Now, considering those who have declared the 2008 Accord to be "ten times better than the Gen7!!!", sales should have at least matched sales of the 2003Accordwhich is held up on this site as being so design challenged as to be a total flop. Where's your "egg-removal-face-towel"?
And, if you annualize the 2008 Accord's November sales, you get 338,000. The Camry is running at about 425,000 sales+. The new Accord may be very nice, but it is not beating the Camry (Nov. sales of 35,409). Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
As far as Acura, sales have been dismal for a while now. Being all FWD and not fielding a competitve flagship with a V8 is a fatal flaw. Also, too many Acura sales have come from sub-$30K models, which leads to the perception of Acura not being quite as "premium" as Lexus and Infiniti. The lack of a RWD midsize sport sedan will keep me from considering another Honda/Acura to supplant the Accord...a pity since our Accord has been so good for what it is.
