2007 Honda Accord

The good: With the best navigation system in the business, the 2007 Honda Accord gets you where you need to go. And its six-speed manual transmission makes it fun getting there.

The bad: When pushed hard into a corner, understeer becomes noticeably bad with the Accord. The car's stereo offers no place to plug in an MP3 player, and the disc changer won't read MP3s or WMAs.

The bottom line: While we found the 2007 Honda Accord very enjoyable to drive, it fell short on a couple of key areas, most noticeably in its stereo system.

The 2007 Honda Accord represents a very practical and unassuming car. But when equipped with a V6 engine and six-speed manual transmission, the Accord actually becomes fun to drive. Add Honda's excellent navigation system and the car will help you get anywhere you need to go.

With its mundane styling, nobody will look twice at the Accord, which could be a good thing if you make full use of the V6 in sixth gear on the freeway. It does have some nice touches, such as the way the angular headlight enclosures blend into the front fenders. And with the V6, the car has twin exhaust pipes and a nice little red V6 emblem on the back.

While the power train is really a joy to use, handling is pretty average, with lots of understeer. We really like Honda's navigation module, which has a complete database of points-of-interest and excellent voice control. But the six-disc changer won't read MP3 CDs and there is no auxiliary input jack. The car seems to be focused on people who haven't gotten into digital music.

Test the tech: Navigation system versus Magic 8 Ball

Honda's navigation system is one of the best on the market, so we reasoned it wouldn't be informative to test it against another system. Instead, we decided to pit the technology of the navigation system against the mystical properties of a Magic 8 Ball. We wanted to see which would do a better job of getting us back to our office in San Francisco from a remote spot in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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