2025 Honda Accord Trims Get Saucy, Trade SE For EX
Oh, and there is more stuff included on every Accord—including stuff it badly needed.
Honda has changed the name (and equipment) on one of its Accord trim levels for 2025, news that is both exceedingly minor and yet noteworthy simply because the Accord is Honda's bread-and-butter midsize sedan. For 2025, the Honda Accord swaps its EX trim level for a new SE, which adopts a sportier look than last year's EX. Also, every model gains new equipment, small changes that could help the Honda compete better with the newer (and hybrid-only!) Toyota Camry.
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As before, the Accord lineup starts with the entry-level LX trim. Unlike before, this Accord—and every trim level beyond it—gets rear-seat air vents on the back of the front seat center console and a pair of USB-C ports below them, a conspicuous omission from the 2023–2024 model-year versions. (Previously, only the mid-grade EX-L and top-of-the-line Touring trims got those vents and USB ports.) Given how spacious the Accord's rear seat area is, it was a glaring oddity for occupants seated back there to go vent- and charge-port-free.
Next up is the new-for-2025 Accord SE (pictured at top), which replaces the EX in the lineup. It and the LX remain the only Accords powered by a 192-hp turbocharged 1.5-liter I-4 engine; every Accord beyond these two is a hybrid making 204 hp. The SE takes last year's EX and dresses it up slightly; the wheels carry over but are painted a darker hue, while the lower body gains an aero kit and previously chrome trim elements are now black. These subtle upgrades are enough to effectively transform the previously low-key EX's vibe into something more in line with the hybrid-only Sport, Sport-L (pictured above in red), and Touring trims. Want the old EX's cushier, less sporty-looking setup? That's still found on the EX-L hybrid, which sits between the two Sport trims in the lineup and blends leather seating with a moonroof, front and rear parking sensors, smaller 17-inch wheels (the same wheels as the EX/SE), and heated seats.
Speaking of heated seats, even the entry level Accord Hybrid—so, the Sport—gets them, joining the EX-L, Sport-L, and Touring, which already had them on their lists of standard features. Another add across the hybrid lineup is a standard 15-watt wireless phone charging pad; before, this was only included on the Touring (it was available as a dealer-installed option on the rest of the Accord family). Likewise, a heated steering wheel is newly standard (no longer a dealer-installed option) on the Accord Touring.
2025 Honda Accord Prices and Trim Levels
Prices for the better-equipped 2025 Honda Accord and Accord Hybrid models have inched up, but not by much. The Accord LX is $400 more than last year, coming to $29,390. That upcharge more than covers those coveted rear vents and USB ports, but is now even closer to the more efficient and powerful 2025 Toyota Camry hybrid's $29,620 opening ask.
The new SE is $650 more than the 2024 Accord EX. Prices on the hybrids are a similar mix, with the Accord Sport Hybrid's MSRP (including destination) moving up $760, the EX-L's price rising by $400, and the Sport L's going up by $500. The top-of-the-line Touring sees a $410 increase. All 2025 Accord models are on sale now.
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