 in March. I am very impressed with its performance, ride and comfort, as well as all the new technology. My Accord has two USB outlets in the back seat, just under the AC outlets. I also like how well the headlights light up the road; much better that our previous car, a 2011 Honda Accord V6/Navigation. We also test drove a Nissan Maxima, Acura Elite and a Hyundai Sonata, and picked this one. It's the best by far, and so much room in the back seat.

[@ThienVNguyen]

does it eat up bumps fairly well? Im leaning toward the EXl due to the 17 in for more comfort

[@PicassoLay]

Great video!

[@NorthernLaw_]

Wait you said the EXL model in 2018 didn't have a 2.0T but it does, I literally own one. Unless you meant the dealership didn't have one available

[@ItsAlexJohnsonMusic]

Yes I own one too. 2018 2.0T with 10-speed auto transmission

[@axstin-]

I’m hoping to get one of these, I really like this car

[@babalolababatunde6974]

Lovely features... Nice vehicle

[@Kitastyling]

I love this car this will be my next purchase thanks for going in the detail on all the features!

[@cargo4441]

I can hardly wait till I get mine.Last Accord I had went 245k no problems an epic car. Only hope that 2.0 t can handle the long haul.

[@willstaxx0730]

What does 1.5t -2.0t mean?

[@Pookie_Wookieeeee]

you explain very well im planning to buy honda accord metallic 2020 ex 2.0

[@tycute21]

I just bought this car 2018 used 40K miles exactly but color gray I love it such a beautiful car. My partner bought brand new back then in 2018 EXL Hybrid it’s a excellent car.

[@shaundejwan9035]

I have it, it’s great 👍🏼

[@fahimgodid4221]

Five stars for honda Accord ٠thanks for special vedio*

[@tommyhargroves6314]

Does the lane keep assist, road departure mitigation, and adaptive cruise work under 45MPH?

[@Newday-crmy]

Dec 2023. Thanks for making this for research. I am about to take advantage of the falling market and snatch up. 2020 EXL 2.0T. 28.000 miles for $ 23.999 This is a fairly rare trim and it looks like a good buy.

[@thetruthstand]

I just bought the 2020 Honda Accord EXL 1.5T. I chose to purchase the older car over the brand new because I just love that front design and that's so much more character I don't know why they decided to get rid of that trim.

[@barrykery1175]

Holy cow ! I'm going to have to attend classes to learn all of the features. Ha Ha Barry

[@v205]

How do you reconcile the head wanting the accord hybrid and the heart wanting the 2.0T? :)

[@sayandebbhattacharyya355]

Could you do a review on the 2021 Accord hybrid EXL please ?

[@davidaustin9927]

When do you think they will offer 360 camera

[@beka5957]

in future I would like to change my 2014 sport accord to 10th gen. but I can not decide which one. I would pick the 1.5t cvt sport but I am afraid of oil dilution problem and thats why I guess I will try 2.0 t with 10 speed. touring.

[@jackdevine1331]

2020 Honda Accord EX-L 2.0T 20.Liter Turbocharger 4 Cylinder Are Michelin Tires Luxurious Is Perfect

[@davidaustin9927]

I love the ex an higher FEATURES but the sport rims

[@humbledone9950]

I love my Honda same color also❤️

[@Smailhondavillage]

#TeamHonda!

[@keonjenkins1852]

It seems like the EXL is perfect for those that have no interest in spending the extra money for a Touring and those that dont want a harsh ride of a Sport. I do notice they dont offer the 2.0 Engine in the EXL for 2021.

[@rjohannemanuel6475]

I have 2020 accord sport 1.5 and I heared a rattling noise in front. I went to dealership to check my car and they told me it’s normal. It’s coming from high pressure injector. It’s really disappointing because I bought a car without that noise then after 2 weeks my car is making a rattling noise. 😞

[@jamesgand828]

Since this trim has smaller wheels, how is the planted feel of the car? Does it make a lot of noise tire noise or have traction issue when you are making sharp turns? I like this trim but I don't know if the wheels are able to handle that much torque.

[@Penguin-kr9do]

Smaller wheels are generally quieter and provide better ride quality and mileage. As for performance, I don't think there would be any issues. I mean, F1 cars use 13 inch wheels and they do fine.

[@stevestunning3326]

Smaller wheels = More sidewall between you and the road which means better protection from potholes and possibly a smoother ride. Most people won’t notice any difference in performance. I’ve had one for five months and I love it. Is comfortable most of the time and a beast when needed.

[@_IIN01]

Do you need to have the iPhone connected via cable or does it do wireless Apple CarPlay?

[@Jazj97]

Noel Negron apple car play

[@VVS30187]

I love this car....I just bought not today ❤️❤️

[@alexisestrada8694]

Do a video of a hybrid

[@johnw.pederson10]

VERY BEST REVIEW I HAVE SEEN! Wish you could transpose your VOICE INTO TEXT (for the deaf) Situation explained: I have a cousin who has never bought a car, even though she has driven since she was (16) She has asked me to help her buy a new car, which I am glad to do. However, She is (72) and deaf ( but reads my lips perfectly) as we grew up together, and she was hearing until college. But, I am (71) with memory challenges and need to coach her after we buy this car.

[@Smailhondavillage]

That is definitely something we can do, thank you for the suggestion! There should be a closed captioning button; if you're on a desktop computer, the CC button on the bottom right of the screen will display captions. If you're on a mobile phone, there should be three dots on the top right corner of the video, tap those three dots and select the option to turn on subtitles. Hopefully this helps, Thanks for watching!!

[@InFltSvc]

So, I have a 2008 Accord EXL that does the same exact thing with the windows and walking away and being auto locked. Are you telling me in over a decade this is all the extras that they have put on a Honda Accord?

[@JJ-rd2ef]

does the 2018 touring model has the memory mirror as well?

[@KingTriton1837]

Yes.

[@Music-ml9gu]

Smail Honda

[@shevonforbes9826]

What’s the price for this car?

[@AbronHawkins]

The best midsize car in the world: The Honda Accord. Nothing can come close

[@andrewashington2914]

I Buy 2018 Honda Accord Lx 1.5 same color but I wish I could get the one shown in this Video 📹

[@delhiwala9875]

Tire size is 19 or 17 inch

[@NoEgg4u]

@1:09 "The LED low and high beam headlights" That feature can be disabled, and should be disabled (the procedure is buried in the manual, and takes almost 1 minute -- but needs to be done only once). Although Honda has done a remarkable job with all of the technology built in to the Accord, the auto high beams feature is not always spot-on accurate. This results in you blinding and annoying other drivers. Unless you live in the wilderness, or somewhere where the homes are miles apart, then please do not inadvertently be one of those people that other drivers complain about with high beams on. Disabling the auto high beams does not stop you from pulling the lever to manually turn on the high beams. And the regular lights do a very good job illuminating the road. There just is not a valid reason to drive around with high beams that occasionally blind other drivers, because Honda's sensors are not perfect. @1:26 "Remote Starter" ..."with the exception of the LX model" The Sport 1.5 engine does not come standard with the remote starter (it is optional). @3:57 "Econ mode and Sport mode" For those not familiar with the vehicle: There are 3 modes (not just Econ and Sport). There is a Regular mode (although that mode has no name that I am aware of). Regular mode is when you are in neither Econ mode nor Sport mode. Econ will yield the best fuel economy. It is best for traffic and highway cruising. If you leave it on Econ for local driving (lots of light-to-light, stop signs, repeated 0-40 MPH driving), then you will have a frustrating drive, because the car drives sluggishly. It feels lazy. It maintains a higher gear, and delays the turbo boost. If you try to accelerate with some additional power, you have to put your foot down a good amount before any real acceleration happens. Sport mode is the opposite. The car is very responsive. It feels light and nimble. But at the cost of fuel economy. In Sport mode, the car maintains lower gears, giving instant power (due to more torque), and kicks in the turbo earlier, and increases the boost of the turbo. If you cruise down the highway in Sport mode (not recommended for casual highway driving), you will have to keep your foot on the accelerator more often, because the lower gear continually slows down the car (when you lift your foot). It takes only 10 or 20 seconds to slow from 60 MPH to 15 MPH in Sport mode, if you take your foot off of the gas. In Econ mode, the car will keep rolling and hardly slow down. Regular mode is dialed in perfectly. The car feels lively, and gets nearly as good gas mileage as Econ mode. @4:06 Regarding paddle shifting: "If you let go of them, it'll put you back into Drive. You can do that in Sport mode as well" No. Sport mode is different. While in Sport mode, if you use the paddle shifters, the car will stay in that gear forever (well, it will downshift to keep from stalling if you slow down too much for your current gear). But it will then hold that gear and never change, etc. There are two ways to disable "manual mode" shifting while in Sport mode. 1) Take yourself out of Sport mode. 2) Remain in Sport mode, and hold the right shifter for 2 seconds. In the other driving modes, using the paddle shifters puts you in manual mode, and then automatically returns you to automatic shifting after 2 seconds (as long as you are not still pulling on the shifters). The stereo: This is where Honda cut corners (or they have someone in charge of that department who has never heard a great stereo system). You never forget that you are listening to a mechanical device. The stereo inserts itself into the audio performance, when it should be only recreating the audio performance. The speakers do not disappear. With a quality stereo, when you close your eyes, your ears should not be able to identify the location of the speakers. With a quality stereo system, you hear a wall of music, with a deep and wide soundstage and great imaging (space between instruments and performers). You get very little of this with the Accord's stereo. For the best sound quality, use a USB flash drive, and play lossless digital files, such as .flac or .wav files (steer clear of .mp3 files, which are the Kriptonite of audio fidelity). But the stereo has issues with the .flac format. It plays everything, up to and including 192 kHz / 24 bit content. The problem it has is when you try to click to the next song and even worse when you try to click to the next folder. Those actions take a minimum of 3 seconds and 5 seconds, respectively. This sucks. And the only other lossless alternative is the .wav format, which is not common for music purchasing and downloading. So you will have to convert .flac to .wav. That works, with zero loss of fidelity, and fixes the slow track changes. But you lose tags (metadata), such as being able to sort by the name of the artist. Also note that the Panasonic head unit (try finding that info on-line) is fussy about which USB flash drives it will play. It refused to play a Samsung flash drive. But I have had success with two different Sandisk flash drives (and Sandisk is Western Digital company, so those flash drives will probably work -- but I have not tested). Honda has zero information on which flash drives work, do not work, or if they ever tested if any flash drives work. If they do have any information, they are storing it at Area 51. The Accord is a fantastic car. Feature rich, fun to drive, fuel efficient, safe and reliable. I just wish that they used better audio gear (I think that the speakers are Pioneer (and they are not good -- they are not bad -- but they are not good)). The Panasonic head unit is integrated into everything, making an after-market upgrade expensive and will likely void the warranty. I am crossing my fingers that better speakers will do the trick. Cheers!

[@oshanew9941]

What about a custom tune? I know the 2020 accord touring has the same 2.0T as the civic Type R, and the civic pushes 306 hp, while the factory down tune on the accord is 252 hp.

[@NoEgg4u]

@@oshanew9941 The Accord's 2.0 engine is identical to the Civic's Type R engine. However, the Accord's engine is de-tuned, and the Accord has a smaller turbo charger. Yes, you can increase the Accord's horsepower by undoing the de-tuning (or re-tuning for maximum performance). It will help, but will still have the smaller turbo charge. But the main problem is that if you mess with the engine's tuning, you will void the warranty. And the car's computer keeps a record of all changes. So even if you undo the tuning (returning it to stock), then when Honda services your car, they will see logs that tells them what you did. Perhaps there is a way to erase or edit the computer's logs? Otherwise, kiss your warranty goodbye. Cheers!

[@sharonsmith5465]

Oshane w o

[@manuelalejandrojimenezgome632]

Excellent. Thanks for pointing out those details... I'm thinking about this accord vs a 2016-17 EX-L V6 and can't decide yet

[@timr3255]

I have the 2018 honda Accord EXL 2.0T it is available for that year

[@willstaxx0730]

What does 1.5t -2.0t mean??

[@alexisestrada8694]

Does Honda have cooling seats?.

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

No, they have ventilated seats

[@tomfaz4193]

I am very pleased with my Accord. The engine is unbelievably fast with great torque. I am not pleased with the substandard sound system. The speakers are cheap and the sound is horrible. I upgraded them with JL Audio speakers for $600. Also the hood vibrates because it’s so light. The coolant reservoir is hidden behind the front bumper makes it inaccessible. Honda went cheap on these items to improve profit’s but it’s still a great car for the money.7

[@alij7232]

The turbo kills it.

[@lastking3744]

So what’s the difference between this and Sport 2.0

[@ivanbautista4119]

This is more luxurious leather seats/sun roof/ seat warmer

[@johnw.pederson10]

GREAT REVIEW! Please read my other POST!

[@chrisvinson9579]

17 in rim how about 19 in. Is there anything worth saying.

[@damnthisuser]

That's my car

[@jackdevine1331]

2020 Accord EX-L 2.0T Has A Push Start

[@runninrebel37]

AWD would make this the perfect sedan!!!

[@jeremys8360]

A. A. That would kill gas milage

[@njnikusha]

Totally

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

They didn't add that cuz they want people to buy Acura and spend more $$ for that feature

[@ham3749]

I bet they will be offering AWD soon! They might have to with the 2020 Kia K5, and 2020 Toyota Camry having that option!

[@fieryphoenix586]

Hope you don't get lost on the way to Red Lobster. Haha

[@428steve]

The smallish wheels don't agree with me, throws the whole package off kilter. Put the sport or touring wheels on it and it would look much better.

[@mauriciowinston5293]

Excellent point

[@fantom5894]

Worse mileage and tires are probably more expensive to replace.

[@bintumassaquoi4956]

Honda 2017

[@chrisvinson9579]

Have a 2009 does same thing tell me 20k worth

[@germandelariva3754]

7.5/10

[@chrisvinson9579]

4 yrs old.

[@sherifsherif2475]

HONDA AS ACCURA ARE THE BEST SO WHY THEY'RE STILL NOT TALKING WITH A.I COMMANDS AS BMW OR MERCEDES

[@dychejs]

The EX-L would look much better with 18 in wheels. Those 17in things look too small.

[@ThienVNguyen]

Jeff Dyche better ride quality is the trade off

[@dychejs]

Thien Nguyen I do understand. But I think 18 in wheels would still afford good ride quality and would look so much better. My Accord Coupe has the 18 in wheels and the ride is great! In short, imho, the trade off favors larger wheels.

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

better ride quality, AND a over abundance of replacement tires. Having those 19's are dreadful, and don't hit a pothole cause you wont find shit as a replacement and youll pay a fortune

[@raidersfan1384]

What happens when the turbo goes out in these sedans near 100k 👀? My fear about these turbo cars is that they will have reliability issues over time. I mean someone who’s gonna pay me 30-35k for a sedan should last upto 200k miles or more.

[@smitrj1916]

I can a used Acura RLX 2018-2019 for the same price with a more luxury feel

[@uranusplanet1226]

11:14 Wow 😂 dude im dying. I can race the accord with my legs and beat it. Gimme a break 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chonsta]

This car takes a massive shit all over my lemon altima 😆

[@SilentCheechGaming1991]

Push button shifter? No fucking thanks.

[@henrynavarrete6136]

No direct or port injection and turbo engine over heats the engine more maintenance transmission trash seats uncomfortable coming from a 2007 honda accord new Honda are not reliable... I wait

[@tattmantatt5661]

That car will be sitting on bricks soon

[@edwintapia7339]

Why do you think? The oil dilution problem?

[@tattmantatt5661]

Edwin Tapia no the wheels will be stolen

[@edwintapia7339]

@@tattmantatt5661 lol, I bought the car about a month ago and have found out that honda had an oil dilution issue from 2018-2020 models. So I thought maybe u knew something about it lol

[@k_escobar917]

Sadly it will lol just saw a nice newer red Accord on milk crates last night

[@Saturdayz_In_The_Fall]

Edwin Tapia The Honda Accord does NOT have oil dilution problems. That was the Civic and Cr-v

[@chrisvinson9579]

A cool car .not.

[@halc.2899]

Those damn UGLY TAIL LIGHTS!!!!!!