I would wager to bed that the LEDs were on the table initially in the design phase but since they were already increasing the cost of the Accord greatly over the 07 model they had to take "goodies" out to lessen the "sticker shock", especially if doing a year over year comparison. My brother and I have the exact same car, he an 06 me the 08, his sticker was 26895(or something close) mine was 27895 he paid 24700 I paid 26300. so we are looking at about a 2,000 or 8% increase in 2 years (i'm not sure what the 07 price comparisons but i don't think the 06 - 07 price went up much at all). Keeping in things like LEDs and maybe other things we never knew about that were planned probably saved a possible 10% increase.
I bet we'll see them in 10 (when they'll probably do a minor freshen as they have shown to do 2 years after a major one). They'll be a little cheaper then and we'll also be comfortable with the accord price as it is so they'll be able to add it with out much complaint from the increase.
